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Photo credit: Facebook Feed Scarborough is tackling food insecurity by using the United Nations’ sustainable development goals as a guide. CBC reports that the head of the food bank is encouraging other organizations to follow suit due to its success. There are 17 goals in total, including eliminating poverty and hunger and promoting “responsible consumption and…

Photo credit: News18 Dozens of members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Iskcon) who were travelling to India were turned back by the Bangladeshi authorities, even though they had valid passports and visas. The Telegraph online reports that they were turned back on Sunday at the Benapole border because they “lacked specific government permission”…

Photo credit: The Conversation Labour ministers in the UK have been urged to introduce strict tests to weed out the growing numbers of migrants who are posing as children. DailyMail.com reports that under a law passed by the Tories earlier this year, the Home Office as the power to carry out scientific checks on those who…

Photo credit: the Guardian The Australian government has restricted the number of domestic workers diplomats can bring into the country, a UN anti-slavery expert has reported, after two recent federal court cases exposed systemic exploitation, a judge described as “slave-like working conditions”. The Guardian reports that the United Nations special rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery concluded a…

Photo credit: CTV News An immigrant rights organization held a demonstration in Montreal early Saturday afternoon in front of the Quebec Ministry of Immigration, Francization and Integration in response to the government’s announced freeze on immigration programs. The Gazette reports that to limit the number of permanent immigrants to Quebec, the CAQ government announced in October…

Photo credit: LinkedIn FIFA has ignored its report on compensation for the Qatar World Cup compensations. Keir Radnedge.com reports that a FIFA subcommittee report on Qatar’s 2022 World Cup legacy said soccer’s world governing body is responsible for compensating migrant workers. However, the body has not acted on a recommendation to do that using its legacy…

Photo credit: Reuters Britain’s parliament backed a new bill to allow assisted dying on Friday, kicking off months of wrangling over a possible legal change that has sparked a national conversation about dignity in death and end-of-life. Reuters reports that in an initial approval of the bill, 330 lawmakers voted in favour with 275 against…