A popular Syrian restaurant in Toronto’s West Queen West neighbourhood is permanently closing its doors after the owners said their family and staff received “numerous hate messages” and death threats over the past week. Soufi’s, which is run by the Alsoufi family, came under fire last week after the son of the restaurant’s owners was […]
France and Ghana concluded a historic cooperation agreement to promote volunteering and exchanges of volunteers and language assistants ACCRA, Ghana, October 8, 2019/ — On the occasion of the Ghanaian President’s visit to France on 8th -10th July 2019, France and Ghana concluded a historic cooperation agreement to promote volunteering and exchanges of volunteers and […]
Protesters shut down traffic on major bridges across Canada on Monday as part of an international movement meant to galvanize governments into taking more urgent action against climate change. Activists with the environmental group Extinction Rebellion blocked traffic on spans in Halifax, Toronto, Edmonton and Vancouver, and social media posts show similar demonstrations took place […]
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam warned Tuesday that the Chinese military could step in if an uprising for democratic reforms that has rocked the city for months “becomes so bad” but said the government still hopes to resolve the crisis itself. Lam urged foreign critics to accept that the four months of protests marked by […]
Mbiti, a Kenyan-born Christian religious philosopher and writer, was an ordained Anglican priest, and as of 2005, a canon GENEVA, Switzerland, October 8, 2019/ — The World Council of Churches (WCC) fellowship joined family and friends of Prof. John Samuel Mbiti in giving thanks for his life and grieving his death on 6 October. Mbiti, […]
STOCKHOLM – Canadian born scientist James Peebles is one of three people who have won the Nobel Prize in Physics this year. He won the award “for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology.” Peebles is a physics professor at Princeton University in New Jersey. He was born in St. Boniface, Man., and did his undergraduate studies […]
Feedback from the Facebook community is one of many signals Facebook uses to raise potentially false stories to fact-checkers for review JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, October 8, 2019/ — Facebook (https://www.Facebook.com/) today announced the expansion of its third-party fact-checking program to 10 African countries including: Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Cameroon and Senegal. In partnership with Agence France-Presse (AFP) […]
A 16-year-old international student from China allegedly staged his own kidnapping in Markham last month. York Regional Police said officers were called to a residence on Huntington Park Drive on Sept. 27 just after midnight for a report of a kidnapping. “When officers arrived they were shown a video of the supposed victim, a 16-year-old […]
Pascal Siakam records 24 points, 11 rebounds as Toronto claws back from big deficit Serge Ibaka of the Raptors dunks the ball during Toronto’s 134-129 win over the Houston Rockets during pre-season action on Tuesday. (Kazuhiro Nogi/Getty Images) When James Harden’s night was over, defence got easier for the Toronto Raptors. Pascal Siakam scored 24 points […]
TORONTO — One of the biggest names in CFL history is returning to the Toronto Argonauts as general manager. Mike (Pinball) Clemons, a former star player, head coach and executive with the club, has replaced Jim Popp as GM. The Argos, who sit a league-worst 2-12 after finishing 4-14 last year, announced Popp’s contract will […]
