Tag Archives: Borders

Worldwide press freedom has fallen to its lowest level in 25 years, according to NGO Reporters Without Borders. For the first time since its World Press Freedom Index launched in 2002, more than half of the world’s countries fall into the ‘difficult’ or ‘very serious’ categories for press freedom. News …

Warren Shepell had an unsettling experience this month when boarding his flight from Cleveland heading home to Toronto. Just before getting on the plane, he says two uniformed officers approached him on the boarding ramp (Jetway), and one took his photo.  “I was aghast. I felt ambushed,” said Shepell, a …

Canada’s borders are “safe and secure,” Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said Friday as she sought to address fears that U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s vow to deport millions of undocumented immigrants could send a wave of migrants north. RCMP officials have said they’ve been preparing for months for the possibility of increased …

A downtown basketball court got a well-needed makeover and its grand opening was Sunday, bringing in people from the community to celebrate the new addition to the neighbourhood. The court is located next to the Mayfair Recreation Centre and the Sea Bears supported and promoted the refurbishment which was headed …

Dehradun: Security was beefed up along the borders of Haridwar district on Saturday to prevent Kanwariyas from entering, as Uttarakhand has suspended the Kanwar Yatra this year in view of a looming threat of a third COVID wave. Though the pilgrimage has been suspended, the possibility that Kanwariyas may still …