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Hamilton·Video At the height of the pandemic, YWCA Hamilton staff were encountering women experiencing homelessness who were pregnant but going without prenatal care late into their pregnancy, or not at all. The non-profit started a small, low-barrier program to help in 2021 and are now looking to expand. YWCA has 3Continue Reading

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Politics A female former Afghan interpreter who worked for the Canadian government in Kandahar, Afghanistan is suing a Global Affairs employee and the Canadian government for millions of dollars, alleging she was the victim of sexual assaults between 2011 and 2013. Woman came to Canada in 2011, two years after beingContinue Reading

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Canadian citizens and permanent residents with family members trapped in Gaza met privately with Immigration Minister Marc Miller this week to press for changes to the special immigration program they say has so far failed them.  “We’re not asking him for the moon. We are asking him for adjustments thatContinue Reading

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Entertainment·REVIEW Monkey Man’s occasionally brilliant fight scenes and the production challenges it overcame are almost enough to make you forget what you’re watching is more-or-less a semi-shallow collage of other, better action movies. Unlikely revenge thriller showcases Dev Patel’s talents, but ultimately an unfulfilling addition to the genre Jackson WeaverContinue Reading

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Indigenous The RCMP’s Community-Industry Response Group in British Columbia — dogged for years by formal complaints, lawsuits, alleged civil and Indigenous rights violations and an ongoing federal investigation — officially has a new name and mandate. Community-Industry Response Group became Critical Response Unit in January, Mounties say Brett Forester ·Continue Reading

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A couple in an affluent midtown Toronto neighbourhood is asking the city to remove the heritage designation from their century home because they say the original owner was racist.  The two-and-a-half storey, 9,000-square foot house in the Yonge and St. Clair area, was built in 1906 for Stapleton Pitt Caldecott, a formerContinue Reading