[WATCH] Housing activist Isabella Gamk explains link between poverty, rising crime & police budget
Isabella Gamk, Toronto-based housing activist who runs Protecting ODSP and OW Funding (POOF), joins INN24’s Dee Hundal in an open-hearted discussion around the right to protest, rising poverty and crime and its connection to increase police budgets. Gamk was charged with being a “common nuisance” at Yonge and Dundas Square, where she was protesting the […]
Get on with promised gun-control measures, advocates urge Trudeau government
Advocates of stricter gun control are urging the Trudeau government to get on with promised reforms, saying they are months overdue.
Paradise lost, paradise found: how Torontonians are staying active without the gym
Eight locals reveal how their exercise regimens have changed since fitness facilities closed
Ontario business schools foster ‘hostile environment,’ racialized students say
By Osobe Waberi, The Canadian Press Business school students in Ontario are sounding the alarm about what they call outright racism from fellow students and a lack of equity and diversity training among faculty. A number of social media accounts have popped up in recent months, anonymously recounting stories of racism happening in universities […]
Raptors president Masai Ujiri files countersuit following NBA Finals scuffle
Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse says a video showing an altercation between team president Masai Ujiri and a law enforcement officer at last year’s NBA Finals shows the executive received poor treatment. The video was released with a countersuit Ujiri filed on Aug. 18 in U.S. District Court in Oakland, Calif. It comes in the […]
Toronto film festival announces venues, pricing for pandemic-shaped showcase
TORONTO — The Toronto International Film Festival is giving more details on a hybrid festival that will largely feature digital screenings for home viewers but will also offer in−person screenings at venues such as TIFF Bell Lightbox and the Isabel Bader Theatre. TIFF co−heads Cameron Bailey and Joana Vicente say the cost will be the […]
“Teachers say they’re preparing for online and in-class lessons with little guidance”
An ever−fluctuating set of back−to−school guidelines from Ontario’s Ministry of Education has left Rosen with little information about how to approach delivering learning materials both in class and online. The province is giving parents the option to keep kids out of the classroom and have them learn from home, with materials provided by their schools.
And in two dozen school boards, including the Toronto District School Board for which Rosen works, high schoolers will do remote, online learning half the time.
INNterview with herbal expert ‘Cacao Monkey’ on Cinchona succiruba, plant that has treated COVID-19 patients
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