Income inequality soars as rich Canadians get richer A hundred Canadians are standing in a room together, with $100 on a table. They’re figuring out how to divide the money. In this thought experiment, that $100 represents all of the income earned by all Canadians in 2021 – a year into the pandemic, when governments
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Plastic Straws, and a Win for The Good Guys
November 30th, 2023
Federal Court rules that ban on plastic straws is “both unreasonable and unconstitutional” For several months Environment and Climate Change Canada has hosted on its website the exciting news that the Government of Canada has redeemed an election promise to ban harmful single-use plastics. The items involved include grocery checkout bags, cutlery, six-pack ring carriers…
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Most Zimbabwe Court Users Content: Survey
November 29th, 2023
. . . but more work needed to improve accessibility Most of Zimbabwe’s court users are satisfied with the country’s judicial system, according to a survey by East West Management Institute that tracked In the survey, that tracked 785 court users – both male (336) and female (449) – found the overall user satisfaction rate…
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Canadian News
Book Synopsis of the Early Seafaring Years of Joe Marston, Sr.
November 26th, 2023
Living in Interesting Times: The Early Seafaring Years of Lt. Cdr. J.C. Marston, RCN, CD, DSC (Retired) 1930-1945 My father first went to sea in the early 1930’s as a 15-year old bridge messenger aboard the Canadian Pacific Steamship Company’s ocean liner Empress of Canada. until the end of WW2 in 1945. He spent almost 2 years…
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Rising Costs Forcing Young Adults to Give up on Homeownership Dreams
November 21st, 2023
Inflation and soaring interest rates spark a shift in goals in younger generations Inflation and the highest interest rates we’ve seen in years are leading to a fundamental shift, especially among younger generations, many of whom still live with their parents. Some among the younger generations – burdened by the high cost of living…
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We’ve Made Progress in Reducing Child Care Fees but More Work Lies Ahead
November 20th, 2023
Affordable, high-quality child care for all is achievable – if lagging provinces push for it Canada is getting closer to the federal government’s historic vision of a universal, publicly-funded child care system “for all.” But more needs to be done to realize it fully. In 2021, the federal budget funded a program to cut child…
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World News
Zimbabwe Health Finance Model Unsustainable: Top Research Economist
November 8th, 2023
Zimbabwe’s current health financing model remains highly unsustainable as it relies heavily on external financing and out-of-pocket financing, says Dr Prosper Chitambara, senior research economist and policy advisor and currently a member of the Labour and Economic Development Research Institute of Zimbabwe (LEDRIZ.) The intersection of public underinvestment – in history and in the here-and-now…
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Patrice Lumumba’s Last Letter To His Wife Before He Dies
October 22nd, 2023
“I write these words to you without knowing if they will get to you, when they reach you, and if I will be alive when you read them. Throughout my struggle for the independence of my country, I have never doubted the final triumph of the sacred cause to which my companions and I have…
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Blocked from The Ballot: PWDs Complain
October 16th, 2023
Now that the dust of the of Zimbabwe’s recent harmonized elections has settled, some questions are floating and demand attention – especially on levels of political participation of persons with disabilities and the elderly. The country’s electoral law mandates the Zimbabwe Electoral Commissions (ZEC) – one of the five independent commissions in the Constitution –…
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At The Root of Who I AM
October 4th, 2023
The Afro News, Vancouver Canada The word ‘root’ has many different meanings; a common explanation is being the part of a plant or tree that is below the surface. In other words; the root of a healthy living plant or tree is never seen or exposed to the light, it is almost always buried in…
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VIFF Highlighted Films Goodbye Julia
September 28th, 2023
Goodbye Julia | Dir. Mohamed Kordofani | Sudan Wed. Oct 4, 9:00 pm, International Village 9 | Fri. Oct 6, 3:15 pm, SFU-GCA Media Partner & Sponsor The Afro News In the lead-up to the secession of South Sudan, Mona (Eiman Yousif), a well-to-do retired singer from the North, becomes complicit in…
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VIFF 2023 Highlighted Films
September 26th, 2023
Union Street | Dir. Jamila Pomeroy | Canada Mon. Oct 2, 8:45 pm, SFU-GCA | Sat. Oct 7, 3:30 pm, Rio Media Partner: The Afro News Interspersing interviews with archival footage, Union Street documents the history of Vancouver’s Hogan’s Alley, the formerly Black neighbourhood which was destroyed by the construction of the…
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Israel-Hamas War: Saudi Arabia’s Challenges Amid the Conflict in the Middle East
On Nov. 11 Riyad was the epicenter of the Arab world as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) hosted a joint summit of the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation for an emergency gathering on Gaza. Despite the summit taking place well over a month after the war began, the Crown Prince called…
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