Can cricket outsmart ice hockey in Canada?
A little over two decades after the Sahara Cup created a furore in Canada, cricket is making a serious comeback in the Great White North....
EDITORIAL
Does International Women’s Day have any meaning?
Sabrina Almeida Sunday is International Women’s Day. This year we are urged to join #GenerationEquality and become #EachforEqual. Drawn from ‘collective individualism’, the 2020 campaign...
Why TTC and GO should consider a free transit pilot program
Pradip Rodrigues Transit systems across the developed world from New York City’s MTA, London’s Tube, Chicago’s CTA and even our own TTC have been seeing their...
Stop treating racialized students as victims
Pradip Rodrigues A news report recently reported that the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) was greatly disappointed after the Ontario College of Teachers made...
Do disruptive protests make or break the cause?
Sabrina Almeida If you were among the GO train commuters affected by the rail blockades on Tuesday, chances are that your support for the Wet’suwet’en...
What Amazon’s success costs its workers
Sabrina Almeida Love shopping on Amazon? So do hundreds of other Canadians, three of whom live in my home. According to Retail Insider, a study...
Why are men killing their loved ones?
Pradip Rodrigues By all accounts it seems like the number of child abductions, murder-suicides have risen to a point of being disturbingly common. The recent...
Canada should take pride in its world leadership in network superiority
By Darren Entwistle On the eve of 5G, Canadians should be justifiably proud to have the fastest and highest quality networks on the planet, accompanied...
Coronavirus evokes a fear of all things Chinese
By Sabrina Almeida I was waiting my turn at a Mississauga diagnostic imaging centre two days ago, when an east Asian woman walked in. Given...
What does the popularity of skin whitening products say about us?
Pradip Rodrigues Recently Health Canada sounded the warning about unauthorized skin-lightening products sold online and in retail stores because of possible health risks. Health Canada...
Why we must all commit to textile recycling!
By Sabrina Almeida Is your closet struggling to keep up with purchases? Thanks to cheap clothing, online shopping and social media, many of us are...
Do Ontario teachers deserve a better deal, or do they have one already?
Pradip Rodrigues If you get your news mostly from outlets like the CBC or other mainstream liberal and left-leaning media outlets, you could be excused for thinking...
Why do victims of high-profile tragedies receive more financial help than others?
Pradip Rodrigues In April 23, 2018, after a rented van ploughed into pedestrians killing 10 and injuring 16, the Toronto Community Foundation, a registered charity...
How we help spread fake news about the coronavirus and other things
Sabrina Almeida What’s spreading along with the coronavirus, and at an equally deadly pace, is fake news about the superbug! Recently a man in his...
Did 63 “Canadians” die in the downing of the Ukrainian airline?
Pradip Rodrigues So did 63 Canadians lose their lives when Iran mistakenly downed the Ukrainian airline on January 8th? Well, it depends who you ask....
Are you feeling the winter blues?
Sabrina Almeida Felt really down in the dumps this Monday? You’re not the only one! The colder and darker days of winter have a depressing...
Canada’s infrastructure is unprepared for massive population growth
Pradip Rodrigues At the start of 2020, a Statistics Canada report estimated that the Canadian population could rise to 48.8 million by 2050. While pro-immigration...
No, we’re not “giddy” about Harry and Meghan living in Canada!
Sabrina Almeida Many of us don’t really care about where they live unless our tax dollars are paying for their stay! So, the prospect of...
Let’s dedicate 2020 to decluttering life!
Sabrina Almeida The holiday season goes beyond celebrations for me. I like to use the time off to rid my home of unwanted belongings. In...
Exploitation of international students and workers is a scandal
Pradip Rodrigues So this week a Calgary-based media outlet Sikh Virsa International and the Progressive Cultural Association Calgary, stepped up calls for a cap on...