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New wildfire explodes in Okanagan, BC
Photo credit: Global News Evacuations are underway around Summerland, BC, after a new wildfire near Okanagan Lake exploded in size. The Canadian Press reports that Erick Thompson with the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen’s emergency operations centre says the fire was first detected at 5 am Friday. Still, it has grown to 50 square kilometres in about…
South African clothing factories struggle after migrant workers flee
Weeks after xenophobic protests drove thousands of migrant workers from South Africa, rows of sewing machines stood idle at a clothing factory in Newcastle, a manufacturing hub in the eastern province of KwaZulu-Natal. Reuters reports that migrants typically work in sectors unappealing to locals, according to analysts. “People don’t want to work in factories,” said…
Is it really rude to post a photo of someone without asking first? by Charlotte Hilton Anderson
Photo credit: Readers Digest Ten years ago, at the height of blogging, I had a charming little corner of the internet where I documented my life with photos, anecdotes and way too many overshares. I met so many incredible people that way, and it felt warm and community-y and good – until it wasn’t. I…
Trump signs new executive orders seeking to limit birthright citizenship
Photo credit: BBC United States President Donald Trump has signed two new executive orders seeking to limit birthright citizenship, weeks after the Supreme Court upheld the practice as protected under the Constitution. Al Jazeera reports that the orders, signed on Thursday, were far narrower than Trump’s previous attempt to restrict the practice, which confers citizenship to nearly all…
Carney says US trade talks are “nasty” after Trump criticizes Canada’s leadership
Photo credit: The New York Times Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday that trade negotiations with the United States had turned “nasty” after President Donald Trump derided America’s neighbour and its leadership while threatening to expand tariffs. AP reports Carney as saying Canada remained engaged in the negotiations despite Trump’s comments, describing the talks as a fight to…
Africa CDC plans to use vaccine for different strain of Ebola as outbreak spreads
Photo credit: DW African health authorities say they would start using a vaccine for the prior Zaire ebolavirus strain to treat the current outbreak involving a different, fast-spreading strain known as Bundibugyo. The ongoing outbreak is centred in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). DW Canada reports that the director general of the African Centres for…
Carney pledges $2.7B for new affordable housing measures in Toronto
Photo credit: CBC The federal government is pledging $2.7 billion over three years to build more than 18 housing projects across the city of Toronto, Prime Minister Mzark Carney announced Wednesday. CBC reports that the partnership between the government of Canada and the city of Toronto inclides 5,600 rental homes, 1,800 of which will be “deeply affordable,” supportive or rent-controlled,…