Reading Time: < 1 minute Today Canada Turns 155 years old Today Canadians celebrate Canada Day. A day not only to celebrate but also a day to be used to reflect on the country’s past and set a course for a more inclusive future. Canada is a great country of diverse cultures that embraces multiculturalism. A land of opportunities and Read More…
Reading Time: 2 minutes President Biden fulfills a campaign promise to put a Black woman on the Supreme Court of America Today, US Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert’s sworn-in Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as its 104th member of the Court. Since its formation on September 24, 1789, there have been 17 Chief Justices of the United States and 103 Associate Read More…
Reading Time: 2 minutes The US Supreme court’s ruling sets the rights of women back centuries Roe v. Wade established that a woman’s right to abortion is a woman’s right to privacy. It held that the Texas Penal Code’s restriction of a woman’s right to abortion violates the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Read More…
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Supreme Court’s overturning of abortion signals women’s rights are not theirs to decide The US Supreme Court – the nation’s most senior legal body – has overturned the ruling that made abortions legal. A consequence of this decision is that a woman’s right to obtain an abortion legally is left to the states to Read More…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada is giving $250 million and setting up new embassies to help Africa deal with the food crisis Prime Minister Trudeau’s arrival in Kigali, Rwanda, to attend the Commonwealth Summit was one of hope and solidarity with the people of Africa. Trudeau announced Canada’s $250 million contributions to help the continent address its food security Read More…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Airlines will be required to refund delayed and canceled flights in lieu of only offering vouchers By: Charlotte Hui According to data from the Department of Transportation released in December 2021, refunds are consistently the number one complaint category among airlines. Before the pandemic, consumers typically filed between 1,000 and 2,000 complaints per month. From Read More…
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canada’s First Nations, Métis and Inuit people are the first inhabitants of Canada Reconciliation with Canada’s Indigenous people must be at the forefront of every administration at all levels of government. The Indigenous people have endured centuries of wrongdoing at the hands of the various Canadian governments, with many only offering mere symbolism of reconciliation. Read More…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Most media outlets want you to believe the sky’s falling on the Canadian economy Is the sky really falling, or is it the media ensuing panic among Canadians? Fuel costs globally and the cost of goods and services has increased, and no one denies that fact. The war in Ukraine has some role to play, Read More…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Award-winning Investigative Reporter Speaks on Pentecost Sunday Attack at St. Francis Catholic Church & “Nigeria’s Silent Slaughter-Genocide in Nigeria” David Hundeyin, award-winning investigative reporter, founder of https://westafricaweekly.substack.com/,and one of the compilers of Nigeria’s Silent Slaughter- Genocide in Nigeria and Implications for the International Community, has explained the June 5 Pentecost Sunday terrorist attack at St. Francis Catholic Read More…
Reading Time: < 1 minute Should Ukraine gain acceptance into the European Union, it could be the precursor to becoming a full-fledged member of NATO By: Ana Pisonero – Hernandez UE Spokesperson+32 2 295 43 20ana.pisonero-hernandez@ec.europa.eu For many years, the aspiration to belong to the European Union has been an essential priority for Ukraine, its governments, and its citizens. While Read More…
Reading Time: 2 minutes The conference is a combination of recipients of the Black Ecosystem grant and other business community leaders that put an emphasis on seeing Black businesses excel. Starting a business can be terrifying; starting a business as a black entrepreneur in Canada is twice as scary. Unlike many other cultures within Canada, most black entrepreneurs do Read More…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Stanford psychology professor Says there are four ways to regulate emotions By: Charlotte Hui The World Health Organization released a scientific brief on March 2, 2022, showing that during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the global prevalence of anxiety and depression increased by 25%, with the highest rates among young people and women. Read More…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Amidst the multiple strings of mass shootings in the US, the clock is ticking on GOP Senators to pass reasonable gun regulations. Mass shootings and senseless gun violence have been an epidemic in America for decades. This problem is unique only in this country as the right to bear arms is written in its constitution. Read More…
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Political Courage of Omoyele Sowore “Free men and women can achieve when imagination is joined to common purpose, and necessity to courage.”—Barack Obama. Omoyele Sowore’s recent emergence as the African Action Congress presidential candidate bears testimony to his political fortitude over the years, despite personal and collective losses, threats to personal safety, and loss Read More…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Drivers for Skip The Dishes, Uber Eats and Door Dash calling for more financial help to offset high gas prices The advent of the gig economy has created a vast wage discrepancy in favour of the big corporations. Companies such as Uber, Lyft, Door Dash, and Skip The Dishes are billion-dollar companies that rely on Read More…
Reading Time: 2 minutes With low prices, diverse designs, and influencer marketing, Shein has become a $100 billion company In 2008, a small drop shipping company in Nanjing, China, named Shein, grew into a fast fashion sales empire with a valuation of $100 billion. Thanks to the marketing strategy of CEO Chris Xu and his philosophy of diversified clothing Read More…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canadian oil reserves sit at 170 billion barrels, but oil prices are still soaring By: Charlotte Hui Since the war between Russia and Ukraine, most of the global community has imposed sanctions on Russian oil imports, affecting global oil prices and gas. The European Union and the United States have imposed the most detrimental sanctions Read More…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Families Minister Rochelle Squires puts an end to any hopes of becoming Winnipeg’s next Mayor For months, Rochelle Squires, Manitoba’s Minister of Families, have been laying the groundwork for a possible run to be Winnipeg’s next Mayor. According to multiple sources, Squires had already informed Premier Stefanson of her intent to resign as Minister and Read More…
Reading Time: 3 minutes The European Union (EU) just passed the most sweeping internet legislation aimed at protecting online users Today the EU Regulation on addressing the dissemination of terrorist content online enters into application. The Regulation provides a legal framework to ensure that hosting service providers will take down terrorist content online within one hour. Vice-President for Promoting Read More…
Reading Time: < 1 minute Is Fielding the first to flee a sinking ship? Today, Manitoba Premier accepted the resignation of one of her most senior ministers, Scott Fielding, responsible for Natural resources and Northern development. “I want to offer my heartfelt thanks to Scott Fielding for his dedication and over seven years of service as a cabinet member working Read More…
Reading Time: 3 minutes “We are the people of your neighbourhood!” By: Jim Kane On the 5th of June of this year, Winnipeg will celebrate the 35th anniversary of its Pride Parade. A large crowd and Sunshine are in the forecast, setting up for a beautiful day. This event will involve much reflection on my part. How far we Read More…
Reading Time: < 1 minute Police are asking for the public’s help to locate 63-Year-old Sandra McLaughlin The Winnipeg Police Service is requesting the public’s assistance with locating Sandra McLaughlin, a 63-year-old woman with dementia, who was abducted early this morning when the vehicle she had been in was stolen. Sandra McLaughlin is described as being 5’7” tall with a Read More…
