“Annus horribilis” was Queen Elizabeth’s description of the year 1992 in her New Year’s address to her nation and the world. We must thank her for providing us with an apt description of 2021 as the year limps to an end in a few days. Unlike other years when people debated what the worst and […]
The 81-year-old had joked he was ‘getting ready’ for the holiday season earlier this month when it emerged he was back at the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo for further treatment following the removal of a tumour on his colon on September 4. And in his first words since being told he could go […]
The United Nations cultural agency placed a traditional Haitian soup widely seen as a symbol of the nation’s independence on its prized intangible cultural heritage list. Joumou soup is “so much more than just a dish”, said Audrey Azoulay, the director-general of UNESCO. “It tells the story of the heroes and heroines of Haitian independence, […]
What do doctors think about weight loss resolutions? Diets don’t usually stick. In fact, Carol Landau, Ph.D., clinical professor of psychiatry and medicine at the Alpert Medical School, Brown University shares “You’ll do better if you have goals that have to do not with weight, but with health”. Dr. David Katz, MD agrees “A focus […]
The federal government introduced a bill in the House of Commons last Tuesday that would repeal mandatory minimum penalties for drug offences and some gun-related crimes. It would allow a judge to exercise discretion in imposing sentences that relate to the facts of the case, including considerations of the individual’s experience with systemic racism and […]
by Leo Gilling Twas a different kind of “breeze”. The cool December breeze was one that was welcoming, soft, gentle, and constant, yet mellow and almost “christmasy”. It conjured up a change in mood, and then all of a sudden garden rocks, plants, walls and coconut trees were suddenly whitewashed as though it happened […]
It all started when a 2017 video about a Japanese breathing technique called Senobi exploded on the internet. According to the video, all you have to do is lean back and inhale for 3 seconds and exhale for 7 seconds over the span of 2 minutes every day. The deep breathing technique promised to help […]
By Lincoln DePradine Dr Angelique Coetzee, the South African doctor that first identified the COVID-19 Omicron variant in one of her patients and disseminated the information of her finding, says she’s “stunned’’ that western nation responded with a travel ban on African nations, while a Black Toronto health specialist has described the restrictive travel measure […]
By Louis March Founder of the Zero Gun Violence Movement. Thanks to Mitzie Hunter, MPP for Scarborough-Guildwood, for introducing Bill-60 in Parliament last week, titled The Safe and Healthy Communities Act to address the impacts of gun violence in communities across the province. Zero Gun Violence Movement has been advocating with key stakeholders and […]
The dignitaries came out in their numbers to 1465 Harwood Avenue North where the Schiegel Group located one of its the Schlegel Villages Ajax Campus of Care. Their new Village Campus Care facility will feature 192 new long term care beds. This the first phase of the village was announced by minister of Long-Term Care […]
