Sharif Hassan
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Toronto poet and educator offers lifeline to Afghan girls barred from school under Taliban rule through online classes (opens the original)
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On a recent summer Friday, nearly a dozen students logged on for their online literature class. It was a group of mostly young women joining from different parts of Afghanistan, eagerly waiting for their turn to discuss a story they had read the week before. Before the Taliban’s return to power five years ago, the women were studying in high school or university, hoping education would give them a better future. Some had just obtained their undergraduate degrees. But their plans were put on hold
Damaging storms sweep across Ontario, causing flooding, power outages in Toronto area (opens the original)
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Severe storms cut across the Greater Toronto Area late Wednesday afternoon, causing widespread power outages, localized flooding and serious damage to a major concert venue as an intense weather system brought torrential rain, large hail and the risk of a tornado to wide swaths of southern Ontario. The weather office issued multiple emergency alerts for extreme weather in parts of the GTA as skies darkened to almost nighttime levels over the city’s downtown and hail pummelled neighbourhoods furt
Port Hope’s fraught history with nuclear industry pits residents against Ontario’s ambitious reactor plans (opens the original)
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When the Ontario government announced plans earlier this year to build what could become one of the world’s largest nuclear power plants in a picturesque community of roughly 18,000 people, the news came wrapped in a series of celebratory speeches. The province’s energy minister, Stephen Lecce, hailed the project as “another positive step” toward a secure energy future, while the local mayor said it would help usher in a “stronger and more resilient future” not only for the community about 100 k
Family of slain Toronto cop, police union call for parole system reform (opens the original)
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The family of a Toronto constable who was shot dead more than three decades ago and the police union are calling for reforms to Canada’s parole system after experiencing what they call “serious” issues ahead of the killer’s hearing. Relatives of Const. Todd Baylis as well as the Toronto Police Association said they were given 20 days’ notice of an in-person hearing for Clinton Gayle, who is currently serving a life sentence at a minimum-security prison in British Columbia. They said the Parole B
Evacuees of wildfires in northwestern Ontario recall harrowing escapes (opens the original)
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The smoke that blanketed Whitesand First Nation became thicker, darker and more acrid within hours. By Monday afternoon, debris started falling down from the pine trees. Panic began to grow in the remote Ontario community more than 250 kilometres north of Thunder Bay. That’s when Daniel Nodin realized it was time for everyone to pack up and flee for their lives. Although the blaze was still invisible, the retired firefighter knew this: Wildfires cannot kill from far away, but the smoke can. “You
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