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By Alyson Renaldo Guest Contributor When Memorial University-tenured professor of social work (and friend), Dr. Delores Mullings, phoned to tell me that she had accepted the inaugural post of Vice Provost of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, on August 27, we ...

By Stephen Weir Guest Contributor HAMILTON, Ontario (Friday, September 17, 2021) — A new peer-reviewed study — by Canadian researcher and professor, Dr. Krissy Doyle-Thomas, titled, “Investigating Sensory Response to Physical Discomfort in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders Using Near-Infrared ...

As you return to the office, Metrolinx has been working to making your return to GO trains and buses a little more fun. Keep your Wi-Fi on, and your journey to work or school is instantly transformed to a journey ...

As we emerge from the pandemic, Metrolinx is building – and rebuilding – a transit network that puts our customers first. Ontario’s transit agency is making it easier to choose transit by adapting to new customer travel patterns, offering more ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Thursday, September 2, 2021) — President, Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, argues that the COVID-19 measures the government has implemented, aim to create a safe work environment. He was responding to reports that several workers’ unions have approached the ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (Thursday, September 2, 2021) — Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, disclosed that additional oxygen concentrators are being procured, to assist in shoring up supplies in the health system. “We are on the path to increasing the number of oxygen ...

By Lori A. Brotto Guest Contributor In March 2020 when the world went into lockdown due to the newly announced COVID-19 pandemic, the media quickly speculated that a baby boom would follow nine months later. After all, what else would people ...

By Yvonne Sam Contributing Columnist While we are all deliberating, integrating, contemplating, even procrastinating, following the government’s announcement of its intention to institute vaccination passports, here are a few areas that begs immediate, and thorough, consideration. Firstly, given the current ...

By Lincoln DePradine Guest Contributor TORONTO, Ontario (Thursday, September 2,2021) — A call was made, by a group of Black health professionals, for the conducting of a “systematic public health education campaign’’, focusing on Black residents of Toronto, and other ...

CHARLESTOWN, Nevis (September 2, 2021) — Three movies, filmed on Nevis, by MSR Media, over the past seven months, have all been sold to distributors and will soon be available on international streaming services. Under a three-year, multi-film production deal ...