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On the night post-tropical storm Fiona hit Nova Scotia, Dana Boutilier woke up at home to water dripping on her face from the ceiling above. She quickly realized something was very wrong. She jumped out of bed to find herself ankle deep in water. “As I proceeded to leave the room to go …
Read More »Western brands still hold sway in Russia, even if copycats are taking their place
The food is familiar, the brand less so. Yet the Vkusno & tochka outlet in Moscow’s Pushkin Square serves up burgers, just like during its golden arches days, according to reports from its opening. It’s not a McDonald’s anymore because the burger giant left the Russian market in the wake of Moscow’s …
Read More »Plans to revamp Ontario Place are ‘tone-deaf’ and exclusionary, say Toronto residents, critics
Exactly one year after plans were announced to overhaul Toronto’s Ontario Place with a massive water park and indoor spa, among other attractions, the latest designs set to go to city council in the fall are igniting concerns of equity and accessibility for downtown residents. “It just seems tone-deaf to …
Read More »Pope says genocide took place at Canada’s residential schools
WARNING: This story contains distressing details While the word genocide wasn’t heard in any of Pope Francis’s addresses during a week-long trip to Canada, on his flight back to Rome, he said everything he described about the residential school system and its forced assimilation of Indigenous children amounts to genocide. …
Read More »New outdoor space to smoke cannabis opens on Exhibition Place grounds
At Grand Bizarre, customers can swim, eat, drink, mingle and now, if they fancy, stroll around the corner and smoke cannabis in a restricted area. Cannabis Carnival is being touted as one of the first of its kind in Ontario — a dedicated place to smoke cannabis that its president, Zlatko Starkovski, says is …
Read More »Saguenay, Que., evacuees promised $20 a day, a place to stay as experts assess if homes can be saved
The City of Saguenay and the Quebec government have put in place new measures to help the 187 residents forced from their homes Sunday due to the threat of more landslides. A total of 79 residences were evacuated in the La Baie borough of Saguenay, about 240 kilometres north of …
Read More »Gun control rallies set to take place across U.S. today
Thousands of protesters are expected to rally in Washington, D.C., Saturday and in separate demonstrations around the country as part of a renewed push for nationwide gun control. Motivated by a fresh surge in mass shootings, from Uvalde, Texas, to Buffalo, N.Y., protesters say lawmakers must take note of shifting …
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