Toronto outlines mobility plans for World Cup

Photo credit: NOW Toronto With less than three months until the FIFA World Cup comes to Toronto, city officials outlined a traffic management plan with a clear message. If you’re going downtown, leave the car at home. Toronto Today reports that the strategy was billed as a “transit first” approach in managing the flow of…

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The children forced to wage war in DRC

Photo credit: Accord The Ituri region, which borders Uganda and South Sudan, is a victim of some of the fiercest fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The region is home to dozens of warring ethnic militias and the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), the DRC branch of ISIS. It is heavily involved in – but still affected…

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Men n Boys! – Adewale Sobowale

I just thought I should share various countries’ or even regions’ reactions to the COVID 19 plague. It’s a known fact that political leaders in the western nations are bent on giving palliatives to assist their respective peoples. It’s also a known a fact that in most democratic western nations, there’s a separation of powers…

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Off the cuff? – Adewale Sobowale

Having watched the Iwuanyawu video clip severally, my thoughts are, The man definitely didn’t speak off the cuff ! Somewhere in the speech, when he mentioned “Yoruba,” he stopped the sentence and said, “They are political rascals.” As I said, I watched the video with rapid attention and severally too. A Yoruba will be right…

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Carney defends record on immigration

Photo credit: National Post Prime Minister Mark Carney defended his government’s record on immigration on Wednesday, following a report from the auditor general this week that showed the international student program lacked proper controls. The National Post reports Carney as saying, “We’re taking back control on immigration,” as he entered a caucus meeting. “You’ve seen…

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Sweden to deport migrants not adhering to “honest living”

Photo credit: CTV News The Swedish government has proposed a bill requiring migrants to adhere to an “honest living” – or face deportation.  The Independent reports that the centre-right Moderate Party, backed by the country’s anti-immigration Democrats, came into office in 2022 after vowing to implement strict immigration legislation. Ahead of legislative elections in September, the…

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