The ‘automated speed enforcement’ cameras are placed in wards around the city as part of the Vision Zero program that aims to eliminate fatalities and serious injuries on city streets. (CBC) Speeding along Toronto’s streets? Don’t be surprised if you find a ticket in your mailbox. Toronto’s photo radar camerasContinue Reading
Post-secondary students and recent graduates are facing unique and unprecedented challenges because of COVID-19. There are fewer jobs, and many co-op, internship, and community service placements have been cancelled. At the same time, not-for profits are seeing an increased demand for their services and thousands of Canadians who want to beContinue Reading
Today, the Angus Reid Institute released a study detailing the prevalence of fear and hatred towards Chinese Canadians during COVID-19. This alarming trend – which has been referred to as the “Shadow Pandemic” – hits home for me. It’s yet another reminder that racism is real, and it has devastatingContinue Reading
Villagers stage a rally against the flying of anti-North Korea leaflets into North Korea near the unification observation in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Monday, June 22, 2020. South Korea on Monday urged North Korea to scrap a plan to launch propaganda leaflets across the border,Continue Reading
China says spying charges are ‘completely different’ from the case of Meng Wanzhou Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is seen during a news conference at Rideau Cottage in Ottawa on June 17, 2020. China’s government has said Trudeau should ‘stop making irresponsible remarks’ after he said Beijing’s decision to charge twoContinue Reading
A mourner prays at the tomb of 68-year-old man who died of COVID-19 in the Colina area of Santiago, Chile. The deceased’s granddaughter called COVID-19 ‘a super classist disease,’ as poor people like her grandfather have to continue working rather than isolating, putting themselves at risk. (Ivan Alvarado/Reuters) (Comparing countries’Continue Reading
Provincial labour laws on refusing dangerous work are being tested as businesses reopen during pandemic Security guards and a heath-care worker wait for patients at a COVID-19 testing centre in Ontario. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press) As more workplaces open up, Canadians are faced with the challenge of going back to workContinue Reading
World-renowned infectious disease expert Dr. Gabriel Leung was among the first to predict the scale of the COVID-19 pandemic in January and he says the worst is far from over. FROM: CP24Continue Reading
Academic integrity experts say instructors must change how they assess students online during pandemic Giacomo Panico · CBC News · Posted: Jun 19, 2020 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: June 19 As universities and colleges shift classes online during the COVID-19 pandemic, some experts are warning instructors to change their teaching approach in order to curbContinue Reading
A cleaner wipes a glass panel at Toronto’s Eaton Centre shopping mall on Saturday, March 21, 2020. Malls are beginning to re-open across the country as provinces cautiously ease physical distancing requirements, but mall operators are facing a much different environment than the one that preceded the arrival of theContinue Reading
