Juan E. Suarez C.

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Wildhood, a queer Indigenous film with striking visuals but no substance

Wildhood (2021) is a beautifully shot coming-of-age, road-trip quest film with dialogue both in English and Mi'kmaq.Directed and written by Bretten Hannam, the two-spirit,...

Wildhood, a queer Indigenous film with striking visuals but no substance

Wildhood (2021) is a beautifully shot coming-of-age, road-trip quest film with dialogue both in English and Mi'kmaq.Directed and written by Bretten Hannam, the two-spirit,...

What the 2026 provincial budget means for Durham Region

Despite billions in provincial spending, Durham Region is seeing limited direct gains from Ontario’s 2026 budget, with local politicians pointing to gaps in transit,...

Farm workers ‘temporary’ but essential: industry experts

Debate over Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) has intensified in recent years, as concerns over unemployment, wages and working conditions have collided with...

Farm workers ‘temporary’ but essential: industry experts

Debate over Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) has intensified in recent years, as concerns over unemployment, wages and working conditions have collided with...

Students mobilize to defend student loan program

Ontario students are organizing walkouts and protests across the province in the face of major changes to the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP).OSAP,...

Whitby council unanimously approves motion to report third-party lobbyists

"We have a gap in municipal governance," said the mayor of Whitby, Elizabeth Roy, as councillors debated a motion to establish a public registry...

Vendors at redeveloped historic building downtown frustrated and indebted

As 'Market at 70 King' comes up to its two-year anniversary, it could face significant changes. One tenant has already left, there's a recent...

Cecilia Waldron unites and empowers Latin-owned businesses

Amid the turmoil of Augusto Pinochet’s “hectic” military dictatorship, a family from Santiago de Chile, parents and three daughters, traded weekends at their grandmother’s...

Oscar-nominated director helps locals further understand Indigenous history

Some audience members say a recent event featuring the Oscar-nominated filmmaker Julian Brave NoiseCat helped them with their ongoing journey to learn about truth...

Controversial provincial Skills Development Fund brings cash to DC, but legal expert questions the politics

Critics continue to question the provincial government's $1.3 billion Skills Development Fund (SDF), a fund that saw Durham College (DC) receive almost $800,000 through...

Ontario’s homelessness bill fails amid growing housing crisis

A recent bill aimed at ending homelessness in Ontario did not pass in the provincial legislature but its authors hope their recommendations get included...

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