Stem: Science, technology, engineering and math Ahead of Family Literacy Day on January 27th, Canadian STEM expert and CEO of Actua, Jennifer Flanagan, warns policymakers about the devastating effects of ongoing and inconsistent school and activity closures. “After two years of the pandemic, it is clear from listening to researchers, parents and teachers that ongoing […]
Two Haitian journalists were the latest casualties of the increasing gang violence in the beleaguered Caribbean nation. John Wesley Amady and Wilguens Louissaint were slain by “armed bandits” last Thursday in Laboule, a conflict-ridden area south of Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince. Amady, 30, who worked for Montreal-based radio station Radio Ecoute, and Louissaint, 22, a local […]
She was the first African Nova Scotian appointed to the Nova Scotia judiciary “Judge Corrine Sparks is a trailblazer, in every sense of the word,” Pamela S. Williams, the chief judge of the Provincial and Family Courts of Nova Scotia, said in a media release. Sparks, born and raised in the small community of Lake […]
Leaders of the two main political parties in Barbados last Monday remained confident of victory in the January 19 general elections as candidates were nominated to contest the snap election that Prime Minister Mia Mottley called 18 months ahead of the constitutional deadline. Mottley, speaking to reporters after completing the nomination process as the ruling […]
BirdsCaribbean is extremely concerned at the drastic increase in the capture and trafficking of wild birds in Cuba over the past two years, and is urging the Cuban Government to enforce laws put in place to curb the practice. The economic strain brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic has spurred a return to the […]
New names for four Nova Scotia places in Shelburne County containing a derogatory word will have new names chosen in early 2022. A survey asking area residents to vote on new names will come to a close at the end of December. “The final selections will be tallied in the new year and will then […]
Last week, criminal assault charges were dropped against New Glasgow mayor Nancy Dicks. In an interview with the Examiner, Chris Hansen, a spokesperson for the Nova Scotia Public Prosecution Service, said senior New Glasgow prosecutor, Bill Gorman, decided there was no realistic prospect of conviction. The charge against Dicks stemmed from a Black Lives Matter […]
By Lincoln DePradine It’s a move, which takes effect Saturday, that would put slightly more money in the pockets of low-wage earners in Ontario, but also could aid the ruling Progress Conservatives as they seek another term as the provincial government. Premier Doug Ford’s PC Party, as well as his main rivals – the […]
The federal government introduced a bill in the House of Commons last Tuesday that would repeal mandatory minimum penalties for drug offences and some gun-related crimes. It would allow a judge to exercise discretion in imposing sentences that relate to the facts of the case, including considerations of the individual’s experience with systemic racism and […]
Quebec’s human rights commission has called on a suburban police force in the province to pay a young Black man and his mother more than $60,000 in damages, after arresting and detaining him and searching their home four years ago. Malik Spaulding-Smith, who was 20 at the time of his arrest in June 2017, had […]
