Leading Ontario grocery store chains should take the lead in combating food insecurity by making food affordable for all families. Grocery stores can counter people’s inability to afford staple foods as inflation soars by marking down items. These stores are capitalizing on higher prices and lower purchasing power to charge more for groceries, and are […]
By Yves Engler The NDP foreign affairs critic recently lauded a notorious anti-Palestinian former Liberal cabinet minister. Heather McPherson’s celebration of Irwin Cotler follows on the heels of her maintaining a more hawkish position on Ukraine than the head of the US military. On Thursday McPherson tweeted about meeting Cotler. She wrote, “this afternoon, Professor […]
Winter blues, another name for seasonal affective disorder (SAD), is a form of depression that has a seasonal pattern which can start in fall and last until spring. As the days get shorter and colder, the lack of sunlight can leave you feeling sad, low energy or you may experience changes in sleep and eating habits […]
By Sukhram Ramkissoon Throughout my many years of practise in immigration matters I have encountered numerous persons who have been removed from Canada because of misrepresentation, which comes with an automatic bar from making any type of application under immigration laws for a period of five years. So, it is very a serious matter, which […]
In his book “Soccer in the sun and shadow,” the late lyrical Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano traces the origins and development of soccer to the Chinese. “In soccer, like everything else,” Galeano says, “the Chinese were the first. Five thousand years ago, Chinese jugglers had the ball dancing on their feet, and it wasn’t before […]
By Lincoln DePradine An Ontario government plan to extend further “strong mayor” powers to the leaders of Toronto and Ottawa is receiving mixed reaction. The plan, included in a bill introduced in the provincial legislature, is part of what Premier Doug Ford’s government says is a push to build 1.5 million homes in 10 years. […]
A new study found that men who immigrated from West Africa and the Caribbean have a significantly higher incidence of prostate cancer than other immigrants and long-term residents in Ontario. Nearly 10 years ago, Ken Noel, who immigrated to Canada from Guyana 50 years ago, was diagnosed with prostate cancer, and after undergoing several tests […]
Dr. Mary Anne Chambers, Chancellor of Guelph University, told a gathering at last Sunday’s Caribbean Impact Awards ceremony that “challenges and hardship certainly exist and will always exist. “But I believe it’s how we deal with the challenges and the hardship that defines us and also makes us stronger and more likely to persist, ultimately […]
By Carlton Joseph The midterm elections are over and the pundits and pollsters were wrong. The predicted “giant red wave” was not even big enough to encourage surfboarding, Democrats will retain control of the Senate and the House is still undecided. The Georgia Senate race is headed for a runoff on December 6 as neither […]
A significant goal for Western University student Olateju Obisesan is to bridge the gap between her city and its Black community by helping provide them with the support they need. It’s an ambition that made her one of 20 members of Western’s new Black Leadership University Experience (BLUE), which strives to provide Black students with […]
