City of Toronto launches Traffic Agents program

City of Toronto launches Traffic Agents program

The City of Toronto  yesterday officially launched  its new Traffic Agents program which will help keep people moving through busy intersections while also improving safety for pedestrians, cyclists, transit riders and drivers. Mayor John Tory who has championed the establishment of the program, secured the necessary permissions from the Province of Ontario, and, according to […]

Watchdog seeking witnesses to shooting of Black man by Montreal police

Watchdog seeking witnesses to shooting of Black man  by Montreal police

MONTREAL — Quebec’s police watchdog, the Independent Investigation Bureau,  is looking for people who witnessed police shoot a Black man in Montreal last month. Sheffield Matthews, 41, was shot and killed on Oct. 29 in Montreal’s Cote-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grace borough. The Bureau  has set up a command post in the neighbourhood to receive information about the shooting. […]

Protesters gather in Notre-Dame-de-Grace to mourn Black man killed by Montreal police

Protesters gather in Notre-Dame-de-Grace to mourn  Black man killed by Montreal police

MONTREAL – About 200 people gathered at Trenholme Park  in Notre-Dame- de-Grace on Saturday afternoon, demanding police forces be defunded, with more resources being allocated to community groups that can respond to emergencies involving people with mental health issues. The group was protesting the fatal shooting last week of 41-year-old Sheffield Matthews. Montreal police officers […]

Government must move to counter hate groups – Jagmeet Singh

Government must move to counter hate groups  –  Jagmeet Singh

OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says the Liberal government must do more to tackle the growing threat of hate groups. The past five years have seen a proliferation of neo-Nazi groups and online content from the so-called alt-right, a white nationalist movement, with experts saying the number of hate groups in Canada has tripled […]

Police fined for not wearing mask in public

Police fined for not wearing mask in public

PORT OF  SPAIN,  Trinidad – A policeman assigned to the Port of Spain Criminal Investigation Department (CID), was ticketed for not wearing a mask in public. In a news release, Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith said the officer was on duty in downtown Port of Spain on Friday with other officers. He was the only […]

Off-duty policeman sentenced to nine months in jail in assault of Black man

Off-duty policeman sentenced to nine months in jail  in assault of Black man

A Toronto police officer convicted in the brutal assault of a young man was sentenced to nine months in jail  last Thursday in a ruling the victim’s lawyer hailed as historic for its consideration of systemic violence toward the Black community. Ontario Superior Court Justice Joseph Di Luca said that although Const. Michael Theriault was […]

Hundreds march in Haiti after outrage over student’s slaying

Hundreds march in Haiti after outrage over student’s slaying

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Hundreds of protesters – many dressed in school uniforms – marched through the streets of Haiti’s capital  last Thursday to demand answers after the kidnapping and killing of a young woman that has incensed the nation. High school senior Evelyne Sincère was found in a trash heap Sunday after relatives said they […]

Action plan has been developed to address systemic racism in RCMP

Action plan has been developed to address systemic racism in RCMP

RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki told members of a standing committee on public safety and national security on Monday evening that an action plan has been developed to address systemic racism and discrimination within the force. “We have a total of 17 initiatives that have been under development and are being implemented,” she said. She   noted […]

Advocates call for migrant care worker protections

Advocates call for migrant care worker protections

Migrant care workers are increasingly being exploited during the COVID-19 pandemic, an advocacy group said last week as it called on the federal government to bolster protections for the workers and grant them permanent resident status. The Migrant Rights Network said a growing number of the workers who come from abroad to care for children, […]