MOGADISHU, Somalia – More than two dozen children have starved to death in the last two months in a single hospital in Somalia. Dr. Yahye Abdi Garun has watched his emaciated parents stumble from rural areas hit by the driest drought in decades. And yet no humanitarian aid arrives. Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine, a […]

Breadcrumb Trail Links Letters Housing overheating has spread from Toronto suburbs like this one to other cities across the country. Photo by Getty Images article content Climate-conscious City Council allows city to keep growing Announcement 2 This ad has not been uploaded yet, but its article continues below. article content Re: suburban communities raising climate […]

A new podcast is giving a voice to people associated with the Africville community. Noble africaville foreverthe podcast seeks to uncover stories of the black community, including its birth, how it once prospered, and its eventual destruction. The podcast host is Alfred Burgesson, CEO and founder of the Tribe Network in Halifax. He said in […]

Go to the beach? You’ll want to stay out of the water at Beaverton North, Beaverton South, Kinsmen and Thorah Centennial Park beginning July 5 at 7 a.m. Here’s the latest beach water quality report from the Durham Region Health Department: Beaverton North Beach in Brock (Wellington Street and Victoria Street) became unsafe for swimming […]

Chinese authorities have prevented Canadian government representatives from attending the trial of Chinese-Canadian billionaire Xiao Jianhua, the Canadian embassy said on Tuesday. Xiao, who disappeared in Hong Kong five years ago, was due to stand trial in China on Monday and Canadian consular officials had been pressing for consular access, the embassy said earlier in […]

HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) — A shooter fired at an Independence Day parade from a rooftop in suburban Chicago, spraying the crowd with shots that were initially mistaken for fireworks before hundreds revelers of all ages will flee in terror. At least six people died and at least 30 were injured. An hour-long manhunt during […]

Breadcrumb Trail Links Sports mls Montreal Foot Club The loss reduced CFM’s record to 9-7-3 and the club remains in third place in the MLS Eastern Conference. Author of the article: Pat Hickey • Montreal Gazette Publication date: July 05, 2022 • 10 minutes ago • 2 minutes of reading • join the conversation LA […]

Sir David Attenborough is going green. Very green. Legendary English broadcaster, biologist, natural historian and author, aged 96, travels the world in BBC Earth’s latest historical series, the green planetto explore Earth’s biodiversity and the secret life of plants. Filmed in 27 countries over four years, the five-part documentary marks the first time Attenborough has […]

A University of Calgary study found that Alberta’s deindexation policy costs Albertans more in taxes. The study, co-authored by Lindsay M. Tedds and Gillian Petit, found that Albertans paid $118.6 million more in taxes in 2020 due to the province’s deindexation policy. Indexation occurs when tax brackets move up with inflation. On average, taxpayers affected […]

LONDON (AP) — The latest scandal to hit British Prime Minister Boris Johnson deepened Tuesday when a former senior civil servant said publicly that Johnson’s office was not telling the truth about how he handled allegations of misconduct against a senior member of his government. Johnson has been under pressure to explain what he knew […]

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (AP) — A day after Russian President Vladimir Putin declared victory in seizing an eastern Ukraine province essential to his wartime goals, the mayor of a town in the path of Moscow’s offensive warned residents Tuesday to evacuate ahead of an expected attack. The Sloviansk mayor’s warning underscored fears that Russian forces were […]

Breadcrumb Trail Links Opinion columnists While the business models of care delivery are very different between the two countries, the practice of medicine is not. Publication date: July 05, 2022 • 11 minutes ago • 3 minute read • join the conversation An entrance to the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario. There is plenty of […]

The 30 NATO allies on Tuesday signed the accession protocols of Sweden and Finland, and sent the membership offers of the two nations to the alliance capitals for legislative approval. The move further increases Russia’s strategic isolation following its invasion of neighboring Ukraine in February and military fighting there since. “This is truly a historic […]

Convoy participant Pat King was involved in the planning and logistics of the Freedom Convoy protest, despite organizers denying his involvement, according to court documents obtained by CTV News. Freedom Convoy organizer Chris Barber and King were in constant contact, texting and calling each other routinely, according to information police seized from Barber’s phone. Those […]

the big number 13 percent the vacancy rate in the Toronto City Council’s planning department at the end of April, according to a new report. The report cites the high cost of living in Toronto as a major challenge with city planning recruitment and retention. I doubt I need more proof that Toronto is facing […]

BEIJING (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with leaders in Mongolia Tuesday during a trip to Asia to seek support amid his country’s diplomatic isolation from the West and harsh sanctions imposed by the his invasion of Ukraine. Lavrov met with Mongolian Foreign Minister Battsetseg Batmunkh and paid a courtesy visit to President […]

The recent temporary closures of two Ontario emergency rooms and the consolidation of staff at another have renewed concerns about a shortage of healthcare workers in the province, with doctors and nurses calling on the government to address the problem. A hospital in Clinton, Ont., temporarily closed its emergency department from Saturday to Monday and […]

The rate of inflation had jumped to nearly 12.5 percent, so at a rushed news conference in Calgary, the Governor of the Bank of Canada warned reporters and financial analysts that interest rates were rising again. “Until progress can be made in reducing inflation, interest rates will have to stay high,” Gerald Bouey told the […]

Breadcrumb Trail Links Opinion columnists Here are answers to some key questions about current issues with air travel. Toronto Pearson International Airport on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. Photo by Ernest Doroszuk /Ernest Doroszuk/Toronto Sun/Post article content People around the world are eager to travel again as pandemic restrictions are lifted. But those planning to hop […]

As Ontario jails roll out a new inmate classification program aimed at making jails safer, some inmates at a Toronto jail say they face more violence and conflict along with harsher conditions. The introduction of a computerized tool to classify inmates by risk of violent behavior instead of treating all inmates as maximum security by […]

Breadcrumb Trail Links columnists All of this may fall into the category of ‘good trouble to have’, but some decisions need to be made regarding the management of this latest surplus. The Alberta government has another energy revenue windfall on its hands. Let’s hope they use it wisely this time, writes columnist Rob Breakenridge. Photo […]

Just one day before her scheduled flight back to London, Ontario, from Charlottetown, PEI, Denise Love received an email from Air Canada that no traveler wants to receive: The second flight in her itinerary, from Toronto to London, had been canceled. . The breaking news ruined Love and her husband’s travel plans. Still, the couple […]

Rescuers using drones resumed the search Tuesday for some 13 missing hikers following an avalanche in northern Italy that killed at least seven people and is largely blamed on rising temperatures that are melting glaciers. After rain hampered the search on Monday, sunny weather on Tuesday allowed helicopters to fly more rescue teams to the […]

Breadcrumb Trail Links Local news EnviroCentre, an Ottawa-based organization that supports businesses and homeowners with sustainability efforts, developed a program that seeks to demystify energy efficiency upgrades. There are many old houses in Old Ottawa South. A pilot project is trying to find a way to educate residents on the most efficient way to retrofit. […]

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A landmine planted by suspected communist guerrillas wounded seven soldiers in the central Philippines on Tuesday, in one of the first known attacks by insurgents since President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. took office last week. pass. Army troops were reviewing villagers’ reports of anti-personnel mines laid by New People’s Army rebels along […]

TORONTO — The recent temporary closures of two Ontario emergency rooms and the consolidation of staff at another have renewed concerns about a shortage of healthcare workers in the province, with doctors and nurses calling on the government to address the problem. A hospital in Clinton, Ont., temporarily closed its emergency department from Saturday to […]

Breadcrumb Trail Links Science Local News As rising water levels cause erosion, landslides and other changes to the landscape at a rate never seen before, an expert report calling for action on climate change has been ignored. Cooling off in Bassin Louise in Quebec City on July 1, 2022. Harbour baths are popular in Europe, […]

Following a complaint from Canada’s World Sikh Organization (WSO) over a controversial policy, the city of Toronto says it will ensure the contractors it works with accommodate all employees. The city had been in the process of investigating troubling allegations made by the WSO and community members who said they had been discriminated against. “These […]

Low-income Ontarians continue to die of COVID-19 at much higher rates than those with higher incomes, a worrying pattern repeated in each of the province’s six pandemic waves, new data shows. In yet another indication that COVID is not an equal opportunity disease, researchers at the University of Toronto found that death rates from the […]

TORONTO – The recent temporary closures of two Ontario emergency rooms and the consolidation of staff at another have renewed concerns about a shortage of healthcare workers in the province, with doctors and nurses calling on the government to address the problem. A hospital in Clinton, Ont., temporarily closed its emergency department from Saturday to […]