Toronto city councillor Jaye Robinson dies at age 61.

“We are deeply saddened to announce that Councillor Jaye Robinson passed away last night in the presence of her family,” her office confirmed in a post on X on Friday. No immediate cause of death was given. She was 61 Robinson was diagnosed with two forms of breast cancer in 2019 forcing her into a…

French Senate rejects EU-Canada free trade deal.

France’s Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly voted against a free-trade agreement between the EU and Canada thanks to an unusual alliance in the upper house between left and right-wing opponents of French President Emmanuel Macron.  The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement(CETA) has been in force provisionally since 2017 but requires ratification in all European Union member countries to…

Pope: Canada trip ‘pilgrimage of penance’ for Indigenous abuses.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1918 EAT on Sunday 17th July 2022. Pope Francis has said an upcoming visit to Canada will be a “pilgrimage of penance” that he hopes will help to heal wounds left in Indigenous communities by Roman Catholic priests and nuns who ran abusive residential schools that sought to forcibly assimilate children….

What the truckers’ convoy revealed about policing in canada.

Initial hands-off approach to far-right movement reveals double standards and institutional police biases, experts say. Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1236 EAT on Saturday 19/03/2022. Ottawa, Canada – The occupation of Canada’s capital by the so-called “Freedom Convoy ” continues to reverberate, raising questions about pandemic policies, the limits of public protests, and the presence…