First Person: I know what it’s like to go hungry as a child
New York/CMEDIA: An agronomist working for the World Food Programme (WFP) in Haiti tells UN News that, like the people she helps today, she remembers what it’s like to go …
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Ontario signs a $13.2 billion deal with Canada to cut its child-care fees in half by year-end
Toronto/CMEDIA: Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Ontario Premier Doug Ford alongside other political leaders appeared together and formally announced this morning at a YMCA childcare center in Brampton, Ont. about …
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Kaee Contemporary’s exhibition in Kolkata, India forges an intergenerational conversation
Kolkata/IBNS: Kaee Contemporary, a new art gallery in Kolkata, is holding an exclusive exhibition titled ‘When The Other Stares Back’ – curated by Adwait Singh – which will run till …
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Canadian men’s soccer team qualify for 1st World Cup since 1986, put on a show
Canada Men Soccer Team Win1st World Cup. Credit: Twitter handle of Canada Soccer Toronto/CMEDIA: A show was exhibited on Sunday by the Canadian men’s soccer team qualifying for the men’s …
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Ontario taking action to provide equity support, resources to Francophone students
Francophone Students. Image credit: Wikimedia Commons Toronto/CMEDIA: Committed to strengthening French-language education in the province, the Ontario government is providing $500,000 through its Priorities and Partnerships Funding (PPF) COVID-19 Equity …
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Eligible B.C. drivers to get a rebate to offset high gas prices from public auto insurers
BC gas rebates. Credit: Twitter handle of John Horgan Vancouver/CMEDIA: The Province of British Columbia (BC) announced Friday that public auto insurers in B.C. would provide a one-time relief rebate …
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Ontario extends College and University Tuition freeze by another year through 2022-2023
Toronto/CMEDIA: The current tuition freeze for colleges and universities is being extended by the Ontario government by an additional year, through 2022-2023, providing financial relief with increased access to affordable …
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Windsor is the recipient of Ontario’s largest auto investment in province’s history
WINDSOR/CMEDIA: Ontario’s first large-scale electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturing plant is being built with the joint support of federal and municipal governments, LG Energy Solution, and automaker Stellantis by investing …
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Dinanath Pathy is an embodiment of a giant on horizon of Indian literary, visual, performing arts
IBNS: Nikhilesh Giri, an Indian diplomat currently posted in Japan, writes about late Odiya painter and art historian Dinanath Pathy after he chanced upon his illustrations in a children’s book in Osaka’s Asian …
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‘This book grew out of many years of trying to impress our friends with meals’: Nobel laureate Banerjee
Kolkata/IBNS: Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee on Tuesday signed a few copies of his book Cooking to Save Your Life at South City Starmark here. He was accompanied by Cheyyene Olivier, …
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