Touchless spas Missing the spa, but not ready to be in close quarters with anyone yet? Touchless spas are on the rise. They provide services like no-touch facials, relaxation pods, and dry hydrotherapy massages. Virtual fitness Virtual fitness classes were already gaining in popularity pre-COVID. This made them well-positioned to take advantage of the need […]
Grenadians are being urged not to become complacent as health officials report a decline in the island’s COVID-19 positivity rate. Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Shawn Charles notes only two weeks ago through testing, Grenada reported a positivity rate averaging 30 per cent. However, from testing over the past few days, officials have observed signs […]
Last Monday Cuba issued its most detailed report to date from prominent local scientists criticising allegations that US and Canadian diplomats were subject to mysterious attacks while posted on the island and developed health issues. The report by the 20-member panel from Cuba’s Academy of Sciences questioned whether the variety of reported symptoms could even […]
The Government of Ontario and the representative plaintiff, known as CS, have reached a $15 million settlement of a class action alleging breaches of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms relating to the practice known as “Secure Isolation” in Youth Justice Facilities. Persons under the age of 18 who were segregated for more than 6 […]
By all accounts, Jerome Sylvester was a hard working family man who was in the wrong place at the wrong time when he was gunned down on August 14th in a drive-by triple shooting near Black Creek and Trethewey in Toronto; he was 42 years old. Sylvester, son-in-law of veteran Black Community Leader and Advocate […]
On one fateful night, 36-year-old taxi driver Omar aka Drankrow didn’t expect that he would be thrust into the middle of a domestic dispute when he was making his regular rounds on Old Harbour Road, St Catherine. Omar, who has been a taxi driver for over 10 years, reported that he was in the process […]
Mayor says it was not an attempt to erase history but to deliver social justice. A statue of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus, which stood on one of the main avenues of Mexico City, will be replaced by one of an indigenous woman. Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said the bronze likeness of Columbus would be […]
By Sukhram Ramkissoon A 46-year-old divorcee from Guyana was recently granted refugee protection status in Canada as she was able to establish that there is a serious possibility of persecution on a Convention Ground. Her claim was accepted by the Refugee Protection Division (RPD) of the Immigration Refugee Board (IRB). I represented Sumee (not her […]
When Raven Khadeja, one of the founders of Black Lives Matter NL, saw yet another social media post recounting a racist incident in the province, she said, she was appalled, disgusted and concerned — but not shocked. Last week, a Black Memorial University student recounted their experience of blatant racism while on a staycation in […]
The initiative draws on African-based wisdom traditions: sankofa, a word from Ghana's Akan language that means people must return to their roots to move forward; and ubuntu, a South African philosophy that says "I am because you are."
Young Edmontonians of African heritage who are being released from jail, fleeing domestic violence or getting off the streets now have a culturally appropriate place where they can rebuild their lives. The stabilization home offers a place to live and around-the-clock care, to help young people move past chronic homelessness, historical trauma, systemic racism, […]
