Asian Tribune Your Multilingual Newspaper covering World and local news News
The Ontario government has committed over $65 million to search the grounds of 18 former Indian Residential Schools in the province looking for potential burial sites The number is an increase from the roughly $10 million Queen’s Park announced in the middle of 2021 to help with the identification, investigation, …
Read More »Study sparks debate on impact of Toronto safe consumption sites – Toronto
Near the intersection of Boston Ave. and Queen St. E., a security guard in a yellow vest stands outside South Riverdale Community Health Centre, scanning the street. The centre, which has been located on Queen St. E for over 25 years, provides a range of community services like access to …
Read More »‘Extremely concerning’: Two northern Ontario safe consumption sites fear closure
SUDBURY, Ont. — Anxiety is mounting over the future of two supervised consumption sites in northern Ontario as funding for them is set to run out at the end of the year. The northern cities of Sudbury and Timmins — where opioid overdose rates are well above the provincial average …
Read More »Ontario reviewing supervised consumption sites after Toronto shooting death
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 17, 2023 11:34 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario says it has launched a “critical incident review” of the province’s supervised consumption sites after a woman was killed by a stray bullet in Toronto’s east end last month. Hannah …
Read More »Ontario plans to require women only bathrooms on large construction sites
TORONTO — Ontario’s labour minister is aiming to solve an excrement predicament. Monte McNaughton is set to announce Wednesday that he is proposing to amend rules about bathrooms on construction sites to make them cleaner, safer and provide some for women only. Story continues below advertisement A Ministry of Labour …
Read More »Provincial coalition of gaming agencies calls on bettors to avoid illegal gambling sites
The business of online gambling is booming in Canada, but some provincial lottery corporations feel they’re missing out on a big chunk of the winnings. Organizations in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Quebec and Atlantic Canada are working together as a coalition to bring attention to illegal gaming websites, as offshore …
Read More »Chisasibi moves forward with a radar search of former Fort George, Que., residential school sites
George E. Pachano, left, and his wife, Marie Louise Chakapash Pachano, right, with five-year-old Avaya, in front of a cross that marks the site of the last Anglican residential school on Fort George Island, located near present day Chisasibi. After extensive consultations with survivors and experts, officials here are moving …
Read More »Iran removing 27 surveillance cameras from nuclear sites, UN watchdog says
The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog agency said Thursday that Iran is removing 27 surveillance cameras from nuclear sites in the country, raising the risk of its inspectors being unable to track Tehran’s advances as it enriches closer than ever to weapons-grade levels. Rafael Mariano Grossi, the director general …
Read More »