A court has ruled Canada’s penitentiary service will have to pay tens of millions of dollars for holding inmates it knew were mentally ill in solitary confinement. In what the service calls administrative segregation, inmates are isolated in very small… »
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Distant replay: Remembering the Montreal Expos with tears and laughter
There was a ceremony at City Hall on Monday. It was all about celebrating that moment 50 years ago when the Expos joined Major League Baseball–50 years since they began breaking our hearts in a million pieces. In all the… »
Aid agencies fear cholera could hit flooded southern Africa
The death toll after Cyclone Idai hit Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwi is 761 and likely to climb. About 228,000 people have been displaced in Mozambique and diarrhea is already reported in some camps but there is no confirmation of cholera… »
Economy, International, Politics, Society
Montreal Baseball Faithful set to deliver their passionate message…again
They’ve been coming out since the spring of 2014, the Montreal Baseball Faithful. They’ll be there again Monday and Tuesday nights at Olympic Stadium to watch a pair of exhibition games between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Milwaukee Brewers.… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, Indigenous, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
On World Water Day, the caring continue their fight to save what we can’t live without
It’s World Water Day–an annual event when the United Nations and anybody and everybody else who cares to try to make things just a little better brings attention to what’s going on with the world’s water supply. And, in case… »
Parents pampering children at ‘alarming rates,’ says counsellor
The recent scandal about parents in the U.S. paying bribes to get their children into elite colleges has raised the issue of ‘snowplow parenting.’ Also called pampering, this refers to parents who will go to great lengths to remove obstacles,… »
Economy, Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Canadian non-profit agency says literacy should be a right
It seems shocking but in a developed country with a well-established education system, about a fifth of the population has serious problems with literacy, and almost half the population is below the international average standard for literacy. That’s according to… »
Environment & Animal Life, International
Only the strong survive, including the horses of Sable Island
The horses have been there since the 18th century, surviving tough Canadian winters on Sable Island, essentially a sandbar that sits 300 kilometres off the coast of Nova Scotia in the Atlantic Ocean. Despite living on an island that has… »
International, Politics, Society
Do media need to scale down coverage of mass murders?
Whenever a tragedy of such horrific proportions occurs as the recent New Zealand killings, the media flock to the site and begin massive coverage. The New Zealand murders is no exception except the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, says she won’t… »
Environment & Animal Life, International
Budget lacks climate change measures, says environmentalist
Under the Paris Agreement, Canada has pledged $4 billion annually to help developing countries with climate change, but the government’s budget unveiled yesterday does not provide for it, says Dale Marshall of the non-profit Environmental Defence. Fossil fuels still subsidized,… »
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