From the FYP to IRL
TikTok Canada brought the FYP to life this week with its first-ever celebration of Small Business Month. The video-sharing app held a meet-and-greet on Oct.…
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Indigenous communities throughout world fight oil giant Chevron
TORONTO – On May 21, 2014 demonstrators in over a dozen countries held actions and rallies to denounce Chevron’s disastrous environmental record, marking the first International Anti-Chevron Day.
Crowd of over 600 gathers to Honor Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
TORONTO – “The strawberry represents love, courage, and women”, explained Wanda Whitebird at the 9th Annual Strawberry Ceremony Honoring Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and those who have died violent deaths by colonialism.
Knighthawks have record night in Toronto
TORONTO – The Rochester Knighthawks won their first road game this season, handing the Toronto Rock a 17-9 loss on Saturday at the Air Canada Centre.
Toronto show rocks the tar sands
Veronica Johnny of The Johnnys band,originally from Fort Chipewyan, held a benefit concert for the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Legal Defense Fund at the Rivoli in downtown Toronto on Sunday.
A matter of integrity: Neil Young on the tar sands and First Nations rights
TORONTO – Rock legend Neil Young made a splash at a press conference in Toronto on Sunday.
Onkwehon:we war veteran arrested at Toronto
TORONTO, ON – Social media lit up with outrage this week as video of an Onkwehon:we War Veteran, Davyn Calfchild, being arrested at a public Toronto Remembrance Day Ceremony went viral. The video showed Davyn refusing to put away two traditional flags – the Hiawatha and the Unity Flag – and refusing to leave the public ceremony at the request of Toronto Police.
Rob Ford: Liability in Chief
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has had a pretty rough two weeks. First came the revelation that a long-rumoured video in which he smokes crack cocaine was in police possession, leading the Mayor of Canada’s largest city to admit that he had indeed smoked crack during a “drunken stupor.” Days later, the Toronto Star released another video, this one showing Ford intoxicated and yammering on about hurting or killing someone.
While one can’t underestimate his family’s staying power, it looks like Ford’s days may well be numbered.