Jaideep Singh knows not to tell people in the Punjabi community that he is gay, as that is often met with ridicule, disdain or the threat of ostracization. It’s an experience other 2SLGBTQ+ members say is common in newcomer communities. “It’s been really hard. In the community, to be queer, is really challenging,” the 24-year-old said. “Sometimes, I don’t…
When your team is already down three games in the Stanley Cup final series and a single loss would mean the dream of a championship victory parade is over, it’s understandable that anxiety for Edmonton Oilers fans is through the roof. “It’s up here! I’m telling you it is so high!” said Ethan Newman, 17,…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size WestJet is cancelling dozens of flights across Canada as unionized maintenance engineers at the company prepare to go on strike. The company said in a statement on Wednesday that it was going to cancel 40 flights as it prepares for labour action by WestJet aircraft maintenance engineers…
A New Brunswick beverage business is accusing a Halifax brewery of screwing up the recipe for tens of thousands of cans of beer and jeopardizing the company’s future, according to court documents. Lawyers for Think Fermentation, which operates as Think Brewing, said in a statement of claim filed in the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia…
This week, in Birmingham, Ala., baseball fans will gather for a game like no other. The San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals will play at Rickwood Field, the oldest professional baseball park in the United States. But that’s not all that makes Rickwood special. It is also the historic home of the Birmingham Black Barons,…
Two sisters from Guelph are helping others manage and learn more about mental health through multiple creative outlets. Through their blog Twin Life, which they began in university, the Bolliger sisters have shared their journey through hobbies and activities as a way to maintain their mental health. Breanna Bolliger said it also gives them a…
A series of fires that have burned multiple tiny homes and other shelters in a homeless camp is being described as “odd” by the fire chief in Prince George, B.C. Over the course of two weeks, from May 27 to June 10, seven shelters were destroyed in five separate fires in the Moccasin Flats homeless encampment,…
A lot of Montreal hoop dreams were born in Park Ex. As a teenager, Hernst Laroche would often spend his weekends going up against some of the city’s best at the William-Hingston sports complex in the north-central Montreal neighbourhood a few steps away from where he grew up. Dozens of ballers from different age groups would…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Canadian Real Estate Association says that homebuyers were sleepwalking through the spring, but the first interest rate cut in more than four years could serve as a wake-up call. CREA’s home sales figures show transactions dipped 0.6 per cent between April and May. Home prices are…
On an overcast June morning in Saint John, a massive, tangerine-orange tanker — the Da Hua Shan, sailing under the flag of Hong Kong — is radioing for clearance to leave Courtenay Bay. It can’t go without help. The asphalt and bitumen tanker is 139 metres long, and the confines of the bay are narrow. To get…
