Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders will be stepping down from his position on July 31. He made the announcement during a news conference this afternoon. Saunders has been Chief of Police since 2015 and was expected to remain in the position until at least 2021. His resignation comes after more than 37 years with the […]
Congratulations to Dr. Chika Oriuwa who made history as the second Black female valedictorian at the University of Toronto (U of T) Faculty of Medicine. The first generation Nigerian Canadian was the only Black medical student in her 2016 class of 259 people. Congratulations! Your voice, your talents, and your passion are needed now more […]
An Ottawa police officer has been charged in connection with one of two racist memes that were being circulated within the Ottawa Police Service. Ottawa Police Chief Peter Sloly announced that the officer was charged under the Police Services Act in relation to the creation and distribution of the image, which pictured 13 racialized members […]
Police chief Mark Saunders is calling for calm amid allegations of foul play in the death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet, who fell to her death from a 24th-floor apartment balcony during an interaction with Toronto police. He revealed that dispatch received three individual 911 calls regarding an assault at 100 High Park on Wednesday evening, two […]
May 28, 2020 STATEMENT ON THE DEATH OF REGIS FROM THE KORCHINSKI-PAQUET FAMILY On Wednesday May 27, 2020 at approximately 5:00 pm a 911 call was made by a concerned mother, Claudette Beals-Clayton, for the safety and well-being of her child Regis Korchinski-Paquet. Regis was in distress over a family conflict and her mother sought […]
Toronto police are being accused of pushing a Black woman off an apartment balcony to her death in the city’s High Park neighbourhood. The incident took place on Wednesday, May 27, at around 5:15 pm. The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) said Toronto police responded to a “domestic incident” at an apartment building on High Park […]
The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) released a disturbing report regarding five high-risk long-term care homes in Ontario: Orchard Villa in Pickering, Altamont Care Community in Scarborough, Eatonville in Etobicoke, Hawthorne Place in North York, and Holland Christian Homes Grace Manor in Brampton. Some of the key findings include: Residents being left in bed in […]
A Canadian Human Rights organization is sounding the alarm after Ontario quietly gave police services access to a new database with the names, date of birth, and address of everyone in the province who has tested positive for COVID-19. The emergency order, issued by the Ministry of Health back in April, allows the personal information […]
After months of pressure from Black community advocates and health experts, Ontario announced it will soon begin collecting race-based and socioeconomic data on COVID-19. Chief Medical Officer Dr. David Williams said the province is consulting with health equity experts to determine what information to collect. So far, no further details have been provided. However, Ontario health official […]
Canada’s lack of race-based COVID-19 data hurting Black Canadians: experts By Olivia Bowden Global News Posted May 2, 2020 8:00 am Updated May 3, 2020 9:43 pm WATCH: Unlike the United States, provinces and territories in Canada, are not collecting data about which groups have been impacted by COVID-19. Health experts say governments need to […]
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