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Report finds some Gen Z and millennial Canadians still spank their kids
Spanking is an outmoded form of parenting in Canada. The National Post reports that a new study has found that a sizeable proportion of millennial and Gen Z parents are still spanking their kids. When asked whether they have ever spanked their child or children on their bottom with their hand, about 20 per cent of younger…
Is resilience eroding superpower invincibility? by Adewale Sobowale
I’ll begin this article with a story about the Biafran-Nigerian civil war. The Nigerian authorities initially felt the war would last a few weeks and often described it as a limited police action. However, the war lasted 30 months due to the resilience of the Igbo. Although they were overwhelmingly outnumbered, isolated, and lacking access to…
Montreal tenants, community groups denounce death of unhoused migrant
Photo credit: Citynews Montreal Tenants and community groups in Montreal’s Parc-Extension borough gathered for a vigil Tuesday evening to honour and remember the life of Manjeet Singh, a 42-year-old unhoused migrant, who died earlier this year, after he was evicted from his home. “He was an asylum seeker. He was alone here. His family is still back…
Crossing the Darien Gap: Migrants Risk Death on the journey to the US
Photo credit: The Guardian Hundreds of thousands of migrants from Haiti, Venezuela, and elsewhere risk their lives each year to cross the Darien Gap between Colombia and Panama. The Darien Gap is an imposing obstacle on one of the world’s most dangerous migration routes. The remote, roadless crossing on the border between Colombia and Panama consists…
Iran defiant as deadline looms …
Photo credit: Global News Iran showed no sign of backing down on Tuesday as a US deadline loomed for it to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, defying threats by President Donald Trump to “decimate” the country’s civilian infrastructure. Hurriyet Daily News reports that the Iranian army dismissed what they called Trump’s “arrogant rhetoric and baseless threats”, saying they would not…
Zelenskyy says he stands by ceasefire proposal to Russia
Photo credit: Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has confirmed that he stood by a proposal made to Russia for a ceasefire contingent on Moscow halting all attacks on energy infrastructure. APA reports that he said this on Monday in his nightly video address. He added that the proposal had been conveyed to Moscow through the US….
3-year-old allegedly suffers sexual abuse in immigration custody
Photo credit: Fox 11 For five months, the young father waited for his 3-year-old daughter’s release from federal custody after she crossed the US-Mexico border with her mother, hoping for their safe reunion. PBS News reports that only when he turned to the courts as a last resort did he learn that the girl had suffered…