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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Guelph Youth Singers started 2024 on a financial high note. The local award-winning choir recently received a grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation to the tune of $20,000 to purchase and upgrade equipment. The big purchase will enhance the organization’s performances. Artistic …
Read More »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 …
Read More »RCMP arrest Ottawa youth in alleged terror plot targeting Jewish community
The RCMP has charged an Ottawa youth with terrorism for allegedly plotting an attack against the Jewish community, Global News has learned. The youth, who cannot be named because he is a minor, appeared in an Ottawa courthouse on Saturday morning to face two charges. He was taken into custody …
Read More »Teen terrorists: Does Canada have a youth radicalization problem?
The arrest of a teenager accused of plotting a terrorist attack against the Ottawa Jewish community is the latest sign that Canada is struggling with the radicalization of youths. The minor, taken into custody on Friday night, was the second youth apprehended for terrorism in two days. On Wednesday, RCMP …
Read More »Texas man sentenced to 14 years for child pornography involving Ontario youth
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A man from Texas has been sentenced to 14 years in prison following a cross-border child luring investigation involving police in Ontario and the United States. According to Quinte West OPP, in April 2019, officers launched a child exploitation material and child …
Read More »Winnipeg construction company helping inner-city youth, young adults find employment, community – Winnipeg
A Winnipeg construction company is giving young men in the North End a step up in their careers and community, while also offering a step out of a life of gangs and crime. Step Up Construction launched in 2021 as a program run by Inner City Youth Alive, helping provide …
Read More »Toronto school under lockdown after youth stabbed inside: police – Toronto
Toronto police say a youth has critical injuries after being stabbed inside a school on Thursday afternoon prompting a lockdown. Police said the stabbing happened at Oakwood Collegiate Institute on St. Clair Avenue West, just east of Dufferin Street, around 12:52 p.m. A youth was stabbed inside of the school …
Read More »Peel non-profit sounds alarm over impact of housing crisis on BIPOC youth
There’s optimism and resilience in Shayesha Steele’s voice, but it hasn’t always been that way. At the age of 15, she entered the foster care system. She was referred to REST Centres during her first year of university. “There’s always a light at the end of the tunnel,” she said. “I’ve …
Read More »Proposed class-action suit alleges abuse at hands of Quebec youth protection services – Montreal
A team of lawyers representing Inuit children and their families in Nunavik and Indigenous children not living on reserves in Quebec are seeking to launch a class-action lawsuit against the provincial and federal governments over discrimination they claim was suffered related to the director of youth protection services and other …
Read More »Rally at Manitoba legislature supports youth transgender rights – Winnipeg
James Webster was the first person to come out in his high school. If it wasn’t for his guidance counsellor, he would have had no one to confide in. “I marched into his office and said, ‘I’m gay, what do I do?” he told a crowd of more than a …
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