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Ontario education workers hold walkout with many schools closed indefinitely

11/04/2022

Ontario’s education workers have officially walked off the job today despite legislation passed at Queen’s Park that made a strike illegal. The Canadian Union of Public [...]

Hundreds of wildlife die as Kenya weathers drought

11/04/2022

Hundreds of animals, including elephants, zebras, buffaloes, and endangered Grevy’s zebras, have died in Kenyan widlife preserves during East Africa’s worst drought [...]

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

09/30/2022

Each year, September 30 marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The day honours the children who never returned home and Survivors of residential schools, as [...]

Atlantic Canada begins long cleanup, expects slow recovery after hurricane Fiona

09/25/2022

The storm named Fiona slammed into Canada’s eastern seaboard with hurricane-force winds and torrential rainfall Saturday, pulling buildings into the ocean, collapsing [...]

Ruto asks 40 preachers to anoint State House

09/25/2022

President William Ruto on Sunday, September 25 asked 40 preachers to consecrate State House Nairobi. The Head of State, who had just returned from UK and US trips, hosted [...]

President William Ruto responds to claim he could be Kenya’s authoritarian leader

09/25/2022

President William Ruto has allayed fears that he could oversee an authoritarian regime as he starts serving his term as Kenya’s fifth president. An authoritarian leader [...]

Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge smashes own world record in Berlin Marathon

09/25/2022

BERLIN — Two-time Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge bettered his own world record in the Berlin Marathon on Sunday. The Kenyan star clocked 2 hours, 1 minute, 9 seconds [...]

Three Kenyan films to feature at TIFF ‘22

09/07/2022

The Toronto International Film Festival returns this September 8-18 for its 47th edition, and included on the lineup are three Kenyan films. Shimoni, Baba and Free Money will [...]

Kenya Supreme Court lays out issues in presidential vote dispute

09/02/2022

Kenya’s Supreme Court on Tuesday laid out questions it will answer when it rules on this month’s disputed presidential election result, including whether the [...]

Investigation into Ontario crash that killed 6 young people continues

09/01/2022

Police in Barrie, Ont., continue to investigate a crash that left six young people dead over the weekend. The force says the probe into the “tragic event” will [...]