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Kids on bikes: Four children reported riding bikes in traffic, Main Street, 2:45 p.m. Man reports harassment: Says someone criticized him for not wearing mask, Highland Road, 3:46 p.m. Search for elders: Woman asks police to look for parents at Ward Reservation, says their cellphones died while they were lost and it was getting dark, Prospect Road, 5:05 p.m. Food thrown: Someone tossed cheese out of a car, hitting another person, Main Street, 8:29 p.m.  

Image courtesy UN Women. The Association of Female Executives in Trinidad and Tobago (AFETT) is calling for a multi-pronged and many-layered approach in dealing with the issue of Gender Based Violence (GBV) in this country, stating that it should be a national priority, all year round. In an official statement issued today, recently elected AFETT president, Dixie-Ann Dixon, points out that men need psycho-social support to bring about behaviour change, and that arming women is not enough to end the GBV scourge. “While we need to look out for our women, we also need to pay closer attentio...

Tech Drive is the new initiative organized by the Service Committee of the Graduate College in collaboration with the Calgary Immigrant Society. The goal of this project is to collect used electronic devices such as phones, tablets and computers. The Gauntlet interviewed Isabel Fandino, the initiator of the Tech Drive project. Fandino is an MA student at the University of Calgary. The idea of Tech Drive came to Fandino’s mind after she interviewed refugee families for her research project. Many families were in need of computers. Fandino and her supervisor decided to post an ad on the Immi...