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Protest in Copenhagen against takeover of Greenland!
Photo credit: Aljazeera Thousands of people marched from Copenhagen City Hall to the US embassy on Saturday in protest of President Trump’s comments that he wants to acquire Greenland. NPR reports that the crowd, waving Greenland flags, chanted “Greenland is not for sale.” Many demonstrators wore red hats in Trump’s own “Make America Great Again” fashion that read,…
The Downtowner!
Coming soon: The Downtowner Downtown Toronto’s Weekend Community Newspaper To be published by Oasis Communications
Nigeria hires American firm for $9m ONLY!
I hear Nigeria is hiring an American lobbying firm for $750,000 per month over six months to defend its international reputation in the US. In total. The total is $4.5m. The contract doesn’t stop there; it continues for another six months, bringing the total to a whopping sum of $9 million. The government is spending more money than the Bafran separatists,…
Committee approves 48-storey development!
A Toronto city council committee has approved a plan to transform a heritage church into a 48-storey development -a proposal that one supporter says sets a new standard for how faith institutions redevelop underused land amid the housing crisis. Toronto Today reports that several years ago, developer Kindred Works proposed a 12-storey building for the site…
Delays plague voting in Uganda elections!
Photo credit: the Guardian Uganda’s presidential election was plagued by widespread delays on Thursday. The Canadian Press reports that there was also a days-long internet shutdown that has been criticized as an anti-democratic tactic in a country where the president has held office since 1986. Some polling stations remained closed for up to four hours…
Some Ontario civil servants asked to make a choice!
Photo credit; Global News As a major snowstorm caused travel chaos, serious weather alerts, highway closures and school cancellations, some working for Ontario’s Ministry of YTransportation were told to head into the office. Global News reports that around 9.30 am on Thursday with more than tens of centimetres already on the ground, a manager withbin the civil service emailed their employees…
Venezuela’s Machado gifts Nobel Prize to Trump!
Photo credit: Euro News Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said he presented her Nobel Peace Prize to S President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday even as he has questioned her credibility to take over her country after the US ousted President Nicolas Maduro. CBC reports that the Nobel Institute has said Machado…