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Descrease article font size Increase article font size An emotional memorial service was held Tuesday for the 12-year-old boy who fell into Sturgeon Falls on a family vacation last weekend. Hundreds of family and friends came together at the Winnipeg Grand Mosque on Waverley Street to say goodbye to Usaid …
Read More »Manitoba counters reports of community naloxone shortage – Winnipeg
Winnipeg organizations serving some of the city’s most vulnerable are warning of a naloxone shortage they fear could endanger lives heading into summer — but the province says there isn’t one. Organizations are calling for a more reliable, steady supply they say could mean the difference between life and death. …
Read More »Winnipeg’s Iranian community condemns executions, demands action at CMHR rally – Winnipeg
Members of Winnipeg’s Iranian community held a rally at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights Saturday protesting the recent surge in executions in the country. The United Nations reports the Iranian government has executed at least 259 people in 2023 so far. The death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police …
Read More »Community rallies around residents displaced by massive apartment fire – Winnipeg
Just down the street from where fire tore through an apartment building on Friday night, volunteers are sorting through bags upon bags of donations. The room set up in the common area in another building in the apartment complex on Quail Ridge Road is filling up with piles of clothes, …
Read More »Church holds ‘influence’ over Ontario community that voted down Pride flags, locals say
On a recent weekday afternoon, the main street in Norwich Township was bustling with people chatting at the local cafe, eating at the deli, or browsing through shops. But residents say all that changes on Sundays, when the community in southwestern Ontario largely closes for the Christian day of rest, …
Read More »OPP officer killed, 2 others injured in shooting in eastern Ontario community
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario Provincial Police say one officer died and two others were injured after a shooting in a small community just outside of Ottawa. Police said that just after 2 a.m. on Thursday, officers from the Russell County OPP detachment were called to …
Read More »English Montreal School Board hosts community leaders to speak about Bill 96 impact – Montreal
The implementation of Bill 96, Quebec’s reform of its French language law, has been a thorn in the side of the province’s English-speaking community. One area highly affected is education. That’s why the English Montreal School Board (EMSB) organized an evening of talks, where different community members discussed the legislation’s …
Read More »Manitoba announces funding for community museum initiatives – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Thirty Manitoba museums will be receiving a share of $240,000 in provincial funding this year, the province’s culture minister announced Friday. Obby Khan said the funding, via the Community Museum Project Support Program, will go toward non-profit community museums in support of …
Read More »Indigenous Friendship Centre returning to Winnipeg – Winnipeg
A friendship centre serving the needs of Indigenous people will return to Winnipeg, nearly five years after closing its doors. The facility, which will now be known as the Winnipeg Indigenous Friendship Centre, will be resurrected on the same spot it used to stand on 45 Robinson Street when it …
Read More »‘A beautiful community:’ Canadian universities open lounges for Black students
TORONTO — Spaces designated for students from marginalized backgrounds are spreading across Canadian universities, as officials say they are a necessary and overdue response to decades of racism on campus. Toronto Metropolitan University officially opened a space late last month for students who self-identify as Black. Cheryl Thompson, an associate …
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