Premier Doug Ford said Thursday that he plans to visit some areas affected by prolonged power outages since a powerful ice storm hit central and northern Ontario over the weekend. More than 190,000 homes and businesses were still in the dark midday Thursday, a Hydro One outage map showed, after the storm caused severe damage in cities such as […]
Mark Carney has been sworn in as Canada’s prime minister, succeeding Justin Trudeau, as the country faces questions about its sovereignty from US President Donald Trump and a trade war with Canada’s largest trading partner, the United States. Carney, a former central banker who has never held public office in Canada, is stepping in to confront the challenges facing the […]
Ontario will “respond appropriately” to U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest tariff escalation following the province’s implementation of a surcharge on electricity exports, Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday. Ford was speaking in an interview on MSNBC moments after Trump said he would double an imminent tariff on steel and aluminum from Canada in response to Ontario placing a surcharge on […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau paid a surprise visit to Kyiv on Monday along with other Western political leaders to mark the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It is an important, symbolic moment and comes less than a week after U.S. President Donald Trump’s public attacks on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, whom Trump dismissed as a “dictator.” At […]
Theme: Revamping Afro-Canadians’ Rich Cultural Heritages through the Drum System for Engendering Global Peace, Justice and Stronger Institutions. ….Friday, July 25, 2025: Investment Forum & Youth Empowerment (Free Hands On Skills For the Youth) To be held in the City of Brampton. ….Saturday, July 26, 2025. Grand-Finale: Venue: Emerald Banquet Hall, 55 Guided Ct, Etobicoke, Ontario, M9V552. Canada.. *The forthcoming […]
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk arrived in Syria’s capital, Damascus, on Tuesday for the first ever visit of the global body’s rights chief to the country. Turk, an Austrian lawyer, will visit Syria and Lebanon from Jan. 14-16 and meet with officials, civil society groups, diplomats and U.N. bodies, the U.N. statement said, without giving […]
Climate change sparked a trail of extreme weather and record heat in 2024, the United Nations said on Monday, urging the world to pull back from the “road to ruin”. The outgoing year is set to be the warmest ever recorded, the UN’s weather and climate agency said, capping a decade of unprecedented heat. Meanwhile emissions of greenhouse gases grew […]
The federal government is proposing new rules surrounding airlines’ obligations to travellers whose flights are disrupted, even when delays or cancellations are caused by an “exceptional circumstance” outside of carriers’control. The Canadian Transportation Agency’s amendments to the Air Passenger Protection Regulations, announced today, would require carriers to provide meals to passengers whose flights are delayed at least […]
Basking in the euphoria of previous editions, the Drum Online looks set to once again facilitate the convergence of global cultural icons, enthusiasts, percussionists and business moguls to celebrate the vibrant beat of African-Canadian heritage as the 3rd edition of the prestigious Pan-Afrikan Drum Festival holds in Canada come July 2025. The 2025 edition promises to be an unforgettable […]
Malaria mortality has fallen back to levels seen before the Covid-19 crisis, the WHO said Wednesday, but called for faster progress against the disease that killed nearly some 597,000 people last year. In a new report, the World Health Organization estimated that there were 263 million cases of malaria worldwide in 2023 — 11 million more than a year […]