Canada is prepared to tackle the Coronavirus if required. Federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu, has said that Canadians are being watched for signs of the Coronavirus that may have developed in Wuhan, China. A handful of people from Quebec, Vancouver...
Rotating Strikes Move to Halton District On Thursday, January 23rd with over 100 teachers, protesters, and students in attendance. The community of Oakville stood on Kerr and Rebecca Street to advocate for the upkeep of Ontario’s education...
IGNITE expected to shift governance structure on Wednesday Image provided by The Avro Post WHAT’S GOING ON? On Wednesday January 20th, the student union that represents both Humber College and University of Guelph-Humber students is holding a...
From Wikipedia The Ukranian Flight 752 by the Iranian government has shocked the entire world. The commercial flight was headed to Kiev from Tehran. There were 176 fatalities, with many of the passengers returning home from vacation. Shortly after...
Iran admits that they have unintentionally shot down a Ukrainian airplane on January 8th, minutes after taking off from Tehran’s airport. As the investigation is currently still taking place after the news broke out, it has been said that the...
As Canada reconciles with the aftermath of the downing of Ukraine International Airlines flight 752, not-so-ordinary citizens have been doing something about it. Bellingcat is an investigative website and collective of citizen investigators...
Flight (PS752) wreckage. Photo courtesy: Reuters On January, 8, 2020 an Ukrainian Boeing 737-800 crashed minutes after take-off from Imam Khomeini International Airport in Tehran, and hours after Iran launched ballistic missiles at a U.S military...
Image from Global News Article Originally published on Defunct Mayhem It has only been 10 days since the Ukrainian Airlines plane was shot down in Iran. It seems like it has been so much longer. The global response was quick, and Canada’s response...
Misleadingly named, the brightly colored box, known as a black box, plays a crucial role in understanding flight data. In order to determine the cause of error during a plane crash, a black box contains voice recordings of conversations held in the...
Town of Oakville holds vigil in honour of flight 752 plane crash victims Oakville Mayor Rob Burton and members of town council speak to residents during a vigil ceremony at Oakville Centennial Square on January 12. 2020. (Paola Floro) Oakville Mayor...
A release of 2016 data by StatsCan has revealed that, despite Canada’s reputation as a champion of gender equality, the country is still steps behind when it comes to gender diversity in the boardroom. The data was sourced from the Corporations...
Canada is blessed with abundant natural resources and is undeniably the second largest country in the world to inhabit a large variety of species. There are over 80,000 known species in Canada. However, half of the monitored vertebrate species are...
Story by: Hesham Haj Ali, Paola Floro, Menna Shawky, Xin Chen Mohammad was 14 when he left Syria. He used to live in the southern city of Daraa with his family, close to the Jordanian border. On March 18, 2011 in the older part of Daraa city, people...
Photo by Eli Ridder/The Avro Post On Nov. 21, the Ontario Divisional Court deemed the Ford government’s Student Choice Initiative unlawful and the reaction has varied from sending the optional fees website offline to waiting on the...
Flavours of Fall is a market style kick-off to fall event. It is the first event in a series of events being organised for the Oakville community to come together and celebrate fall and the holiday season. Milan Bowie, the marketing manager of...
In November 2015 I was diagnosed with HIV and was in a late-stage and about to progress to AIDS status. And being a refugee in Cairo, Egypt facing the possibility of deportation back to war chattered Syria was the least of my concerns. My real fear...
If you are a thrill seeker or nature junky this should be your next stop!
It’s time to talk about gender and video games…again. Video games have been a part of popular culture for more than three decades now. From mobile games to AAA developed titles, video games are absolutely everywhere. Despite their...
After catching success in box offices around the world, the makers of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse have unveiled news that they plan to release a sequel next April. The world of Spider-Man has come a long way from its origin story, one that is...
Hamilton is the perfect environment for the growing craft beer industry. Find out why.
Oxford properties, Square one is considered one of the largest malls in all of Canada. Containing over 600 distinct retailers and services. As Oxford claims, “Designed with the customer first in mind.” This intricate and large square is one of the...
Every war leaves behind a string of devastation, shattered homes, lives, and memories. The lives of those who lives through wars, what they lost and what they miss, are always considered by the leaders as a collateral damage. This is a story about a...
UPDATE November 22nd: The Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) and York Federation of Students (YFS) held a joint press conference in the Queen’s Park press room – sponsored by NDP MPP Chris Glover – to discuss the legal win...
Here’s a Wakelet that will explain my life in songs.
Zumba classes offer a high-intensity workout that last up to an hour. Zumba has evolved to include not only more traditional Latin dance exercise, but hip hop, pop, Bollywood and more. Official Zumba instructors are trained through the Zumba Academy...