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Ontario plans massive jail expansion
Photo credit: Bradford Today Ontario is planning a massive expansion of jails over the next few decades. Toronto Tofay reports that the province’s jails are bursting and have been significantly over capacity for years, with the situation worsening. Ontario plans to add nearly 6,000 beds by 2050, according to documents obtained by University of Ottawa researchers through…
Boat captains plead guilty in separate deadly migrant-smuggling incidents
Photo credit: Reuters Three Mexican boat captains pleaded guilty to federal charges Tuesday in connection with two separate incidents last year in which small vessels carrying undocumented migrants capsized off the coast of San Diego County, leaving a total of nine people dead, including a 14-year-old Indian boy and his 10-year-old sister. The incident involving the siblings occurred…
250 missing after migrant boat sinks in Indian Ocean
Photo credit: BBC About 250 Rohingya and Bangladeshis, including children, are missing after their boat capsized last week in the Andaman Sea, according to the United Nations’ refugee and migration agencies. The BBC reports that the trawler, which had departed from Bangladesh and was bound for Malaysia, “reportedly sank due to heavy winds, rough seas and overcrowding”, the…
Trump says he won’t apologize to Pope
Photo credit: The Boston Globe President Donald Trump refused to apolologize to Pope Leo XIV on Monday after crisizing the pontiff for his opposition to the war in Iran – and he sought to explain away a now-deleted social media post depicting himself as Jesus by saying he had thought the image was of him as a doctor. Asia One…
Carney’s Liberals projected to form majority with 3 byelection victories
Photo credit: CTV News Prime Minister Mark Carney will have a majority government after the Liberals were projected to sweep all three federal byelections that were held on Monday. Global News projects Danielle Martin will keep the Toronto-area riding of University-Rosedale in Liberal hands, while Liberal candidate Dolly Begum will win Scarborough Southwest. Liberal Tatiana Auguste…
Iyabo Obasanjo congratulates Yayi
A gubernatorial aspirant and daughter of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Iyabo Obasanjo, has congratulated Senator Solomon Adeola (Yayi) on his emergence as the All Progressives Congress (APC) consensus candidate for the 2027 governorship election in Ogun State. NaijaNews reports that Obasanjo also announced that she has withdrawn from the race and dropped her 2027 governorship…
US to block ships from Iranian ports
Photo credit: Reuters President Donald Trump said on Sunday the US Navy would start blockading the Strait of Hormuz, raising the stakes after marathon talks wth Iran failed to reach a deal to end the war, jeopardizing a fragile two-week ceasefire. The Korea Herald reports that the US Central Command stated US forces would begin implementing a…