Body Shop Store Manager Michelle McCracken says the ongoing strike will affect smaller businesses, but drive sales for larger independent street-level stores. “As an outcome of this, smaller businesses will probably need to source to more expensive shipping options, but us being an independent street- level store like we... Read more
Humber Polytechnic drives Canadian info storytelling with Data Driven 2024
Business & TechCanadaHumberNewsToronto Oct 28, 2024
Humber Story lab hosted its 7th annual Humber Data Driven symposium where data science meets journalism. The event brings together data journalists from various platforms, to give Humber students got an opportunity to get practical information to enhance storytelling skills by analyzing and using data. The event took place... Read more
Lakeshore’s LGBTQ+ Resource Centre provides safe community space
CanadaCultureHumberInternationalNews Sep 23, 2024
Lakeshore’s LGBTQ+ Resource Centre aims to provide students the chance of expanding their social group in a non-judgmental setting. Martina Revalde, 23, says she first attended an orientation event last year in the LGBTQ+ Resource Centre to meet other LGBTQ+ students. “I wanted to meet people like me, I... Read more
“We support our people, we want the war to end peacefully, that’s all,”Canadian Jewish News journalist says
CanadaInternationalNewsPoliticsToronto Apr 17, 2024
Ellin Bessner, host of The Canadian Jewish News podcast CJN Daily, says the surprise attack Hamas launched on Israel on Oct.7 has led to an increase in hate crimes that Canadian Jews haven’t experienced since the Second World War. “It’s physically and mentally exhausting as a Jewish journalist to... Read more
Shopping at thrift stores is meant to be an accessible alternative for those who might not be able to afford regular retail prices, but at some big thrift store chains, customers are wondering if maybe they’re no longer getting a bargain. Savers — known in Canada as Value Village... Read more
Voices of solidarity: Haitians in Canada advocate for action during crisis
CanadaInternationalNews Apr 9, 2024
Skedline’s Dela Dorkenoo speaks to youth organizer Alix Jean of La Maison d’Haiti (The House of Haiti) and founder of Haitians of Toronto Djiny Saint Jean about the crisis in Haiti. Read more
Canada’s warmest winter ever points to a climate change crisis, expert warns
CanadaEnvironmentNewsPolitics Apr 4, 2024
Canada recorded its warmest winter in 2024. One of the coldest countries in the world saw a lack of snowfall this winter in areas of southern provinces such as Ontario and Quebec. Professor in the Department of Biology at McGill University, Catherine Potvin, says the climate modelling reports that... Read more
Major metropolitan cities in Canada, like Toronto and Vancouver, have dominated the news cycle over the past few years for high living costs and pricing people out of owning, leading to a decrease in home ownership. A recent study from Statistics Canada found that renters living in these metropolitan... Read more
