Since 2020 the Hamilton Police Service (HPS) has been tracking the race and identity of people involved in use-of-force incidents to expose any racial biases or stereotyping within police services. After three years of collecting the data, the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police now acknowledges that there is a need to reconcile the data […]
Lynelle Maginley-Liddie, a dedicated public servant with a rich history at the New York City Department of Correction (NYCDOC), has achieved a historic milestone by becoming the second Black woman to be appointed as commissioner in the department’s 128-year history. Maginley-Liddie had previously served as the first deputy commissioner since January 2021, and her promotion […]
The murder of Kempton Howard, a beloved youth worker and basketball coach, continues to haunt his mother, Joan Howard, even 20 years after his tragic death. On a fateful day, Kempton was fatally shot in the hallway outside their ninth-floor apartment in East Toronto. He had just celebrated his 24th birthday and was a promising […]
By Sukhram Ramkissoon Every year, tens of thousands of persons interested in studying in Canada attempt to apply for a Student Visas, but not everyone is not successful. Some who are refused by the visa offices show their courage and determination in having their refusals challenged in the Federal Court of Canada. Immigration law governs […]
A Wisconsin pastor accused of sexually exploiting children from Venezuela and Cuba was sentenced Monday to 15 years in federal prison. Cory Herthel, 40, pled guilty in August to one count of attempted sexual exploitation of a child. The church where Herthel served, Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Green Bay, contacted the FBI in May to […]
Judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday ordered Venezuela to refrain from taking any action that would alter the situation on the ground in the potentially oil-rich territory that is the subject of a border dispute with Guyana, which controls the area. The court did not expressly forbid Venezuela from going ahead […]
The government of Dominica has asked authorities in Canada for assistance in the investigation of the death on the Caribbean island of businessman and philanthropist Daniel Langlois. The bodies of Langlois – a pioneer in 3D animation – and his partner Dominique Marchand, were found on Friday in a burned-out car at the bottom of […]
In a record-tying display of global solidarity, Barbados joined with all but a tiny handful of nations in the 193-member United Nations General Assembly as it overwhelmingly condemned the United States’ 63-year-long embargo on Cuba. Thursday’s vote tied with the support in 2019 for the resolution that calls for lifting the US economic and […]
Listen to this Editorial Now. On October 7 Hamas fighters broke out of the Israel-controlled Gaza concentration camp and breached the security barrier separating Gaza from Israel. They attacked army outposts, villages, an outdoor concert venue and Kibutzim. Some 1,300 Israelis, many of them civilians, were killed. They kidnapped some 200 Israelis, including women, children […]
Listen to this article now. By Sukhram Ramkissoon The Federal Court of Canada recently set aside a decision of a Senior Immigration Officer made in February 2022, on behalf of a Jamaican national, who I will refer to as Jerome (not his real name). The Federal Court ordered that his humanitarian application be re-determined by […]
