As a journalist in Turkey, Seckin Ergun has covered many stories of courage, but none as personal as this one. He turns his focus on his wife, the woman who risked her life so he and their sons could seek refuge in Canada.
View More Unsung Hero: A Woman’s Sacrifice to Bring her Family to Canada
It’s been 2 months since a massive 4.8 million dollar chandelier was unveiled under the Granville Bridge, and many articles have been written criticizing the developer, Westbank Corp., for hanging the chandelier over the homeless people of Vancouver. Many people are asking the same question: “What could have done with that money for homeless people?”
View More What Spins, Weighs 3.4 Tonnes and Insults Vancouver’s Homeless?
In a region that still believes in the “Greater Syria”, where “Southern Syria” included Jerusalem and the Palestinian territories, the name “Al Quds Force” had given Suleimani elusive legitimacy.
View More What Qassim Suleimani’s killing means to Syrians in Canada
The ones who’re born into a democracy may take the value of democracy as a given! They might not know about the governments who live in palaces, who sit on thrones
View More Oct. 21 Vote: A Failure of Journalism and Democracy
Just how sophisticated are most terrorists anyway? Sometimes, I think most of us get terrorism very, very wrong. I am not sure whether this is…
View More Most Terrorists are Average Joes
In the wake of Brussels — at least for now — we’re back in the bad old days of the War of Civilizations narrative. In…
View More We’re Learning the Wrong Lessons from Brussels — and It’s Going to Cost UsThe Canadian government announced their plan today to bring 10,000 Syrian refugees to the country by the end of the year, with an additional 15,000…
View More Govt Scales Back Year-End Refugee TargetAs I walked along a Vancouver beach near my home this morning, I reflected on the extraordinary sea change in the Canadian election campaign. From…
View More Syrian Sea Change in Election CampaignOver the last week, the Canadian public has awakened to the grim reality of the current refugee crisis springing from Syria after images emerged of…
View More Canadians Divided on Role of Government in Refugee Crisis
Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the latest born of extremist movements, has drawn international condemnation and wonder about its power in drawing youth…
View More One Canadian Youth Recruited to ISIS is One Too Many