Word of the day: icon
noun: 1: a person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere 2: EMBLEM, SYMBOL 3: a graphic symbol on a computer display screen that represents an app, an object or a function 4: in Eastern Orthodox Christianity: a representation of sacred events or especially of a sacred…
Winter no easy! by Adewale Sobowale
I like Canada die. But I no like winter. Oyinbo fit call de two statement oxymoron as Canada and cold winter be akamu and akamu water. To top the winter, e get one wey dem dey call snowstorm. Dat one be like heaven open for snow. De snow go come down reach trouser-length for person. …
Bill to deport pro-Eritrian government migrants introduced in Israeli parliament!
Photo credit: Borkena A bill aimed at deporting pro-Eritrean government Eritrean migrants has reportedly been introduced in the Knesset Plenum, according to the Times of Israel. Borkeva reports that the bill has already passed a preliminary reading in Parliament with a 51-0 vote. Yisrael Beytend MK Yulia Matinovsky, Member of Knesset, sponsored the Bill. The Times…
Action demanded after coyote attacks and sightings!
Photo credit: Toronto Today Residents of two communities in southwest Toronto are calling on the city tp take action after several reported coyote attacks and sightings in the area since the beginning of the year. Global News reports that a press release from the Coyote Safety Coalition – a group representing residents in the Liberty Village…
Trump targets Canada’s digital service tax!
Photo credit: Toronto Star US President Donald Trump has unveiled a new trade policy, dubbed the “Fair and Reciprocal Plan,” aimed at countering what he calls unfair international trade practices. ic reports that part of the plan takes specific aim at Canada’s Digital Service Tax (DST), which the US claims unfairly targets American tech companies. According to the…
Canada denies Nigerian brass hats visas!
All hell was almost let loose in Nigeria as the federal government and some former diplomats on Thursday condemned Canada’s decision to deny visas to top military chiefs, including the Chief of Army Staff. An apparently frustrated Nuhu Ribadu, Nigeria’s national security adviser, at the maiden annual lecture of the National Association of the Institute…