Durham Region students saddened after Qur’an desecrated at local school | Globalnews.ca

This comes after students at Courtice Secondary School say the Qur’an, their central religious text of Islam, was desecrated by other peers last Friday. Kawartha Pine Ridge School Board, which the school falls under, has also condemned the acts. Maliha says they are taking the incident very seriously and do not tolerate acts of discrimination […]

TikTok’s ‘Borg’ Drinking Trend: Why Is It So Dangerous? | Trending News Buzz

For those readers who have graduated school, you will be excused for not understanding what the children are doing nowadays and what is trending. In the video, which is a stitch of TikTok user Bellaaalonzo’s borg recipe, the borg is lauded for its water-to-liquor proportion, ability to be shut with a cover, and Fluid I.V. […]

AP Trending SummaryBrief at 8:48 a.m. EST | National News | mankatofreepress.com

NEW YORK — Regulators have seized the assets of one of Silicon Valley’s top banks, marking the largest failure of a U.S. Peñitas Police Chief Roel Bermea said Friday the women crossed the border to sell clothes at a Mexican flea market on Feb. — More than 9,000 California residents were under evacuation orders Friday […]

B.C. Climate News: Europe experienced second-warmest winter on record – Vancouver Sun

That was a quote from a Canadian Security Intelligence Service report made public this week, detailing the threat climate change poses to Canada. The panel has issued a “code red” for humanity and last year it said the window to stop global warming from exceeding 1.5 C was closing. An updated framework to protect marine life in […]

Meta to block access to news on Facebook, Instagram if Online News Act adopted as is

At a House of Commons heritage committee meeting on the bill on Friday, Sabrina Geremia, the head of Google Canada, argued the proposed legislation would “radically change” the framework her company uses to host free news links. We have enabled email notifications—you will now receive an email if you receive a reply to your comment, […]

Canadian time changes may be a thing of the past if U.S. passes ‘sunshine’ law – Maple Ridge News

legislation that could trigger an end to seasonal time changes in Canada is moving forward again, as Canadians get ready to wind their clocks ahead an hour before going to bed Saturday night. But then-premier John Horgan said the change would depend on Washington, Oregon and California doing the same. …Read the full story