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Barrie woman victimized by racist attack turns pain into purpose, opening a youth center

When Shanicka “Shak” Edwards first moved to Innisfill from Toronto, it was a difficult adjustment. “My family was the only Black family in the community. So, I struggled finding spaces that I could see people that were reflective of me or accessing resources,” she said. Edwards built Shak’s World Community …

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Former MPs find new paths and purpose after politics

It’s been a year since Bernadette Jordan last walked through the doors of the House of Commons as an elected official. She lost the seat she’d held since 2015 to Conservative candidate Rick Perkins in South Shore St-Margarets in 2021. Jordan was minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast …

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