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The face of Tehran has been undergoing an extraordinary transformation in recent months, some neighbourhoods seeming to channel Beirut as much as the capital of the Islamic Republic where headscarves — or hijabs — have been mandatory for women for 45 years. Less than three years after the brutal crackdown …
Read More »Canadian travel to the U.S. has plummeted. One reason why: fear
When political science professor Arash Abizadeh heard last month about foreign travellers being detained at the U.S. border, he cancelled plans to speak at an upcoming academic conference in Durham, N.C. He believes heightened scrutiny at the U.S. border makes travel to the country too uncertain. “Why would we subject ourselves to …
Read More »Fear of famine looms after all Gaza bakeries run out of flour amid month-long Israeli blockade
Bakeries in the Gaza Strip shuttered Tuesday after running out of flour and diesel to operate, as a month-long Israeli blockade on food and aid entering the territory remains in place. Abdel Nasser Al-Ajrami, head of the Bakery Owners Association in the Gaza Strip, said the closure of remaining 19 bakeries …
Read More »Fear and uncertainty for Ontario autoworkers after Trump announces 25% tariff
On a day when U.S. President Donald Trump took aim at the vehicle manufacturing industry, Ontario autoworkers said it’s the latest wave in what’s been a storm of uncertainty and more proof the Canadian industry needs government support. Late Wednesday, Trump said he’d signed an executive order that will impose a 25 per cent import …
Read More »U.S. federal workers clamp down on their communications in climate of DOGE-induced fear
In late February furloughed staff at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) were invited back to their offices in 15-minute windows to collect their belongings.They walked out, some in tears, carrying boxes of personal items — but many were also worried about the personal information they were leaving behind …
Read More »Germany’s refugees, minorities fear the future after far right’s breakthrough
Arif Haidary, an Afghan refugee who arrived in Germany 10 years ago as an unaccompanied minor, has difficulty understanding the historic change that took place during Sunday’s vote. “The election went very, very badly,” he said. When Haidary arrived in Germany in 2015, Angela Merkel was chancellor and the country …
Read More »With olive harvest underway, Palestinian farmers fear Israeli settler attacks
As Abdel Kareem Na’ssan stands on the edge of an olive grove near the village of Al-Mughayyir in the occupied West Bank, he is visibly uncomfortable. The farmer’s eyes scan the ridge line of rugged hills at the outposts belonging to Israeli settlers. Any sound of traffic on a nearby road causes …
Read More »The Apprentice nearly disappeared over Hollywood’s fear. Is that the future for political films?
Daniel Bekerman never set out to produce a political film. That’s despite the fact that The Apprentice, the movie his Toronto-based production company Scythia Films took on, is about one of the most polarizing political figures in recent memory: former U.S. president and current presidential candidate Donald Trump. It’s also despite the …
Read More »Chinese students in Canada say they’ve been targeted by Beijing’s campaign of fear
Some Chinese students in Canada accuse Beijing of targeting them and their families back in China with online threats and harassment — part of a campaign to crack down on anti-government dissent abroad. Ruohui Yang is one of those students. He said he came to Canada in 2015 when he was 15 years …
Read More »Court orders BC Tree Fruits to sell all assets, growers fear imported fruit take-over
It’s a sad reality for the members of the BC Tree Fruits Cooperative after the BC Supreme Court ordered the sale of all its assets. “It’s frustrating, sitting there and watching it unfold, when we know that the problem can be fixed, we just need the help,” said former BCTFC …
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