Refugee rejection led migrants to cross dangerous rivers
Rejection as refugees impelled migrants to make dangerous river crossing By Karl Nerenberg The death of a migrant Roma family crossing from Canada to the U.S. reminds of the difficult […]
The Tokyo Olympics: athletic brilliance but mixed legacy
By: Carlton Joseph The Tokyo Olympics, which started one year later than planned, and took place while Tokyo was in a state of emergency because of the coronavirus pandemic, concluded […]
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Canadians will host more than 60 events for Global Entrepreneurship Week November 13-19. During the Week, Toronto will join cities around the world, including those in the Caribbean, in celebrating […]
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This week’s question: Kenneth Jeffers, a member of the Toronto Police Services Board, has called for the suspension of a school policing program. Through the program, armed, uniformed police officers […]
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This week’s question: The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) board has approved random drug and alcohol testing of employees in “safety-sensitive ” positions such as bus drivers. Should there also be […]
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This week’s question: The Ontario government announced last week in its budget that it will provide free prescription drugs to young people up to age 25.The medicines will be provided […]
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This week’s question: The Ontario government announced last week that it is taking action to make housing more affordable for home buyers and renters while more than 170,000 are on […]
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This week’s question: Violet Brown of Jamaica is believed to be the world’s oldest living person following the death on Saturday of Emma Morano of Italy who was born in […]
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THIS WEEK’S QUESTION: Since 1974, police oversight in Ontario has been the subject of more than a dozen reviews, generating hundreds of recommendations for reform. However, finding the right balance […]
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This week’s question: Toronto police say that there is an eight per cent increase in the number of reported hate and bias crimes in 2016, compared with 2015, but that arrests […]
