The roots of these were eroding the soil and properties. Photo credit: Prof Cindy Burgess Focus statement: Oakville municipality is removing trees because the creeks are damaging people’s houses The Town of Oakville committee uprooted trees from the...
A migrant carrying his brother. They have come from Noida sector-91 to a junction near sector-62 in the hope of finding a bus to Unnao, Uttar Pradesh. Photo by Suresh Kumar Pandey. As the COVID-19 pandemic made its way to India, a country with...
COVID-19 is spreading at an alarming rate. The more people are infected with the virus, the quicker the virus spreads. As of March 29th, there are 6,255 cases in Canada and 63 deaths. While the United States now has more positive cases of COVID-19...
As the days inside grow long, and the weather gets warmer, people are wishing life would return to normal. President Donald Trump apparently feels the same way and he has been suggesting medical solutions to the COVID-19 virus during White House...
Representational image: VPN use in Kashmir after lockdown After nearly six months of strict lockdown, internet connectivity was restored in Kashmir, India earlier last month. The flip side was that people could only access the 2G network and have...
Illustration provided by the Centres for Disease Control and Centre (CDC) showing the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (CDC via CP24) COVID-19 will eventually come to an end, as with all the other disease outbreaks. But it is difficult to say when it will...
By Paolo Pagcanlungan It’s all in the wrist. To any aspiring or avid basketball player, this phrase is part of a fundamental concept on how to shoot a basketball the right way. The other part of the shot is in the legs. So to a wheelchair...
Toilet paper has been a regular hot item amid the new coronavirus. ( Alexas_Fotos/ Pixabay) Where did all the toilet paper go? Citizens are scrambling to get all the toilet tissue they can. People are stockpiling in an arms race to get their toilet...
The RSU front desk is closed after dark. Jack Fisher/Sheridan Sun Imagine if half of all elected officials in the government resigned on the same day. Imagine how wayward that would make our political landscape. We would be looking at half-baked...
Jack Fisher – Sheridan Sun It’s not like the movies, but it might be soon. The State of New York has implemented the east coast’s first ‘containment zone.’ New York Governor, Andrew Cuomo announced today that the state would be limiting large public...
The World Health Organization says the threat of COVID19 becoming a pandemic is “very real.” Yet, it was clear from their news briefing on Monday that they have been careful not to call the virus by the term. Despite the virus’ growing reach across...
The COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak has taken the world by storm. As of Tuesday, March 9th, there have been 118,905 confirmed cases and 4,270 deaths worldwide. China and Italy have been two of the countries hit the hardest by the outbreak of this...
The spread of misinformation is on a rise as COVID-19 spreads across over 100 countries. As the world continues to find ways in combating COVID-19, there has been another pandemic on the rise alongside: Infodemic. Stories like Bill Gates, the...
A few people walk the empty streets in Venice, Italy on Monday after country announces lockdown in efforts to stop spread of COVID-19 (Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images) Canada is unlikely to go on national lockdown as the risk of contracting COVID-19...
I am currently a Journalism post-grad student at Sheridan College, Oakville. After studying it for a few months, I felt that journalists’ mental health is underscored because it is our job to put our feelings aside and report. PTSD within Journalism...
With marijuana becoming legal all across North America, the NHL is the only major sports league who is accepting the change in public perception about the drug.
Design by: Romina Amouzadeh When the word “fandom” is mentioned, the immediate thing that comes to mind is a group of screaming teenage girls, sobbing at the sight of a superstar. It’s not uncommon for a lot of girls, especially in...
If you haven’t heard of TikTok or never came across it, you are probably living under a rock. TikTok is a video-sharing social media platform owned by ByteDance, a Beijing-based company founded in 2012 by Zhang Yiming. The app was launched for...
Tourists take pictures in a slum in Manila, Philippines. (Hannah Reyes Morales/Nat Geo) Slum tourism is one of the fastest-growing niche tourism segments in the world, but it is also one of the most controversial. Slum tourism is...
The Parkview Arms Hotel sits across Trinity Bellwoods Park on Queen St. West (Photo credit: Brian Capitao) Toronto is in an affordable housing crisis. There are less affordable housing developments than luxury condominiums. Toronto is one of a...
All four of the teacher’s unions for publicly funded schools in Ontario have been taking some kind of job action in protest to proposed changes to education funding by the provincial government. Their main concerns regard the Ford government’s plan...
View this post on Instagram Shannon Bryant is experiencing eco-anxiety like many other youths in Canada… but she isn't sure if she should seek professional help. She says, “If my therapist could fix the climate change, then I will not be...