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The rising popularity of South Asian music in B.C. is front and centre at this year’s Junos, as several artists with B.C. connections are nominated for awards. Most notably, three of the five nominations in the newly created South Asian Music Recording of the Year category have B.C. connections: AP Dhillon, …
Read More »From the shadows to the spotlight: Conservative surge shakes up B.C. politics
Regardless of the final election results in B.C., there’s no denying it: a blue wave has washed over much of British Columbia for the first time in decades. On Tuesday, the day after B.C. Lt.-Gov. Janet Austin asked the NDP to form government, Conservative Leader John Rustad told reporters he’s …
Read More »Why spotlight is now on IUD and gynecological pain: ‘It’s 2024. Come on’ – National
Federal officials affirmed this month that the pain people might feel when getting an IUD can be more than doctors’ promises of “just a pinch.” The local anesthetic lidocaine “might be useful for reducing patient pain” when inserting intrauterine devices, according to new guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease …
Read More »Okanagan documentary puts mural project in the spotlight, gets festival nod – Okanagan
A group of controversial murals that were proposed for Vernon, B.C., last year are getting a second life, in a documentary called Behind the Mask. In 2022 the ‘Behind the Mask’ mural project was announced; there were plans to hang large photographs of marginalized people wearing masks on buildings across …
Read More »Spotlight on terror laws at trial of man found guilty in London, Ont. attack
TORONTO — A landmark trial that put Canada’s terrorism laws in the spotlight has culminated in a guilty verdict, but what role terror allegations played in the jury’s decision to convict Nathaniel Veltman in a deadly attack on a Muslim family will remain a mystery. Jurors on Thursday found the …
Read More »Community safety concerns under spotlight in Leslieville following death of bystander – Toronto
TORONTO — Pulin Shah feels a sense of unease every time he passes the corner in his Toronto neighbourhood where a mother of two was killed by a stray bullet earlier this month. It could have been him that was caught in the gunfire, he says, or anyone in the …
Read More »Jewish Heritage Month shines spotlight on Winnipeg’s music scene influence – Winnipeg
Jewish people have had a major influence on the Winnipeg music scene, from big bands to rock and roll, and historians gathered at Temple Shalom to take a look back for Jewish Heritage Month. Stan Carbone of the Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada says these figures shaped a century …
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