In an era of reconciliation, land acknowledgments are meant to recognize First Nations, Inuit and Métis territory, but many Indigenous people argue they’ve grown to become superficial, performative — and problematic.This meme has been circulating social media and demonstrates some of the criticisms about land acknowledgments. (Black and Indigenous Alliance/Facebook)They’ve become so commonplace that you’ll…
U.S. President Joe Biden received his COVID-19 booster shot on Monday, days after federal regulators recommended a third dose of the Pfizer vaccine for Americans age 65 or older and approved them for others with pre-existing medical conditions and high-risk work environments.U.S. President Joe Biden receives a COVID-19 booster shot after delivering remarks at the…
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is considering employing the U.S. National Guard and out-of-state medical workers to fill hospital staffing shortages — with tens of thousands of workers possibly losing their jobs for not meeting a Monday deadline for mandated COVID-19 vaccination.A U.S. National Guard soldier helps to sign up people for their COVID-19 vaccination…
Portugal is scrapping many of its remaining COVID-19 restrictions, after becoming the world leader in vaccination rollout — though the prime minister cautioned that the pandemic isn’t over and “the risk is still there.”People walk in downtown Lisbon earlier this month. The country, a world leader in vaccination rates, is further easing its COVID-19 restrictions.…
Find out what some Black voters are looking for from the candidates ahead of the federal election.Black Canadians have their sayAhead of this federal election, Being Black in Canada caught up with members of the Black community in Western Canada to talk about some of the issues they’re most concerned about. Housing, anti-Black racism and…
The IRS has issued more than 169 million payments in the third round of direct stimulus aid, with more than 2 million…
Intel / AMD / janniwet / Shutterstock Just five years ago, debating the merits of a 6-core CPU versus an 8-core model wasn’t possible. We were all stuck with 4-core chips at a consumer level—to break past that barrier, you had to pay serious bucks for a high-end desktop (“big socket”) CPU. Not that you…
More students in India will be able to step inside a classroom for the first time in nearly 18 months on Wednesday, as authorities gave the green light to partially reopen more schools despite apprehension from some parents and signs that infections are picking up again.Students attend a class at a government school in Hyderabad,…
Everyone knows about Netflix, Crave and Amazon Prime Video, but there are also other video streaming platforms in Canada for fans of…
There’s Netflix, Crave, Prime Video, Disney+, Out TV, Britbox, Apple TV+, CBC Gem, Britbox, and plenty of other streaming services in Canada,…