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The Afro News is a community-focused news and commentary outlet serving African Canadian and Black communities, with a strong local emphasis on Vancouver.
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CELEBRATE CINEMA ARTS VANCOUVER (opens the original)
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Where Stories Shine. Where Cultures Meet. Where Cinema Comes Alive. Lights. Camera. Vancouver. This October, our city once again becomes a spectacular stage for the world’s storytellers as the Vancouver International Film Festival returns from October 1–11, inviting audiences into a dazzling celebration of cinema, creat
Breaking Up? Start with a Digital Detox (opens the original)
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Your ex may be gone, but your phone keeps them only a few taps away There are times in life when it takes almost everything you have just to keep moving forward. The end of a relationship can be one of them. The person is gone, but somehow they’re still everywhere. <a href="https://theafronews.com/breaking-up-start-with-a-digital-detox/" rel
Ottawa’s MAID Plan Undermines Suicide Prevention (opens the original)
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Canada faces a fundamental contradiction between preventing suicide and expanding MAID to people suffering solely from mental illness Canada’s 9-8-8 suicide prevention helpline has received more than 1 million calls and text messages since its launch in late 2023. That averages out to more than 300,000 per year. Yet under current law, Canada is set to expand euthanasia, or medical assistance in dying (MAID), to people with mental illness as their sole underlying condition beginning March 17, 202
The Nature of Things: When Truth Corrects the Map (opens the original)
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There are moments in history when telling the truth is more than a moral choice. It becomes a responsibility to humanity. We live in a world that proudly promotes education, science, technology, innovation, reason, and the advancement of human knowledge. We teach our children to seek evidence, respect facts, obey the law, and distinguish truth from falsehood. But there is a deeper question we must ask: What happens when a misleading representation is repeated for generations, even when we know i
Canada Cannot Ignore MAiD’s Warning Signs any Longer (opens the original)
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Thousands of errors and questionable MAiD cases expose serious cracks in Canada’s safeguards Ten years after Canada legalized medical assistance in dying (MAiD), the safeguards Canadians were promised are looking increasingly shaky. Troubling cases and serious questions about oversight should give Canadians reason to pause before the system is expanded again. Since 2016, there have been more than 100,000 MAiD deaths and Canada has gained an international reputation as a prolific provider of deat
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