Jewish and Somali Canadians join forces with government’s help on mentoring plan
27 Jun 2009: TORONTO – For the Canadian government, it was a no-brainer to invest in an innovative, cross-cultural project linking young Somali-Canadians with established Jewish-Canadian mentors. The plan for the governmental investment – a federal grant ofGalloway banned from Canada 'Security-risk'
21 Mar 2009: The outspoken anti-war MP George Galloway has been banned from entering Canada on the grounds of national security. Mr Galloway was due to give a speech in Toronto next week but has been deemed "inadmissible" to Canada under section 34(1) of the country'sNo home-court advantage, no problem
10 Jan 2009: The Ottawa Islamic School senior boys basketball team is taking a unique, but fulfilling approach to playing one of the top-ranked high school sports in Ottawa. When second-year coach Abdullaah Smith went looking for players at the 20-year-old privateVandalism in Toronto Injects Eerie Chill Into Campaign
12 Oct 2008: TORONTO — The seemingly benign decision to stick a Liberal Party lawn sign in her front yard has brought a new ritual to Marla Waltman Daschko’s morning routine. Ms. Waltman Daschko walks around her Volkswagen Passat station wagon and peers underneathCanadian Mill Towns Pay For U.S. Housing Collapse
02 Feb 2008: MACKENZIE, B.C. -- For a time, the snow-dusted forests ringing this picturesque mill town might as well have been made of gold. Eager U.S. construction companies scooped up Canadian lumber in record volume during the great American housing boom of theslashnews
Major quake shakes eastern city of Van
A 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit eastern Turkey yesterday, triggering the collapse of buildings and killing many people, according
to officials and experts. At least 50 people were taken to the single hospital in the city of Van, Anatolia news agency said,
The wretched scandal of Gaza
Past bombed suburbs and scrubland stands the house on the frontier of hell. Once, Abdullah Wahdem's home was a pleasant villa set
in the citrus groves of northern Gaza. Now its cream stucco frontage is pitted by the bullets and artillery salvos that
From Hate to Love -
Story of Adiy ibn Hatim
In the ninth year of the Hijrah, an 'Arab king made the first positive moves to Islam after years of feeling hatred for it. He
drew closer to faith (iman) after opposing arid combating it. And he finally pledged allegiance to the Prophet, peace be on him,
Microsoft Bing in search deal with China’s
Baidu
Microsoft has signed a deal with China’s top search engine, Baidu, to provide the site with censored web search services in
English. Baidu, which dominates 83 per cent of the local market and whose success is built on its Chinese language services, said
