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Support for Palestine in Canada

  ST JOHN’S, Newfoundland – As ceasefire negotiations are under way in Egypt, global protests against the bombing and occupation of the Palestinian territories in Gaza and the West Bank by Israel continue. Many western capitals have seen protests with hundreds of thousands of people, but even in a small Canadian city like St John’s, Newfoundland, protesters can fill the streets. On February 3, 2024, they marched to voice their disapproval of Canadian government polices supporting Israel’s assault on Gaza and the West Bank, and the withdrawal of funding for the United Nations relief agency UNRWA. What is UNRWA UNRWA

Winter adventures

They say you have to embrace winter to enjoy it. This group of friends had a bracing dip in Georges Pond on Signal Hill in St John’s, Newfoundland this week. The Ice or Cold Therapy trend is popular this winter and participants say it has many health benefits. Photo by Greg Locke

Column: The West’s New Top Justice Is Indigenous. So What?

The appointment of Leonard Marchand to the ranks of Canada’s top justices is less remarkable than the mundane tone of the announcement. The new Chief Justice of British Columbia and Chief Justice of the Court of Appeal of Yukon “is a highly respected member of British Columbia and Canada’s legal community,” said the anodyne Dec. 8 statement from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. “He brings a wealth of experience to the position and will continue to serve the people of British Columbia and the Yukon well.” What Trudeau did not trumpet is that Marchand is Syilx and a member of the

Queen Elizabeth II marks Platinum Jubilee

QUEEN ELIZABETH II--British Monarch, HRH Queen Elizabeth II, celebrate 75 years on the throne today, Febuary 6, 2022. Pictured here during her tour of Canada in 1997. Greg Locke / SQUEEN ELIZABETH II--British Monarch, HRH Queen Elizabeth II, celebrate 70 years on the throne today, Febuary 6, 2022. Pictured here during her tour of Canada in 1997. Greg Locke / Stray Light Media © 1997
QUEEN ELIZABETH II--British Monarch, HRH Queen Elizabeth II, celebrate 70 years on the throne today, Febuary 6, 2022. Pictured here during her tour of Canada in 1997. Greg Locke / Stray Light Media © 1997

LONDON, UK – Sunday, February 6 will mark Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee, a first for a British monarch noting 70 years reign as Monarch of Great Britain. Elizabeth, 95, became the queen of Britain and more than a dozen other realms including Canada, Australia and New Zealand on the death of her father King George VI on Feb. 6, 1952, while she was in Kenya on an international tour. Elizabeth was not destined to be monarch at her birth, and became queen only because her uncle Edward VIII abdicated to be with American divorcee Wallis Simpson. In 2015, she

Alexa McDonough dies at age 77

Alexa McDonough, leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada during the fall 2000 Canadian federal election. Photo by Greg Locke © 2000
Alexa McDonough, leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada during the fall 2000 Canadian federal election. Photo by Greg Locke © 2000

By Greg Locke HALIFAX, NS – Alexa McDonough, the trailblazing politician who the the Nova Scotia and then federal NDP parties, died Jan 15, 2022, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s . She was 77. Born Alexa Ann Shaw in Ottawa on August 11, 1944, she married the late Peter McDonough in Halifax in 1966. She began a career in social work as the assistant to the director of Social Planning Department at the City of Halifax in 1969, and later served as a member of the faculty at the Maritime School of Social Work at Dalhousie University. Her passion for social

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