Canadian PM Trudeau nominates first judge of colour to sit on Supreme Court
Ottawa, CanadaReuters Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday made history by nominating the first judge of colour to sit on the country’s Supreme Court, which has only ever had white justices in its 146-year existence. Mahmud Jamal, who has been a judge on Ontario’s court of appeal since 2019, trained as a lawyer and […]
Thousands march in support of Muslim family killed in truck attack in Canada
London, OntarioReuters Thousands of people marched on Friday in support of a Canadian Muslim family run over and killed by a man driving a pick-up truck last Sunday in an attack the police described as a hate crime. The four victims, spanning three generations, were killed when Nathaniel Veltman, 20, ran into them while they […]
Future tech: Using AI, Canadian city predicts who might become homeless
CHRIS ARSENAULT, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how London, Ontario, is using artificial intelligence to deliver new insights into what makes people homeless…
Harriet Tubman’s Canadian church seeks help for repairs
RNS The Salem Chapel. PICTURE: Apple789/Wikipedia/Licenced under CC BY-SA 3.0 A century and a half ago, a new Canadian church gave fleeing slaves a place to worship. Now the sanctuary that welcomed Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman and other escapees needs help itself. The dwindling membership of Salem Chapel, a British Methodist Episcopal church just […]