Eight months after she and three members of her family died in what police say was a hate-motivated attack in London, Ont., the legacy of 15-year-old Yumnah Afzaal continues to inspire change and healing.Artist Amer Sal Mohammed (known as Amer SM) is shown in London, Ont., on Saturday with his painting inspired by a mural…
HOYERSWERDA, BAUTZEN, Kamenz and Radeberg are cities in the eastern German state of Saxony that lost tens of thousands of inhabitants, especially the young and the educated, after the collapse of communism. Once a coal-mining hub, Hoyerswerda has seen its population shrink from 70,000 inhabitants in 1985 to 32,000; the average burgher is 53 years…
Lytton Mayor Jan Polderman said he became emotional at a recent council meeting when he announced B.C. government funding of $8.3 million to support ongoing operations and recovery for the village.Damaged structures are seen in Lytton, B.C., on Friday, July 9, 2021, after a wildfire destroyed most of the village on June 30. (Darryl Dyck/The…
Interest is forbidden in Islam, locking some religious Canadians out of mortgages and banks. A new Albertan financing group is helping Muslims buy homes while adhering to their faith.Imam Mahmoud Omar says the new financing program offers Muslim Albertans peace of mind for purchasing a home with legal protections and Islam compliance in place. (Patrick…
The Yukon Quest sled dog race is back after a year off, but it’s quite a bit different. Organizers say the pandemic offered a chance to re-think some things.Who’s excited about the Yukon Quest? A member of N.W.T. musher Kat LaPointe’s dog team. LaPointe is entered in the YQ100 race, which begins Saturday in Whitehorse.…
The Indigenous Health Services department at Brantford General Hospital, which launched in September 2020, is now one of only a few similar hospital programs in Canada, as a way to provide better, more culturally safe care to the First Nations, Metis and Inuit patients that enter its doors. From left: Dr. Amy Montour, Christina Ingram, and…
Dallas Good, singer-guitarist of the Toronto band The Sadies, died on Thursday, according to the band. He was 48.Singer Dallas Good of The Sadies poses for a photograph in Toronto on Jan. 25, 2017. Good died Thursday of natural causes, according to a post on the band’s Facebook page. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press)Dallas Good, singer-guitarist…
Canadian tenants faced another year of affordability challenges as rents crept up nationally and were particularly high in Vancouver and Toronto, according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.’s annual rental market report.Apartment towers are seen in Toronto near Keele and Glenlake Rd. in January 2022. Vancouver and the Greater Toronto Area were facing the…
The projected cost of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion has soared 70 per cent to $21.4 billion, while its completion is delayed.Pipes for the Trans Mountain pipeline project are seen at a storage facility near Hope, B.C. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)The federal government said Friday it will not put more money toward the Trans Mountain…
SHA executive Dr. Kevin Wasko says a number of factors, akin to burnout, have led to his decision to step away from leadership and move out of the province.Dr. Kevin Wasko (right) on shift with registered nurses in the emergency department in Swift Current, the city where he currently lives, in an undated photo. (Saskhealthauthority.ca)From…