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Toronto’s Parkdale neighbourhood gets another social housing project!
Photo credit: Toronto Today After just over a year, a 551-unit apartment building, Dunn House, was opened in Toronto’s Parkdale neighbourhood; a similar project will be sited there. direct access to doctors Toronto Today reports that Dunn House is the first social housing project in Toronto’s housing history to offer residents a roof over their heads, along with direct…
The world goes into “water bankruptcy”!
Photo credit: Instagram “Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink!” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”. The world has entered an era of global “water bankruptcy” with irreversible consequences, according to a new United Nations report. CNN reports that water waste problems afflict regions worldwide: Kabul may be on course to become…
Frigid temperatures expected in Toronto!
Photo credit: CBC Environment Canada forecasts the temperature in Toronto this week will be significantly cold, with temperatures expected to drop to -15 C at times. The freezing temperatures come after a snowstorm walloped Toronto last week, resulting in the Don Valley Parkway and Finch West LRT temporarily shutting down, as well as schools and buses being…
US sends military aircraft to Greenland!
Photo credit: The Guardian The United States has deployed a North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) aircraft to Greenland as tensions rise over President Donald Trump’s move to acquire the semi-autonomous Danish territory. The Week reports that NORAD said the aircraft would soon arrive at Pituffik Space Base to support a range of long-planned activities. The…
Nigerian Imam who saved Christians dies at 90!
Photo credit: BBC A Nigerian Imam who gained international attention fr saving 262 Christians during an outbreak of violence has died at the age of 90. The man, AbubakaAbdullahi, had been suffering from a heart condition and was being treated in a hospital. Unfortunately, he died last Thursday. The year was 2018, and Abdullahi had…
Not Yet a (Con)federation! – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: TVC News That Nigeria is not yet a federation has never been in doubt. The fact has been made much more apparent by the South West- sponsored Operation Amotekun. For a nation to be considered as a federation, certain hurdles should have been crossed. The first is that the federating states should come…
Ugandan police deny abducting Bobby Wine!
Photo credit: Aljazeera Ugandan opposition leader Bobby Wine says he has escaped from house arrest after police denied claims from his party that he had been seized by helicopter, with the final result of Thursday’s election to be announced shortly. Wine’s party had said a helicopter landed in the grounds of his house in the capital,…