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Hair and the ties that bind Reflections on Afro-Indigenous identity, motherhood and the power of hair April 25, 2021 There are many people on the Prairies who identify as Afro-Indigenous/Black-Indigenous, holding ancestry of both North American Indigenous people and the African diaspora. For Tasha Spillett, becoming a mother was an opportunity to pass on shared teachings, heal broken ties and create new memories. By Tasha Spillett, for CBC First Person Hair and the ties that bind Reflection...

120 Fleet Street Property Week can reveal that CO—RE plans to renovate the art deco Daily Express Building and replace the adjoining River Court, which Goldman Sachs vacated in 2019, with a 21-floor asset comprising more than 540,000 sq ft of offices and 18,000 sq ft of retail space.  Located at 120 Fleet Street, the redevelopment will involve the separation of the Daily Express Building from River Court through the creation of a publicly accessible open arcade.  Designed by BIG, the prop...

Crossing Boundaries Centuries of Black migration on the Canadian Prairies April 25, 2021 The Canadian Prairies saw their first Black residents more than 200 years ago. Today, the Prairies are home to the country’s fastest growing Black population. By Omayra Issa Centuries of Black migration on the Canadian Prairies The Canadian Prairies saw their first Black residents more than 200 years ago. Today, the Prairies are home to the country’s fastest growing Black population. By Omayra Issa ...

Calls have been made for leashes and muzzles on dogs around livestock after lambs mauled near Milnthorpe. Mail readers have given their opinion on the incident and how further attacks can be prevented. Jo Twigden said: “Absolutely all dogs should be on a lead. It’s the owners who should be punished if they don’t have their dog on a lead. “We have witnessed dog owners who refused to put their dogs on a lead around our sheep, it’s downright ignorance. “Sheep get worried arou...

“While an effective statute is the foundation for rights,” the authors said, “it is only the first step in a long journey. Too many whistleblower laws have proven to be ineffective in practice.” That has led to whistleblowers’ choosing to speak out through different channels — venting on social media or speaking to journalists — or, often, remaining silent. After a year in which the COVID-19 pandemic has brought to light how important whistleblowers are to safeguarding public he...

Whistleblower Laws Fall Woefully Short, Says Longtime Advocate Federal and provincial laws designed to protect whistleblowers are woefully inadequate, says an advocate who has worked for stronger whistleblower protection for over a decade. David Hutton, a senior fellow at Ryerson University’s Centre for Free Expression Whistleblowing Initiatives (CFEWI), says the federal Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act (PSDPA) has numerous significant problems. “It’s just loaded with loopholes,�...

Posted: Feb 16, 2021 9:30 AM MT | Last Updated: February 16 Albertas public interest commissioner, Marianne Ryan (centre in this archive photo), told a legislative committee earlier this month that the provinces whistleblower protection act needs to be expanded and strengthened.(Jason Franson/The Canadian Press) Albertas whistleblower protection law should apply to more public entities and those who contract with the province, and should be strengthened to protect complainants from being sued, ...

International Civil Society Letter to President Zelensky re. Draft Law #3450 OPEN LETTER SENT BY EMAIL AND POST TO: Mr. Zelensky, President of Ukraine 16th February 2021 Dear President Zelensky, We, the undersigned organisations join our voices to this letter from the Board of Trustees of the Whistleblowing International Network (WIN) to urge your leadership to defend the integrity of the law that protects those who risk their careers to fight corruption and block proposed draft Bill which unde...

Article content There’s a process quietly unfolding in the legislature which will affect the health, safety and financial security of Albertans and will affect the government’s ability to root out damaging incompetence and corruption within the public service. It’s a review of the province’s whistleblower protection law — the Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act (PIDA) . This is important because decades of research have shown that whistleblowers are the single mo...

2 February 2021 The low-tech Flexipump is easy and intuitive to operate. Using Solid Edge software, the designer was able to refine the design and optimise it for injection moulding. The Flexipump line assembly. The final product weighs 2.5 kg compared to an original weight of 4.5 kg. With an initial design which resembled an oversized bicycle pump with a piston and two valves, David Hutton created the  Flexipump , a highly productive irrigation pump for farmers in the deve...