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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario Liberal MPP Mitzie Hunter has confirmed to Global News she will officially be tossing her name in for Toronto’s mayoral race. She also said she does not plan on using “strong mayor powers.” Hunter has represented Scarborough-Guildwood as an MPP since …
Read More »Director got death threats over film poster featuring Hindu goddess. Now she’s getting a protest screening
This story contains an image of the film poster. Filmmaker Leena Manimekalai is still being harassed online, though it’s been months since the director tweeted a poster for her documentary short that depicted the Hindu goddess Kali holding a Pride flag and smoking a cigarette. At the time, the Indian director …
Read More »This single mom applied for her OSAP funding months ago. As classes begin, she’s still waiting
Amy Wesselink turned her life upside down so she could head back to school this month, but a delay in her Ontario student funding has her worried she’s going to have to drop out with nearly $8,000 in tuition fees coming due. A hairdresser and a single mom of four, Wesselink says her income sank amid COVID-19 public health measures. …
Read More »Interim Conservative Leader Candice Bergen says she’s not running in next election
Interim Conservative Leader Candice Bergen says she won’t be running in the next federal election, but will stay on as an MP after a new leader is selected this weekend. “Serving the constituents of Portage-Lisgar for 14 years has been the honour of my political life and I am eternally …
Read More »Nil Köksal is the new host of CBC’s As It Happens — and she’s ready to make radio ‘magic’
Story Transcript The first time Nil Köksal sat down at the mic in the As It Happens studio, she says it felt like magic. It was 2019, and the CBC journalist was taking a break from her usual job hosting World Report to fill in at CBC Radio’s flagship evening …
Read More »This Dalhousie grad thought she was over COVID but now she’s too weak to walk
When Amy Tenenbaum graduates from Dalhousie University on Friday, she’s hoping she has the strength to walk across the stage to get her diploma. Tenenbaum’s life has changed dramatically since testing positive for COVID-19 in January. The 22-year-old — who is from Rhode Island — is one of several hundred people in Nova Scotia currently experiencing symptoms of …
Read More »Tamara Lich to find out Wednesday if she’s returning to jail
After a two-day bail review held this week, Freedom Convoy leader Tamara Lich will find out Wednesday whether or not she’s heading back to jail. Lich, an organizer of the Ottawa protest that brought the city to a halt for weeks, was seeking an amendment to her bail conditions that would allow her …
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