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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Toronto Fire Services say a man has died in hospital after a two-alarm fire at seniors home in Scarborough on Thursday morning. Officials said the fire happened at a Toronto community housing centre for seniors on Brimley Road, just south of St. …
Read More »Edmonton’s Pride Cup looks to boost visibility in the 2SLGBTQ+ sport community – Edmonton
This weekend marked the annual Pride Cup — the annual Battle of Alberta for the province’s 2SLGBTQ+-focused hockey teams. The event aims to be more than just a ball hockey championship, but a chance to support diversity, equity and inclusion in sport. There were two feature games ahead of this …
Read More »Eritrean community tension boiling over in Canada. What’s behind it?
Tensions are boiling over in Canada’s Eritrean community after festivals turned violent this month. Chaos erupted at the Festival Eritrea between attendees and protesters at two locations in Toronto over the August long weekend. Several gatherings in Edmonton related to an annual festival also ended in violence, with multiple people …
Read More »Saskatoon’s Empire Parkour invites community to come hang – Saskatoon
By Moosa Imran Global News Posted August 13, 2023 8:47 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Saskatoon parkour community is only getting bigger, according to Empire Parkour. Saskatoon’s first parkour club has been hosting a series of weekend events, to help curate a culture for the …
Read More »Residents in one N.S. community and how they cleared a section of flooded road by hand – Halifax
It’s not often someone can say that they made rubber meet the road. But in the case of a group of neighbours in Glen Haven, N.S., they did just that. When heavy rain dumped between 200 and 250 millimetres along Nova Scotia’s South Shore on Friday, it totalled the Old …
Read More »Manitoba RCMP to return to northern community to search for man presumed dead – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Manitoba RCMP say they’re continuing to look into the disappearance of a Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation man two years after he first disappeared. The disappearance of 22-year-old Rico Linklater, who was last seen in October of 2021, is considered a homicide investigation by …
Read More »‘It’s awful’: Oshawa community shocked after house fire deemed as arson
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Neighbours living in Oshawa’s south end are in shock after a suspicious fire left an elderly woman in critical condition. Oshawa fire crews were called to 250 McNaughton Ave. around 12:30 a.m. on Saturday. Deputy Fire Chief Steve Barkwell says it appears …
Read More »Community safety concerns under spotlight in Leslieville following death of bystander – Toronto
TORONTO — Pulin Shah feels a sense of unease every time he passes the corner in his Toronto neighbourhood where a mother of two was killed by a stray bullet earlier this month. It could have been him that was caught in the gunfire, he says, or anyone in the …
Read More »Leduc, Alta. dog attacks causing concern amongst community – Edmonton
A group of dogs in Leduc, Alta., that have been responsible for several attacks recently are causing concern amongst the community. One of the attack victims was seven-year-old Hudson, who was playing in his front yard in Bridgeport Tuesday when three large dogs ran toward him. One bit him and …
Read More »How community concerns continue to linger after Halifax-area wildfire – Halifax
Questions still linger in a Nova Scotia neighbourhood ravaged by a wildfire nearly two months ago. That was evident Thursday evening at a community meeting in Hammonds Plains that was organized to help connect residents with the agencies responsible for recovery. More than 16,000 were evacuated from their homes in late …
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