By Eva Zhu — Vancouver Pride Society is sticking to its move to ban uniformed police from this year’s parade in solidarity with Black Lives Matter, despite the mayor announcing he was “saddened,” by the decision, an official said Thursday. It is important to remember the history of police victimizingContinue Reading
By Eva Zhu — VANCOUVER — Amid calls across North America to “defund the police,” in the wake of an horrific killing of a Black man at the hands of a white police officer in Minneapolis, a debate is swirling in Vancouver over whether to decrease the police department’s operatingContinue Reading
By Monika Sidhu — Peel Police are investigating a shooting that injured a young male early Thursday morning. The youth turned up at a Brampton hospital with a gunshot wound around 1:12 a.m., police said. His injuries are considered serious, but not life-threatening, they said. Police did not release anyContinue Reading
By Vicky Qiao The province announced plans for reopening post-secondary education Wednesday, with some in-person classes scheduled to start in less than a month. The limited summer reopening plan is aimed at helping students who should be graduating but have been unable to finish their studies due to COVID-19 closures,Continue Reading
By Monika Sidhu — Chantal Philion is placing a lot of faith into June 21, 2020. That’s the new date the federal government has set for lifting the ban on “non-essential” travel between Canada and the U.S. That means if the ban doesn’t get extended again, it will be theContinue Reading
By Eva Zhu — Savannah Bagshaw says growing up, J.K. Rowling created a whole new universe for her and many others. It was an inclusive community, where everyone had a chance to be accepted and find solace in their own way. Now, the 24-year-old says she no longer admires RowlingContinue Reading
By Mira Williamson — Premier Doug Ford announced Monday that Ontario would take a regional approach to reopening with 24 regions of the province — but not all — entering Phase 2 Friday. For those regions, that means as many gatherings can include as many as 10 people, up fromContinue Reading
By Adriana Vicic — Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, university-level student athletes continued to prepare for a season they didn’t know would happen. They’ve now received some clarity. Ontario University Athletics (OUA) announced Monday that it had cancelled all sanctioned sport programming and championships until December 31, 2020. Marsh, a 20-year-oldContinue Reading
By Vicky Qiao — Western University students are calling on the school to introduce a mandatory anti-racism or anti-oppression course that students would be required to take to graduate. As of Tuesday morning, the online petition “Make Anti-Oppression Course Mandatory for Graduation” has received over 5,800 signatures on change.org inContinue Reading
By Adriana Vicic — LONDON , ON— Still reeling from the killing of George Floyd, which has spurred anti-black racism protests worldwide, some black Canadians reacted with disgust —but not surprise — to an online challenge that made light of Floyd’s death. By the time social media websites began clampingContinue Reading