A confrontation between York Region Transit fare inspectors and a Newmarket man with disabilities has prompted allegations of excessive force and racial profiling, while advocacy groups call for greater independent oversight of transit enforcement. The 21-year-old man’s mother says the incident occurred July 30 after her son travelled by GO Transit from Union Station to […]
Ontario introduces new Workforce Priority Stream By Cindy Ramkissoon-Shears In June 2026, the Ontario government launched the Workforce Priority Stream as part of its redesign of the Immigrant Nominee Program. This stream has 3 categories: (1) Self Employed Physician, (2) Job Offer applicants under TEER Category 0 to 3, and (3) Job Offer applicants under […]
Jamaica is taking its reparations campaign directly to King Charles, asking the monarch to seek legal clarification on Britain’s responsibility for slavery and its continuing consequences. Culture Minister Olivia Grange was due to present the petition to Charles on Monday after arriving in London with members of Jamaica’s National Council on Reparations. The petition asks […]
To imagine Canada and the United States as two countries whose relationship can be neatly defined by a line on a map is, in many respects, a fool’s errand. The border is real. The countries are sovereign. Their interests sometimes collide. But the relationship between them has never been confined to geography. It runs through […]
By Anthony Joseph There is a scene at the heart of the 1983 movie Trading Places that has stayed with me for more than 40 years: two enormously wealthy brothers, Randolph and Mortimer Duke, make a wager. The amount is almost laughable: one dollar. Their experiment involves taking two men from opposite ends of society […]
Hamilton police are seeking help identifying a person believed to have placed neo Nazi and anti Black stickers on a community property in the city’s east end. The Hamilton Police Service Hate Crime Unit released images Monday as investigators examine the June 13 incident at 51 Adair Ave. S. Police said the activity occurred between […]
Jamaica and the United States have formalised a new security arrangement aimed at expanding military cooperation between the two countries, including joint operations, training and disaster response. The Status of Forces Agreement was signed following discussions between United States Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Jamaica’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Dr. […]
Guyanese opposition leader’s lawyer seeks CCJ president’s recusal Lawyers for Guyanese Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed and his father, businessman Nazar “Shell” Mohamed, have asked the Caribbean Court of Justice to prevent its president, Justice Winston Anderson, from taking any further part in proceedings involving the pair until allegations of possible bias are resolved. The request, […]
The international legal fight against slavery is entering a new phase, with Sierra Leone and a growing coalition of countries pressing for the slave trade to be explicitly recognised as an international crime. The campaign comes amid concerns that the widespread use of the term “trafficking” has obscured the distinct legal status of slavery and […]
By Cindy Ramkissoon-Shears The information contained in this article should not be taken as legal advice. It is important to seek legal advice if your situation, or that of someone you know, is similar to the facts set out in this case. Larry (not his real name) is a permanent resident of Canada. He sought […]
