News Room

All roads led to Saint Luke’s United Church, Downtown Toronto, on Sunday when the church held its annual Christmas Party. People did not seem to mind the chilly weather as they arrived in their tens. The church itself was prepared for the guests, as food from various cultures was in abundance. Krisorg supplied music. Dancing Time The…

Photo credit: ABC News In the past year, tens of thousands of people hostile to immigrants marched through London, chanting “send them home!” A British lawmaker complained of seeing too many non-white faces on TV. And senior politicians advocated the deportation of longtime UK residents born abroad. The AP reports that the overt demonization of…

Photo credit: the Globe and Mail A drone strike hit a UN facility in war-torn Sudan on Saturday, killing six peacekeepers, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced. The Koren Herald reports that the strike hit the peacekeeping logistics base in the city of Kadugli, in the central region of Kordofan, according to Guterres. Eight other peacekeepers were…

By Adewale Sobowale, There’s something obscene about celebrating a Man of the Year in a country where survival itself has become a full-time occupation. Awards presume achievement. Achievement presumes improvement. But what exactly is being improved when a nation grows richer in statistics and poorer in lived reality? When inflation eats wages faster than time…

Photo credit: National Post Canada will invest $1.7 billion to attract top global talent. The Minister of Industry and the Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, Melanie Joly, and the Minister of Health, Marjorie Michel, along with the Parliament Secretary to the Minister of Industry, Karim Bardeesy, have announced $1.7 billion to launch the…

Photo credit: Indian Express Some spouses of US citizens were recently detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at what they thought were going to be routine green card interviews. NBC News reports that there have been several dozen known cases out of San Diego alone. Cases have also been reported in New York City, Cleveland…

Photo credit: VNN Venezuela’s most prominent opposition leader, Maria Corina Machado, has vowed to continue her struggle to free her country from years of “obscene corruption,” “brutal dictatorship,” and “despair” as she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony in Oslo. However, she was awarded the prize in absentia because she has been in hiding in…