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By Sandy Daley The not guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman trial brought me to tears! As I watched the verdict being read on CNN last Saturday night at around 9:30 pm, I shook my head in bewilderment, disgust and ...

By Rupert Johnson Infrastructure may be defined as a society’s economic foundation. It consists of such things as roads, bridges, water supply, sewer systems, electrical grids, mass transit, and telecommunications. These things enable our society to function properly on a ...

By Emile Nakhleh Guest Writer The military’s removal of democratically elected President Mohamed Morsi poses a serious challenge to Washington’s pro-democracy agenda and its ability to influence events in Egypt and the rest of the region. The Barack Obama administration ...

By Rupert Johnson It is interesting to note that the great debate about whether or not to build subways in Toronto has been going on for over 100 years. It is indeed noteworthy that the call for subterranean transportation dates ...

By Rupert Johnson It is indeed remarkable that in spite of the perennial threat of separatism, Canada has remained intact for 146 years. To use the memorable words of Pierre Trudeau, Canada’s erstwhile Prime Minister: “The land is strong.” It’s ...

By Allan Jones Pride Health Columnist On Monday, Canada celebrated its 146th birthday. Many of us joined in the festivities by celebrating Canada Day in this wonderful country. Canada is known worldwide for its multiculturalism, an acceptance that the fabric ...

By Ernest J. Guiste It was just over 14 years ago that I represented one of eight Roman Catholic obstetrical nurses in a case that reaffirmed to me why it is that I decided to become a lawyer. Mr. Peter ...

By Ernest J. Guiste Pride Legal Columnist Pieters v. Peel Law Association 2012 ONSC 1048 adds to increasing evidence tending to call into question the notion or maxim that justice is blind in Ontario. African-Canadians in this province are subjected ...

By Sandy Daley The horrific incident at the Boston Marathon has shaken me to my core. Among the dead was happy-go-lucky Martin Richards, the bright 8 year old who had attended the marathon with his mother, brother and sister, in ...

By Sandy Daley Henry Wadsworth Longfellow once wrote, “The heights by great men reached and kept, were not obtained by sudden flight. But they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.” This statement, old and rustic as ...