For the first time, researchers led by Prof. Paul Spagnuolo of the University of Guelph have shown how a compound found only in avocados can inhibit cellular processes that normally lead to diabetes. In safety testing in humans, the team also found that the substance was absorbed into the blood with no adverse effects in […]
Editorial The cop, the children, and the black Muslim mother Last weekend the Toronto Star featured a lengthy front page report about a young black, Muslim woman’s 2016 interaction with members of the Toronto police force. Amanda Henry is a single parent of three, two of the younger ones (girls aged 11 and 9) were […]
By Kuba Shand-Baptiste Greta Thunberg is a force to be reckoned with. Her global campaigning efforts, candid talks with photo-hungry politicians and her ability to hold powerful world leaders triple her age to account have proved as much. Yet it seems the jury is still out on her leadership style. There are some who gaze […]
When at the turn of 2018 Nick Fideli emerged from the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party back room at Queen’s Park to announce the resignation of party leader Patrick Brown, shocked Ontarians were puzzled at Fideli’s broad grin as he stood at the podium. At the time, Brown was the leader of the Ontario’s official opposition […]
By Sukhram Ramkissoon According to reported statistics, Canada welcomed over 572,415 students in 2018. India continues to be the big story in Canada’s international education sector as its numbers grew by 40 percent in 2018. This amounts to more than 172,600 Indian students that came to Canada last year, a benchmark that means India will […]
By Kofi K. Achampong At one point in his life, Justin Trudeau, Canada’s Prime Minister, was obsessed with darkening his skin to appear either brown or black. You really can’t make this stuff up – no pun intended. It’s a weird thought. And if I’m being honest, a little bit disturbing. But alas, here we […]
The tsunami which has emerged regarding the implications of Mr. Trudeau sporting black and brown faces and even the banana in his crutch as he played the part of a Black man in Black face, have given way to an explosive discussion of the dynamic of racism as suffered by Black and Brown people. Of […]
Is it a big deal? Is it as important as some people have made it out to be? What I am talking about is for many years in my native Trinidad I portrayed a mas called “Original Indian”. In order to do that I had to buy books, I had to learn languages, I had to understand the difference […]
This article, written by Louis March, community activist and the Founder of Zero Gun Violence Movement, is the second part of his essay published last week entitled “The gun violence crisis- how we got here.” This week, March lays out the solution. Solution to the gun violence crisis By Louis March Moving forward to address […]
Broken bones are a bigger deal the older you are: even after they’ve healed, the bones of older people are weaker and more likely to re-fracture. And since more than six million Americans break a bone each year, figuring out how to help people heal better would make a big difference. In a paper published […]
