As the United Nations’ COP15 conference on biodiversity continues in Montreal, protesters gathered in Square Saint-Louis for what has been dubbed the “Large protest” by organizers. It is one of several demonstrations being spearheaded by a grassroots’ group made up of self-described ecologists and anti-capitalists.A few hundred participants gathered in the city square, where speeches were
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Brittney Griner returned to the United States Friday and was reunited with her wife nearly 10 months after her detention in Russia made the basketball star the most high-profile American jailed abroad and set off a political firestorm. Griner’s status as an openly gay Black woman, her prominence in women’s basketball and her imprisonment in
All South Korean people are about to become one or two years younger as the country attempts to standardize their existing, uncommon methods of calculating age. Currently in South Korea, citizens have three ages, an “international age,” a “Korean age” and a “calendar age.”A new law passed by the country’s government on Thursday declared a
World Russian state media released video showing the moments of the prisoner swap of U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner and Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, which came after months of negotiation between the two countries. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday spoke about the prisoner exchange, saying further swaps between the U.S. and Russia were
Global National Chance Bear, also known as the ‘Powwow Grinch,’ is stealing the hearts of his community as he brings an Indigenous flavour to the well-known Dr. Seuss character. Heather Yourex-West explains how Bear’s viral performances on the Ochapowace Nation are becoming a beloved holiday tradition.
A motorcyclist has been critically injured in a collision on Highway 401 in Ajax, police say. It happened on the westbound lanes of the highway at Westney Road. Ontario Provincial Police Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said a 25-year-old man driving a motorcycle at high rates of speed slammed into the back of an SUV. The motorcyclist
A male motorcyclist is dead following a crash in Toronto overnight. Police responded to a single-motor vehicle collision in the area of Locksley and Roselawn avenues on Friday, at around 10:15 p.m. A man in his 30s was riding a motorcycle when he crashed. He was pronounced deceased at the scene, police said. The cause
A motorcyclist has serious injuries following a collision with a vehicle in Mississauga Thursday evening. Peel police responded to a collision between a motorcycle and car in the area of Lakeshore and Mississauga Roads, at around 11:05 p.m. A man was ejected from the motorcycle and transported to a trauma centre in serious condition, police
