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There is a slow, steady death count going on outside of Iran and the veil its internet blackout has drawn over the extent of the regime’s violent crackdown on anti-government protesters earlier this month. Even with what’s only known so far, analysts say it is the most brutal crackdown since …
Read More »CBC host Travis Dhanraj says he was ‘silenced’ and ‘forced to resign’ after raising systemic issues
Former CBC News host Travis Dhanraj said he had no choice but to resign from the broadcaster after he raised systemic issues related to lack of diversity of opinion and editorial independence and was stonewalled by his employer. His lawyer says he intends to sue the public broadcaster. In an internal note to fellow CBC …
Read More »Abuse and harassment survivors ‘silenced’ by non-disclosure agreements fight for change to B.C. law
WARNING: This article contains references to sexual abuse and may affect those who have experienced abuse or know someone affected by it. Not even the death of her father could free Susan MacRae from the legal restraints that prevent her from talking about the sexual abuse she allegedly suffered as a child. …
Read More »‘It seems to be she was silenced,’ mom says as Ontario inquest examines death of Indigenous inmate
Sitting through an inquest into her daughter’s death, Selina McIntyre says the hardest part is “knowing my daughter wanted me and I wasn’t there.” McIntyre, of Hay River, N.W.T., spoke to CBC News after testifying before a coroner’s jury in Windsor, Ont., that’s examining the death of Delilah Blair, an Indigenous woman …
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