After a long Sunday of fasting and three hours of night prayer, a group of young men are gathered in a parking lot shouting, "Catch, catch, great catch, shabash boy!"
Kashif Yousaf, in more than ten years living in East York, has never felt unsafe or stopped from speaking out against the government of Canada's policies and has faith in Canadian democratic norms.
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.
The Rouge Valley Foundation hosted a hike and bike ride Saturday for victims of the Pakistan flooding. The floods began in July and have affected over 20 million people, according to the Canadian Red Cross.