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Toronto expands winter homeless plan, but …!
Photo credit: Toronto Life The weather is getting colder, and Toronto’s homeless population is getting bigger.CBC News reports that the city is opening additional temporary shelter spaces, warming centres, and respite sites. However, the staff say more than this will be needed to meet the needs of people living on the street.The city released its Winter Services…
Economic immigration makes Saskatchewan stronger!
Photo credit: CBC Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe has said that although the province worked closely with the federal government on immigration issues, it has its way of creating policies focusing on economic immigration. Sasktoday reports that the federal government handles immigration policies regarding asylum seekers, refugees, and student permits. The province has its policy,…
Caravan of 2,000 migrants race to US in preemptive move against election!
Photo credit: ABC News Both candidates in the US 2024 presidential election, Vice President Kamala Harria and former President Donald Trump, have said they would tighten border security if elected Daily Mail.com reports that fearing the new marshall in town may not allow them in, a caravan of 2,000 migrants is on its way to…
Migrant boat collapses off Greek island, leaving two dead!
Photo credit: Africa News A boat carrying undocumented migrants capsized off the Greek Island of Samos. Two peple died in the incidence and 22 people were rescued, according to coast guard officials. Neos Kosmos reports that the bdy of a man and a woman were taken from the Aegean Sea while 20 men and two women were…
World Bank boss pleads for poorest countries!
Photo credit: Reuters As ministers and central bank governors from around the world gather in Washington alongside thinktank and charity bosses to discuss the state of the global economy and its ability to generate a higher standard of living, debt, and why governments need to reduce it, will top the agenda at this week’s annual meetings of…
Migrant workers exploited and forced to live in squalor in Saudi Arabia!
Photo credit: Amnesty International Migrant workers at Carrefour sites, in Saudi Arabia, are exploited and forced to live in squalour. According to a report be Amnesty International UK, workers from Nepal, India and Pakistan are made to work 16-hour days and threatened with costly lay-offs if they refused to work overtime. One of the workers…
U of T’s environment school cuts ties to fossil fuels!
Photo credit; the Guardian The University of Toronto environment school says it will financially dissociate from fossil fuel companies. The Guardian reports that the institution has committed to stop taking funds from the sector for research, sponsorships, scholarships or infrastructure such as buildings. It is also going to stop collaborating with te industry on events and school initiatives, cease…