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Mass protest over OSAP cuts!

Photo credit: CBC Students across the province protested recent changes to the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) – the post-secondary financial aid system which will go from a majority grant structure to a majority loan structure in the new school year. CBC News reports that hundreds of students rallied outside Queen’s Park in Toronto, while hundreds more walked…

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Why? – Adewale Sobowale

Why have Southwesterners in Nigeria done this to themselves? Before I proceed, the few who have been reading my scribblings will bear testimony to the fact that I don’t believe Nigeria should split into various nations. I earnestly believe if we could work for a true federation, there’s a silver lining for us. By the…

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Missed Chance!

I must confess that I was gleeful when I heard that northern traders had decided not to transport their foodstuff to southern Nigeria. I was even happy for them when I saw evidence that they had found alternative in neighboring counties. It was therefore,tp my consternation when I read that their dogs had gone back…

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Toronto gets $25M donation to establish new model for tackling homelessness!

Photo credit: CBC A philanthropic organization says it’s donating  $25 million to establish a new system for tackling homelessness in Toronto that will use an evidence-based approach to move people off the streets and into supportive housing. Toronto Today reports that the Slaight Family Foundation  says the money will go to a St Michael’s Hospital research centre,…

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The migrants in the ancient forest (contd)

Photo credit: VICE It was in the summer of 2021 that people from Somalia, Iraq, Syria, and other countries with ongoing conflicts began showing up in the  Polish woods. Many had children with them. They entered at the Belarusian border, through perhaps the world’s most politically engineered migration trade route. Months earlier, Aleksandr Lukashenko, the…

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