I have a passion for ships so I’ve travelled and seen much of the world this way. But I’d never been to Alaska. So I recently joined a group of cardiologists on an educational cruise to a U.S. State blessed ...
Read More »I voted in America’s ugliest presidential election
If national leadership elections were glamour contests, like the one between Justin Trudeau and Stephen Harper, there would be no winner for the White House this time around. Ugly prevails south of the 49th parallel and I won’t tell you ...
Read More »Toronto Premiere: A Truth to be Told by Raven Sinclair
From the 1960s and the mid 1980s, First Nation and Metis children in Canada were removed from their families without consent and placed with non-Aboriginal families. This episode is known as “The 60’s Scoop.” The reason you may not have ...
Read More »How does God talk to you?
“God can talk by thunder because thunder is really God talking out loud,” says Dianna, 8. I’m not sure how this works but Lane, 7, will explain: “God is in heaven, and when you are high, it’s easy to talk ...
Read More »Chippawas lock selves in TD main office protest
On Nov. 3, 2016 three women locked themselves within TD’s main office in Toronto’s financial district. They demanded that TD acknowledge they are complicit in the violence against Indigenous water protectors at Standing Rock who are blocking pipeline construction (the ...
Read More »CIJA remembers the 1984 massacre of Sikhs in India
The week of Nov. 7 marks the 32nd anniversary of the 1984 Sikh massacre, a violent series of pogroms targeting innocents in India. In commemoration of the anniversary of this atrocity, David J. Cape, Chair of the Centre for Israel ...
Read More »Winning against water polluting miners
We’ve been hoping to say this for a very long time and here it is: El Salvador’s water is safe! OceanaGold’s lawsuit against El Salvador has been dismissed — a lawsuit that threatened the country’s last source of drinkable water. ...
Read More »Is anger wrong?
“It’s OK to get angry in certain situations,” says Nicole, age 9. “For example, when your baby sister sits on your new cowboy shirt.” Kids talk about God Being from Texas, I understand. A new cowboy shirt is a precious ...
Read More »Toronto Laneway Project launches photo contest
The Laneway Project has launched a city-wide photo contest, encouraging Torontonians to channel their inner urban photographer and capture what they love about Toronto’s laneways. Running through Nov. 23, the photo contest aims to illuminate the beauty, character and untapped ...
Read More »Daniels Spectrum wins global awards for excellence
The Daniels Corp., together with Artscape and development partners Toronto Community Housing, and the Regent Park Community, and project architect Diamond Schmitt Architects, were honoured with the Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) 2016 Global Awards for Excellence announced October 27 at ...
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