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Husband divorces wife after she was too busy texting to have sex on wedding night

05/19/2016

A man has divorced his new bride after she apparently spent their wedding night texting her friends instead of consummating the marriage. The unnamed groom was furious with [...]

Tanzania purges 10,000 ‘ghost workers’ in anti-corruption drive

05/16/2016

Tanzania has removed more than 10,000 “ghost workers” from its public sector payroll in a crackdown on corruption. Payments to the non-existent employees had been [...]

Ontario woman follows car’s GPS directions into Lake Huron

05/16/2016

Police say following the instructions from a GPS on a foggy night left an Ontario woman taking an unplanned swim in Georgian Bay. The 23-year-old woman from Kitchener, Ont., [...]

The big fish

05/15/2016

Two men went fishing. One man was an experienced fisherman, the other wasn’t. Every time the experienced fisherman caught a big fish, he put it in his ice chest to keep [...]

Ontario Kenyans hold service to honour Lucy Kibaki and Nairobi flash floods victims

05/13/2016

This past weekend, the Kenyan Community in Ontario held a memorial service for the late H.E Lucy Kibaki at Living Hope Family Church in Toronto. The service also incorporated [...]

Complainant in Jian Ghomeshi case issues statement

05/11/2016

Hi everyone. Thank you for coming out and listening. My name is Kathryn Borel. In December of 2014, I pressed sexual assault charges against Jian Ghomeshi. As you know, Mr. [...]

25 Swahili words you may not know

05/11/2016

Password – NywilaJuice – ShambatiPhD – UzamifuMasters – UzamiliDegree – ShahadaDiploma – StashahadaCertificate – AstashahadaKeyboard – KicharazioScanner [...]

UNHCR appeals to Kenya over decision to end refugee hosting

05/10/2016

The UN Refugee Agency is calling on the Government of Kenya to reconsider its recent announcement that it intends to end the hosting of refugees. The Ministry of Interior [...]

A fond memory of the late former First Lady Lucy Kibaki

05/08/2016

It was 2003 December. I had been requested to do some filming in Mombasa. The guest was Lucy Kibaki and as she was the then patron of Miss Disability Kenya, we were to film a [...]

Help Fort McMurray: Ottawa to match Red Cross donations for Fort McMurray wildfire, Trudeau says

05/05/2016

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the federal government will match individual donations made to the Canadian Red Cross to help those affected by the raging wildfire [...]

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