Tories and Labour

On August 26, 2020, Ontario's Special Investigations Unit cleared six Toronto police officers of wrongdoing in the May 27 death of 29-year-old Regis Korchinski-Paquet, who fell from a 24th-floor balcony. Family members who were present at the time of her death offered, from the start, a very different account of police actions…

Throughout the pandemic we have consistently heard stories about brave front-line heroes. Those who have kept the essential sectors of our economy and society operational in these most uncertain of times. Whether it is health care, construction, public transportation or grocery stores -- we rightfully see these workers represented, acknowledged and thanked in public…

The Week’s daily round-up highlights the five best opinion pieces from across the British and international media, with excerpts from each.1. Clare Foges in The Timeson quality of life during a pandemicSweden’s Covid stance is a lesson for Britain“I’m not here to make some political statement on Covid-19 but because…

Premium Times and Voices of the African Continent have announced their strategic alliance for news coverage of African Capital Markets. With 29 stock exchanges representing 54 countries (markets), a $2.5trn of nominal GDP (2019 estimates), economic growth stabilised at 3.4 per cent in 2019 and expected to hit 3.9 per cent…

In late July, Toronto Public Health produced socio-demographic data covering the first phase of COVID-19. That data was shocking in its findings -- 83 per cent of COVID cases in Toronto involved Black or racialized people, and 51 per cent involved low-income people. Another report, in early September, found that immigrants and…

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Keir Starmer has used his first party conference address as leader to set out Labour’s stall as a “competent, credible” opposition to the Conservatives - in a clear bid to win back lost “red wall” strongholds.In a message targeted at Labour’s former working-class supporters, Starmer said his party had deserved…

Goodbye summer, hello autumn. The days may be getting shorter but that doesn’t mean it’s time to hibernate just yet. There’s plenty of things to see and do in the next few months and the VisitEngland tourist board has put together its list of autumnal escapes. Highlights include a John Lennon-inspired music tour…

2020 has been anything but normal. We're in the midst of a devastating global pandemic. Pervasive, systemic racism -- particularly anti-Black and anti-Indigenous -- is unrelenting. And the climate crisis continues virtually unabated despite a major international economic downturn. Many are naming this moment as an unprecedented "opportunity." But opportunity implies…

When I started reading science fiction, in my teens, it was widely regarded as a disreputable form of literature. This was not surprising, since at that time -- the early 1940s -- science fiction was confined to pulp magazines with lurid covers, often depicting scantily-clad heroines shooting ray-guns at BEMS (bug-eyed…