Smoke headed for Metro Vancouver, Stanley Park closed overnight as 241 wildfires burn across B.C.
Wildfire smoke is in the forecast for B.C.’s south coast this weekend, in addition to a heat wave, which in the wake of last month’s fatal heat dome prompted warnings Friday from health officials. Metro Vancouver is expected to see smoke roll in this weekend, joining communities across the province that have been blanketed by wildfire smoke for weeks, at […]
Hikers rescued near Chaguaramas waterfall
News Shane Superville 33 Minutes Ago File photo An afternoon hike in Chaguaramas took a frightening turn for nine people when they were trapped on a riverbank and had to be rescued by fire officers on Sunday. Newsday understands the hikers, including an eight-year-old boy, made their way to Edith Falls, but were trapped when […]
Canadians have a lot to learn about this country’s history of slavery, experts say
WARNING: This story contains disturbing details about slavery. As Sharon Robart-Johnson walks around the Black history room at the Yarmouth County Museum, she points out paintings of Black educators, the first Black Nova Scotian to join the RCMP, and even a painting of herself, as the first person to write a book about Black people in […]
18 held as cops bust Arima curfew party
News Shane Superville 21 Minutes Ago File photo A TEAM of police officers descended on an illegal curfew party in Arima on Saturday night and arrested 18 people. A police release on Sunday reported that officers received a report of a large gathering at Kelly Street in Peytonville. Police went to the area and arrested […]
Emancipation Day celebrations predate Canada’s official proclamation by decades
Emancipation Day is being recognized by the federal government this year for the first time, but at least one Canadian community has celebrated it since before Confederation. On March 24, members of Parliament voted unanimously to designate Aug. 1 as Emancipation Day in Canada. The date marks Aug. 1, 1834, when slavery was abolished in […]
All must fight for reparations
News Janelle De Souza 2 Hrs Ago THE Emancipation Support Committee (ESC) says everyone needs to join the fight for reparation for slavery. In a press release, the organisation said this year’s Emancipation Day marked the 183rd anniversary of the emancipation of Africans in the British colonies from slavery. This is also the seventh year […]
Family of Kelowna crane collapse victims stuck in quarantine despite travel exemption
Flooded with grief, Norbert Stemmer rushed to Canada to support his family after finding out his two nephews had died in the crane collapse that devastated the Kelowna, B.C., community earlier this month. But when Stemmer arrived, he and his 87-year-old mother, who are both from Germany, were fined more than $11,000 and forced into mandatory […]
New heads of Toronto CSIS office say they want to hire a more diverse group of spies
When Katherine Hannah and Zahra Musaji first started at the Canadian Security and Intelligence Agency back in 1999, they couldn’t have told you what colour the carpet was on the management levels. Hannah said they were told at the time that women didn’t work in counterterrorism at CSIS — that they were supposed to work in human resources. “There wasn’t a lot […]
Tobagonians urged to get vaccinated as cases rise
News Kinnesha George 47 Minutes Ago Frankie James receives his first Sinopharm jab from nurse Denise Nelson at the drive-through vaccination site in Shaw Park, Tobago on Saturday. – Photo by David Reid Kinnesha George-Harry THA Secretary of Health, Wellness and Family Development Tracy Davidson-Celestine is appealing for citizens in Tobago to be vaccinated. Davidson-Celestine […]
Business travel isn’t expected to return to pre-pandemic levels anytime soon
Kacey Siskind recently took her first business trip to the U.S. since the pandemic began. The vice-president of business development at Honk Mobile, a parking app, attended an industry conference in Texas. “Our team was fully vaccinated and we felt that we could probably make our way and see how it went… we just wanted to take […]
40% in elderly homes get covid19 vaccines
News Janelle De Souza Just Now A senior citizen is given the covid19 vaccine at the Couva Health Facility. File photo – At the beginning of the year, about 17 per cent of people in care homes, including staff, were willing to accept the covid19 vaccine. As of July, about 40 per cent, around 2,000 […]
Artist’s Queer Newfoundland Hockey League spins a new yarn to address homophobia in sports
Ever heard of the St. John’s Sissies? The Corner Brook Queens? The Come By Chance Flamers? If you’re strictly a sports fan, probably not. But these fictional teams and their creator skewer traditional hockey tropes and offer up a campy alternative world known as the Queer Newfoundland Hockey League. The league is the brainchild of artist Lucas Morneau, […]