Canadians open up about mental health
Bell Let’s Talk Day is an opportunity for Canadians to discuss mental health and the stigma associated with it.
Articles by Colin Edwards
Raptors’ Lowry named All-Star game starter
Toronto Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry was voted in by fans as an NBA all-star game starter. LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Kobe Bryant also headline the starting lineup.
Struggling dollar expected to rebound, Bank of Canada says
The Bank of Canada announced yesterday it’s holding the key interest rate at 0.5 per cent.
D-Day vet remembers the cycles of war
Allan Dick helped liberate France with two wheels and a rifle. “We had bicycles, airborne bicycles, but we didn’t use them,” he said. “We walked faster.” Dick, now 92, landed at Juno Beach on the Normandy coast on June 6, 1944. His regiment, Hamilton Light Infantry (HLI), operated as a reserve brigade during the invasion. Nevertheless, he was wounded in the leg on June 17, 1944 and sent back to England for treatment; he spent five days in hospital and then re-joined his regiment to finish the war. Unlike Dick, not all of his friends survived the war.
Work for youth is new MP’s priority
The winner in Monday night’s federal election in the riding of Scarborough Centre has pledged financial support of jobs for young people as a priority. In the Oct. 19 vote, Liberal candidate Salma Zahid defeated Conservative incumbent Roxanne James. Zahid polled 51.1 per cent of ballots cast, according to the CBC Canada Votes website. James finished in second place with just over 30 per cent of votes, while NDP Alex Wilson earned 11.8 per cent of ballots.