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Olivia Rania Yerramilli Bowden | Freelance Journalist| Previously with CBC News, The Toronto Star and CTV National News
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‘I can still hear the children’: Canada’s residential schools survivors welcome chance to reclaim sites
In the foyer of the former Mohawk Institute residential school, a plaque makes a request to visitors: help us identify unnamed survivors. "We do not know the names of some of the people in the photos used in the exhibition. If you recognize someone, please share that information." Similar requests are dotted throughout the museum, near photographs of the First Nations children who attended the school.
The Deadly Montreal Shooting Shows Incel Violence Is a Public Emergency
It took mere hours after the June 22 shooting in Montreal for some users in a global incel forum to claim the shooter as one of their own and place him among his supposed peers.
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The polls look good for the Liberals now, but the Conservatives have been winning over young men
« Le Canada remet des personnes à l'ICE » : les réfugiés refoulés à la frontière risquent d'être placés en détention aux États-Unis
23 mai 2026 | source : The Guardian | Envoi et traduction : Marc Bonhomme À mesure que les jours passent dans un centre de détention américain, Markens Appolon sent la vie dont il rêvait lui échapper. Ce jeune homme de 25 ans a fui Haïti pour échapper à la violence endémique des gangs qui a bouleversé ses études universitaires en économie, et comptait rejoindre sa famille à Montréal.
‘Canada is handing people over to ICE’: refugees rejected at border face US detention
The US and Canadian flags fly near the Bluewater Bridge border crossing between Sarnia, Ontario, and Port Huron, MichiganPhotograph: Geoff Robins/AFP/Getty Images (Photograph: Geoff Robins/AFP/Getty Images) As each day in US detention passes, Markens Appolon can feel the life he had dreamed of slipping away. The 25-year-old fled Haiti to escape the rampant gang violence that upended his university studies in economics, and planned to join family in Montreal.
Analysts divided after Marit Stiles says Doug Ford could end up in prison
Controversial comments made this week by Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles, in which she said Premier Doug Ford could end up imprisoned, have left political analysts divided over whether the rhetoric energized her base or undermined her credibility. “Don’t worry about it, Doug. When I’m premier, I’m going to call a public inquiry into all of this,” Stiles said.
TTC adding 600 transit ambassadors to shore up FIFA readiness
By Olivia Bowden Global News Posted May 8, 2026 2:10 pm 2 min read If you get Global News from Instagram or Facebook - that will be changing. Find out how you can still connect with us. 2:28 Federal funding announcement still leaves Toronto with FIFA budget questions WATCH: A pledge to provide Toronto with up to $45 million in funding to support FIFA World Cup security costs appeared to solve the city's immediate budget concerns.
Major Toronto highway closure scheduled for this weekend ahead of FIFA matches
By Olivia Bowden Global News Posted May 7, 2026 4:39 pm 2 min read If you get Global News from Instagram or Facebook - that will be changing. Find out how you can still connect with us.
Man in his 60s hospitalized following house fire in Vaughan
By Olivia Bowden Global News Posted May 7, 2026 1:58 pm 1 min read If you get Global News from Instagram or Facebook - that will be changing. Find out how you can still connect with us. A 68-year-old man is in hospital following a fire in Vaughan, York Regional Police say. Arlyn McAdorey/ The Canadian Press A 68-year-old man has been hospitalized following a house fire in Vaughan that broke out Thursday night, police said.
Inmate death at Millhaven Institution under police investigation
By Olivia Bowden Global News Posted May 7, 2026 12:12 pm Updated May 7, 2026 12:31 pm 1 min read If you get Global News from Instagram or Facebook - that will be changing. Find out how you can still connect with us. An inmate at the Millhaven Institution has died following an altercation with several other prisoners. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars Hagberg.
Mississauga man who survived the Holodomor celebrates 107th birthday
A Mississauga man who survived the Holodomor, a man-made famine in Soviet Ukraine that killed millions of Ukrainians from 1932 to 1933, celebrated his 107th birthday Tuesday and reflected on his journey to reach Canada. Iwan Winniczuk lives at the Ivan Franko Seniors’ Residence in Mississauga and said it’s his resilience and survival instincts that allowed him to reach centenarian status. He grew up in Ukraine and endured the Holodomor.
NDP MPPs warn of health, safety concerns tied to province’s Billy Bishop expansion
Several Toronto NDP MPPs and advocates for Toronto’s waterfront are warning the public about what they describe as grave concerns around safety and health regarding the province’s planned takeover of Billy Bishop Airport and nearby lands. “This is another real estate scam by the Doug Ford conservative government. And it needs to be stopped before he destroys our waterfront,” said Chris Glover, the NDP MPP for Spadina-Fort York, at a Tuesday news conference.
Toronto looking to nearby regions to increase paramedic response for FIFA World Cup
Toronto needs to partner with three other regions to shore up its available paramedics for the FIFA World Cup, as the predicted influx of visitors will put pressure on emergency services, according to recommendations made to the city by officials “Toronto is expected to welcome more than 230,000 additional daily visitors during the tournament, which will place increased demand on the medical emergency response system and transportation networks,” stated Bikram Chawla, the chief of Toronto...
NDP MPPs warn of health, safety concerns tied to province’s Billy Bishop expansion
3 days ago Sharon Walmsley was just a medical intern in 1983 when she stood helplessly at the bedside of one of Toronto’s first AIDS patients. It was her first shift, and HIV didn’t yet have a name, let alone a treatment or cure. She went home that night in tears. On Saturday, four decades after that fateful …
E-bike rider seriously injured after being struck by vehicle in Toronto’s east end
By Olivia Bowden Global News Posted April 28, 2026 12:19 pm 1 min read If you get Global News from Instagram or Facebook - that will be changing. Find out how you can still connect with us. Police say a man has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after being struck by a vehicle in Toronto's east end. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby. SC An e-bike driver has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after being struck by a vehicle Tuesday morning in Toronto’s east end.
Man in his 70s arrested after body found outside Mississauga business
By Olivia Bowden Global News Posted April 27, 2026 3:39 pm 1 min read Peel Regional Police say they have arrested a man in his 70s in connection with a homicide investigation launched after a man was found dead Monday morning in Mississauga, Ont. Police say officers were called to the area of Kennedy Road and Matheson Boulevard around 8:30 a.m. for reports of an unresponsive person. They found a man with multiple gunshot wounds, Const. Laurie McCann said at a news conference Monday afternoon.
‘Code of Misconduct’ is a Disturbing Look at the Psychology Behind Hockey’s Toxic Culture
In surveillance video of the bar’s dancefloor, multiple hockey players are seen swarming around the woman. Her ponytail is pulled, her buttocks are slapped. She’s picked up into the air. It’s hard to tell the men apart — they are all young and white, most are over six feet tall and wearing snapback hats. There are so many of them, yet it seems like they all move as one amorphous blob, like some kind of twisted neuroconnectivity. “They’re all sort of sharing her in that moment.
Canada’s residential school abuse survivors face fresh battle to stop testimony being destroyed
Cheryle Dreaver first heard her mother discus what she had endured as a child in a Winnipeg courtroom in 2008. Ivy Dreaver was one of tens of thousands of Indigenous people in Canada invited by the federal government to testify about their experiences of sexual, physical and mental abuse in the country’s residential school system. “At that time … I didn’t know those things had happened to her until that very day,” said Dreaver.
Canadian mother held by ICE with daughter, 7, speaks out on families 'suffering greatly' in detention
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Mother decries ICE detention after release: ‘What the administration is doing is wrong and illegal’
Tania Warner and her seven-year-old daughter, Ayla – Canadian citizens who were detained by ICE.Photograph: Family handout (Photograph: Family handout) When Tania Warner and her seven-year-old daughter, Ayla, were released after nearly three weeks of detention by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Canadian mother’s joy at regaining her freedom was tempered by the knowledge of the many families who remained incarcerated. “They were wonderful people.
Canadian woman held with daughter by ICE is released after nearly three weeks of detention
Tania Warner and daughter Ayla Luca, are Canadian citizens who were detained by ICE.Photograph: Family handout (Photograph: Family handout) A Canadian woman and her seven-year-old daughter, who were held for nearly three weeks in a notorious detention center by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), were released on Thursday evening after posting a bond of $9,500. Tania Warner and her daughter Ayla Luca, originally from British Columbia, are both Canadian citizens.
Canadian woman held with daughter by ICE warns all immigrants to 'lie low'
Olivia Bowden in Toronto A Canadian woman who has been imprisoned with her seven-year-old daughter by Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) has cautioned other immigrants that they are at risk of detention, even if they follow the correct legal process – and warned them to keep out of sight for as long as Donald Trump is president. “Don't go anywhere near a checkpoint, and if your papers are in processing, just lay low.
Canadian woman held with daughter by ICE warns all immigrants to ‘lie low’ whatever their legal status
Tania Warner and daughter, Ayla.Photograph: Family handout (Photograph: Family handout) A Canadian woman who has been imprisoned with her seven-year-old daughter by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has cautioned other immigrants that they are at risk of detention, even if they follow the correct legal process – and warned them to keep out of sight for as long as Donald Trump is president. “Don’t go anywhere near a checkpoint, and if your papers are in processing, just lay low.
Canadian mother and daughter ‘traumatized’ by ICE detainment, husband says
Tania Warner and her daughter Ayla Lucas.Photograph: Tania Warner (Photograph: Tania Warner) A Canadian woman and her seven-year-old daughter with autism who have been held by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for nearly a week have been transferred to a notorious detention center and asked to “self-deport”, according to her husband, who said the pair had been “traumatized” by the experience.
Seven-year-old Canadian girl with autism and mother detained by ICE in Texas
Olivia Bowden in Toronto Fri, March 20, 2026 at 12:02 a.m. UTC 4 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tania Warner and her daughter Ayla Lucas, who have both been detained by ICE in Texas.Photograph: Family handout (Photograph: Family handout) A Canadian mother and her seven-year-old daughter, who has autism, have been detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Texas since Saturday, family members have said.
Seven-year-old Canadian girl with autism and mother detained by ICE in Texas
A Canadian mother and her seven-year-old daughter, who has autism, have been detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Texas since Saturday, family members have said. Relatives of Tania Warner and her daughter Ayla Lucas say they were detained unlawfully. They are uncertain about what problem ICE found with their immigration paperwork. Tania Warner and her daughter are both Canadians, with Warner originally from British Columbia.
Canadian man who hiked in woods in defiance of ban has case heard in court
A Canadian man who intentionally violated a provincial ban on walking in the woods in order to launch a constitutional challenge on the restriction is having his case heard by the province’s supreme court this week. Jeffrey Evely, a Canadian army veteran who lives in the city of Sydney, Nova Scotia, said that he took a daily hike in the woods in order to manage symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder he had developed as a soldier, court briefings show.
Man and woman charged with murder of Iranian activist in Canada
Two people have been charged with the murder of an Iranian activist in Canada, in a case which has intensified fears over transnational repression of critics of the regime in Tehran. Masood Masjoody, a former university maths teacher, went missing in early February in the city of Burnaby, British Columbia. He had been critical of Iran's theocratic regime and the exiled family of the former shah.
Man and woman charged with murder of Iranian activist in Canada
Two people have been charged with the murder of an Iranian activist in Canada, in a case which has intensified fears over transnational repression of critics of the regime in Tehran. Masood Masjoody, a former university maths teacher, went missing in early February in the city of Burnaby, British Columbia. He had been critical of Iran’s theocratic regime and the exiled family of the former shah.
Canadian officials say US health institutions no longer dependable for accurate information
Robert F Kennedy Jr has made several controversial decisions during his tenure as US health secretary.Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP Canadian officials and public health experts are warning that US health and science institutions can no longer be depended upon for accurate information, particularly when it comes to vaccinations, amid fears that misinformation from the Trump administration could further erode Canadians’ confidence in healthcare.
Canada bill targeting refugees feared to signal new era of US-style border policies
Cars wait to cross into Canada at the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls, Ontario.Photograph: Geoff Robins/AFP/Getty Images Canada’s Liberal government is pushing through sweeping new legislation targeting refugees that observers fear will usher in a new era of US-style border policies, fueling xenophobia and the scapegoating of immigrants.
Ontario’s carbon storage law, explained
Ontario’s associate minister of energy-intensive industries, Sam Oosterhoff, is impressed by Suncor Energy. The oil and gas company is producing about 100,000 barrels of oil products per day at its Sarnia, Ont., refinery, Oosterhoff told his colleagues at the legislature after visiting the plant in what’s known as Chemical Valley. They aren’t “cowboys” who don’t care about climate change, he said on Nov.
Why Scope 3 emissions are a big deal for Canada
They come from driving a car or taking the bus to the office. Or when employees are given a company-owned smartphone. They can even result from a three-course dinner at a holiday gala — or that box of doughnuts at a meeting. And for companies that extract fossil fuels, they also come when customers use their products. All are examples of the creation of Scope 3 emissions: greenhouse gases that are indirectly produced by a corporation or institution’s supply chain and everyday operations.
The emissions that won’t be stopped by Canada’s carbon capture dreams
How the Eglinton Crosstown LRT went so wrong, for so long For months, they have glided along the middle of Toronto’s Eglinton Avenue: Sleek, empty streetcars on test runs, stopping at platforms blocked off to the public. No one gets on or off. And before the two-car vehicle pulls away, its electronic chimes sound their pointless warnings as the doors …
Fears Quebec Starbucks gang shooting could signal shift to brazen tactics
The shooting took place in a Starbucks in Laval, a suburb outside of Montreal, Quebec. Photograph: Canadian Press/Shutterstock The brazen daylight killing of a prominent Quebec gang leader inside a suburban Starbucks in the outskirts of Montreal this week could signal a new, more chaotic and brash environment when it comes to organised crime, observers say.
Fears Quebec Starbucks gang shooting could signal shift to brazen tactics
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Canadian government asked to clarify whether Kneecap barred from country
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Canadian government asked to clarify whether Kneecap barred from country
Canada’s opposition party has asked the government to clarify whether the Belfast rap trio Kneecap have been barred from the country, after doubts emerged over their status. The Liberal MP Vince Gasparro, the parliamentary secretary for combating crime, posted a video on social media on 19 September in which he said Kneecap were “ineligible” to enter Canada.
‘A life of captivity’: Canada refuses marine park’s request to export its whales to China
Beluga whales swim in a tank at Marineland in Niagara Falls, Ontario, on 9 June 2023. Photograph: Canadian Press/Shutterstock Canada’s government has refused a request by the beleaguered Marineland theme park to export its remaining 30 beluga whales to China due to concerns that the whales will face further mistreatment.
Canada refuses marine park’s request to export its whales to China
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‘A life of captivity’: Canada refuses marine park’s request to export its whales to China
Beluga whales swim in a tank at Marineland in Niagara Falls, Ontario, on 9 June 2023.Photograph: Canadian Press/Shutterstock Canada’s government has refused a request by the beleaguered Marineland theme park to export its remaining 30 beluga whales to China due to concerns that the whales will face further mistreatment.
Trudeau made headlines with free birth control. Why didn’t Canada follow through?
“We dreamed of making sure our health-care system included medication coverage. And now, pharmacare is the law of the land,” the NDP’s then-leader Jagmeet Singh told reporters. The bill seemed to underline just how progressive Canada had become, coming into force just weeks before Donald Trump was re-elected, and two years after the US supreme court eliminated any constitutional right to abortion. Nearly a year later, however, the promise has not come to pass.
‘Parents’ rights’ groups gain ground in Canada amid Alberta book ban
Socially conservative “parents’ rights” groups that have emerged as powerfully political lobbying groups in the US are quickly gaining ground in Canada, academics and free speech advocates say, after two such groups claimed they had persuaded Alberta to institute a sweeping public school book ban. Alberta recently directed schools to purge library books from shelves that fit its definition of “explicit sexual content” by 1 October.
Canadians steer clear of US as travel from north falls for seventh month
Travel to the US by Canadian residents has continued to drop significantly for the seventh month in a row, as new data confirms that Donald Trump’s threats have helped upend the summer tourism season. Months of aggressive rhetoric from the White House have prompted widespread boycotts of US products by Canadians, who have also sworn off visits to their southern neighbour amid lingering feelings of betrayal and anger.
Canada wildfire season already second worst on record as experts warn of ‘new reality’
With hundreds of wildfires burning out of control, Canada’s 2025 fire season is already the second-worst on record, as scientists report climate change is prolonging and exacerbating the burning, leading to more destruction, evacuations and smoke-filled skies. More than 470 fires across the country are currently classified as “out of control”, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC).
Canadian cities cancel US Christian nationalist’s performances
Sean Feucht performs in Topeka, Kansas, on 23 April 2023.Photograph: ZUMA Press, Inc./Alamy Eight Canadian cities have revoked performance permits for Sean Feucht, a Trump-supporting Christian nationalist preacher and musician, who led anti-gay demonstrations outside Disneyland and protested against mask mandates during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Canada wildfires prompt severe air quality alerts across country and US
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Canada wildfires prompt severe air quality alerts across country and US
Billowing smoke from hundreds of out-of-control wildfires – most of which are in the Canadian Prairies – have caused severe air quality alerts across Canada and the United States. Detroit, Michigan, and the Canadian cities of Montreal and Toronto, recorded some of the worst air quality in the world on Monday, according to a ranking by IQAir, a Swiss air quality technology company.
Canada braces as tariff deadline looms and talks with US ‘chaos machine’ drag
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Canada braces as tariff deadline looms and talks with the ‘chaos machine’ in the US drag
Canada is also in a highly vulnerable position, as it has closely intertwined its economy with the US’s, and is extremely reliant on a low-barrier trade environment, said William Huggins, an assistant professor in economics at McMaster University in Ontario. “Canada has tried to negotiate sort of forcefully from a position of not acquiescing to every demand, but by the same token, has also realised it’s not in the strongest position to do so … We’ve had to navigate carefully,” said Huggins.
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