Diligent wordsmith, artist, author, and director Ian Keteku spares no effort to ensure that you understand the meaning behind his CBC Gem animated poetic anthology, “Dreams in Vantablack” — or more specifically, the word Vantablack. “It’s known as the darkest…
Do Canadians get a holiday to mourn the Queen? It depends
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that federal workers will get Monday off to mark Queen Elizabeth’s funeral, but not everyone will get the day off, with some provinces opting out. The federal government has announced that Sept. 19, the date…
One of 2 men sought in Canada stabbing attacks found dead
One of two men suspected in stabbing attacks in Canada that killed 10 people has been found dead, police said Monday. The body of Damien Sanderson, 31, was found on the James Smith Cree Nation in Saskatchewan at 11:30 a.m.,…
Canada deputy PM Freeland verbally abused in Alberta, Trudeau calls it part of a trend
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday condemned an abusive verbal attack on his deputy prime minister and finance minister, Chrystia Freeland, which he described as an “extremely disturbing harassment” that was not an isolated incident. “We are increasingly seeing…
Iconic Winston Churchill photo vanishes from Canada hotel
In a mystery worthy of a Hollywood film, a famous photograph of Winston Churchill snapped in 1941 has gone missing from an Ottawa hotel and replaced with a fake. The photo – known as “the Roaring Lion” – was taken…
Chinese-Canadian tycoon Xiao Jianhua sentenced to 13 years in prison
Chinese-Canadian tycoon Xiao Jianhua was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison, more than five years after the billionaire was abducted from a hotel room in Hong Kong and taken to mainland China. Xiao and his company Tomorrow Holdings were…
My boyfriend deceived his parents, now he wants to deceive me
I met Lade at the university when I was in my second year and he was supposed to be in his final year. I said “supposed” because you see on campus, you can’t deceive anyone about your status, everyone knows…
2 Nigerians killed in nightclub shooting in Canada
Two Nigerian men, Tosin Amos Arowoshegbe and Eze, lost their lives on Saturday following a shooting at a nightclub in the city of Vaughan, Ontario, north of Toronto in Canada. York Regional Police detectives said officers responded to report of…
Canada accuses China of keeping its diplomats from attending trial of Chinese-Canadian businessman
Canada says its diplomats in China were barred from attending the trial of a Chinese-born Canadian billionaire who disappeared from a Hong Kong hotel in 2017. The Canadian government issued a statement Tuesday that Ottawa “made several requests to attend…
Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard found guilty of sexual assault
Jacob Hoggard, the former frontman for defunct Canadian pop-rock band Hedley, has been convicted of sexual assault. On Sunday (June 5), a Toronto jury found Hoggard guilty of one count of sexual assault causing bodily harm against an Ottawa woman.…
