A grim commemoration
What’s on my mind? Today, January 25th marks one year since the first coronavirus case was confirmed in Canada. Canada’s patient zero was a man in his 50s who had [...]
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Judge orders Uganda’s Bobi Wine freed from house arrest
A judge ruled on Monday that Ugandan security forces cannot detain presidential challenger Bobi Wine inside his home, rebuking authorities for holding the candidate under [...]
Governor General Julie Payette resigns
Gov. Gen. Julie Payette has resigned from her post following reports of a “damaging” workplace harassment investigation. “Everyone has a right to a healthy and [...]
President Biden’s day one executive actions
On his first day in office, Biden issued 17 executive orders, presidential memoranda and agency directives, from directing the Covid-19 pandemic response to canceling the [...]
Inaugural event to celebrate resiliency of Black Americans
The resiliency, culture and heroism of Black Americans and the African Diaspora will be the central theme of a virtual event Tuesday evening that will celebrate the [...]
Ontario declares province-wide state of emergency and stay-at-home order
Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced a second state of emergency, and a stay-at-home order which will go into effect this Thursday. “Everyone must stay home to save [...]
Immigration lottery winners invited to formally apply to sponsor parents, grandparents
Immigrants hoping to bring their parents or grandparents to live permanently in Canada will soon learn if they were lucky enough to win a coveted spot through a controversial [...]
Travellers to Canada will soon need negative COVID-19 test
Anyone arriving in Canada starting Jan. 7 will need to have a negative COVID-19 test before boarding a flight, the federal government said Thursday as the Liberals urged [...]
Ontario goes into shutdown the day after Christmas
Ontario Premier Doug Ford, citing rising numbers of Covid-19 cases that are accelerating at “an alarming rate,” announced Monday that the entire Canadian province [...]
Canada suspends flights from U.K. in response to new coronavirus strain
The federal government is restricting travel from the U.K. for 72 hours in an effort to keep a contagious new strain of the virus that causes COVID-19 out of Canada. The [...]