by South Asian Star | Oct 8, 2025 | National
A stroll around Alberta schoolyards at lunchtime likely won’t yield any laughing students, as a teachers’ strike enters its second day. While staff parking lots certainly aren’t as full as they were just a week before, with classes in session, they’re not completely...
by South Asian Star | Oct 7, 2025 | National
The Toronto Blue Jays are on the verge of their first playoff series victory in nearly a decade. It’s a proud time for Blue Jays fans across the country, including here on P.E.I., where one of the driving forces behind creation of the team has been eagerly...
by South Asian Star | Oct 7, 2025 | National
Like most young children, Holland Van Gurp loves playgrounds, but the one at her school only allows the Grade 1 student to use a swing. The six-year-old lives with quadriplegic cerebral palsy and has significant mobility issues.The playground at Trout Creek...
by South Asian Star | Oct 6, 2025 | National
Municipal officials in Kings County are calling for people to stay out of mandatory evacuation zones as the Lake George wildfire remains out of control. Dave Corkum, mayor of the Municipality of the County of Kings, told CBC’s Maritime Noon that people have been...
by South Asian Star | Oct 6, 2025 | National
A teachers’ strike is “imminent,” said the union representing Alberta’s educators Sunday, as thousands gathered in Edmonton on the eve of a strike. “Right now, a strike is imminent. We will be on strike tomorrow (Monday). If a deal was to be negotiated, and ideally we...
by South Asian Star | Oct 5, 2025 | National
For workers at Hospice Halifax, the focus is on comfort, dignity and the personal journey at the end of life.But the care is out of reach for many in Nova Scotia, where a severe shortage of specialized hospice beds means a peaceful death is a privilege, not a...
