Imagine being called “the eighth wonder of the world.”At a 1901 dinner honouring Helen Keller (1880-1968), that’s precisely how Mark Twain introduced her to the crowd. And, unfortunately, during her earliest socialist period, she used a lot of stale rhetoric, which doesn’t convince in any era,” Wallace said. Keller gave an interview in which she went on the record about the appalling treatment of Black South Africans. It was like political whack-a-mole trying to maintain her image as a secular saint,” Wallace said. She issued an appeal for funds and condemned the poison of racism and oppression,” Wallace said.

Investigative reporter Kevin Donovan has spent years trying to unravel the mystery surrounding the murders of Toronto couple Honey and Barry Sherman. As host of “The Billionaire Murders: The hunt for the killers of Honey and Barry Sherman,” podcast series, Donovan has shared inside details of his probe into the strange case of the famous Toronto couple who were found strangled in their north Toronto home in 2017. Now, Donovan will answer reader questions about the case, live. Check this page on Monday, April 17 at 1 p.m. to post your questions in the comment section, below the “Join the Conversation,” heading, and watch for Donovan’s replies. To post a comment, register for a free account on thestar.com by choosing “Sign In” in the top right corner.

Inuit in northern Quebec are now able to take vision tests using the Inuktitut writing system, after two Montreal doctors developed eye exam charts in syllabics. The charts typically used, known as visual acuity charts, use Latin letters, and the doctors quickly recognized that because of this, some patients, especially those that mainly spoke Inuktitut or seniors, struggled. “Inuit speak good English in Nunavik, but many may not have been taught the individual letters,” El-Hadad said in a phone interview. “We developed the charts and adapted the sizing of the letters to match the sizing parameters of the existing visual acuity chart in Latin,” Bhambra told Eye on the Arctic in an email exchange. “Indigenous patients face several barriers in the healthcare system, and being able to provide more inclusive or patient-centred care for them has been incredibly meaningful.

Increased access to harm reduction interventions and metrics around the success of privately run recovery programs are among the calls-to-action in a report by Alberta medical students. (Shutterstock / Billion Photos - image credit)A group of medical students is calling for improved access to evidence-based interventions to help address the opioid crisis in Alberta. It's one of three calls to action contained in a new report from medical students at the universities of Calgary and Alberta. In October 2022, Alberta introduced rules limiting who can prescribe high-potency drugs to people with difficult-to-treat opioid addictions. Students from across the province are gathering at the legislature on Monday to advocate for their calls to action.

STAND-UP COMEDIAN and actor Ali Hassan was 13 years old when he inadvertently developed a love of cooking. “I insulted my mother’s sandwiches as a young man,” Hassan tells Stir via a hands-free interview while he’s on a three-hour drive through Ontario. And while Hassan may not be widely known as a former chef, he’s no stranger to Canadian audiences. In Does This Taste Funny?, Hassan combines his passions for comedy and food. Why did they not consider it funny, and how do I change that to make it funny?’”

Note to listeners: On Monday, April 17 at 1 p.m Kevin Donovan will answer your Honey and Barry Sherman case questions at this link. In episode three of “The Billionaire Murders: The hunt for the killers of Honey and Barry Sherman,” we follow the footsteps of Honey and Barry Sherman and the mysterious “walking man” as they converge on Old Colony Rd. Hannukah had just begun, Honey had presents to buy for grandchildren and Barry had drug battles to fight. Toronto Star subscribers will also get exclusive early access to behind-the-scenes bonus episodes. Audio sources: Toronto Police press conference, Sherman private investigation press conferenceTHE BILLIONAIRE MURDERSEpisode 1: The Man on the InsideEpisode 2: The BodiesEpisode 3: The day Honey and Barry Sherman diedEpisode 4: King and Queen ShermanKevin Donovan is the Star’s chief investigative reporter based in Toronto.

No suspicious or explosive devices were found in any Indiana schools, according to a news release from the Indiana State Police. Bond set at $15kEarlier this week multiple school districts in Illinois saw similar threats. None of the biggest school districts in central Indiana — including Indianapolis Public Schools, Hamilton Southeastern Schools, Perry and Wayne Township Schools or Carmel Clay Schools — received threats. The Indiana Department of Education referred IndyStar to the Indiana State Police statement for information. These Indiana schools had eLearning Friday, April 14:These Indiana schools closed Friday, April 14:The following school districts reported they did not receive a threat:

The city now wants a do-over and will be seeking proposals that emphasize affordable housing as one of the uses. That requirement is prescribed in the state Surplus Land Act, which is the guiding document for the 7th and Market parcel. The city didn’t care about a project with a Ritz-Carlton and a lot of affordable housing. They want to see if they can now get more affordable housing. Bibler said she expects that there will be a lot of interest in the 7th and Market site, given its location.

Mengo Senior School will this year play at the finals of the National Post Primary Schools Championship for the first time. After several years of trying, it was Samuel Mulondo, the kits manager for the Uganda Cranes who delivered the much needed success. The coach now believes that this qualification can be a stepping stone for the school. “I believe this is just the start and I hope we can use this as a stepping stone for further developments.” He said. Mengo SS joined Kibuli SS, Uganda Martyrs, Kawempe Muslim and Old Kampala SS as the five schools that will represent Kampala at this year’s National Post Primary Championship in Fort Portal.

OTTAWA - If Pierre Poilievre wants to “defund the CBC” while maintaining its French-language programming, he’ll have to overhaul the country’s broadcasting law in order to do it. Past Conservative leaders have also taken aim at the CBC, which receives its share of public money through Parliament when MPs vote on its federal budget. Poilievre’s pitch to strip the CBC of its public funding is widely popular among Conservatives and earned loud cheers from the crowds who packed rooms to see him during last year’s leadership campaign. In 2021-22, the CBC received more than $1.2 billion in government funding, a decrease from about $1.4 billion in 2020-21. It also draws a distinction between “government” and “public” funding because of the fact that the money it receives is granted through a vote made in Parliament.

In the event of a strike, some employees will be deemed essentialHundreds of federal public servants in the North could walk off the job as part of a Canada-wide labour disruption in the next 58 days. There are about 600 federal employees across Nunavut, N.W.T. and the Yukon who are now in a legal position to strike after the union representing them voted in favour of a strike mandate. The workers poised to strike come from four different bargaining units: program and administrative services (which is the largest bargaining unit in the core federal public service), operational services, technical services and education and library services. Rousseau said the public might feel the effects of a strike or a lockout the most at Services Canada, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, and at RCMP detachments.

OTTAWA -If Pierre Poilievre wants to "defund the CBC" while maintaining its French-language programming, he'll have to overhaul the country's broadcasting law in order to do it. Past Conservative leaders have also taken aim at the Crown corporation, which receives its share of public money through Parliament when MPs vote on its federal budget. Poilievre's pitch to strip the CBC of its public funding is widely popular among Conservatives and earned loud cheers from the crowds who packed rooms to see him during last year's leadership campaign. "Almost everything the CBC does can be done in the marketplace these days because of technology," he told host Andrew Lawton. "I'm not sure politicians really want to go down the (road of) ... 'We are going to give francophones better service with public money than we're going to give anglophones,"' he said.

OTTAWA — If Pierre Poilievre wants to "defund the CBC" while maintaining its French-language programming, he'll have to overhaul the country's broadcasting law in order to do it. OTTAWA — If Pierre Poilievre wants to "defund the CBC" while maintaining its French-language programming, he'll have to overhaul the country's broadcasting law in order to do it. Past Conservative leaders have also taken aim at the CBC, which receives its share of public money through Parliament when MPs vote on its federal budget. Poilievre's pitch to strip the CBC of its public funding is widely popular among Conservatives and earned loud cheers from the crowds who packed rooms to see him during last year's leadership campaign. A spokesman said doing so would require the Broadcasting Act, the law outlining its mandate, "to be rewritten."

From Swedish singer-songwriter The Tallest Man on Earth (aka Kristian Matsson) comes an enchanting, upbeat third single, “Looking for Love,” from his forthcoming album, Henry St. For the track, Matsson worked with producer Nick Sanborn of Sylvan Esso. “The first day in the studio, Nick created this hissing noise while I was feedbacking electric guitar,” Matsson shares in a statement about the song’s origin. “We had so much fun jamming like that. Then Nick put down some piano to overdub my guitar, and we knew we had the song.”

VANCOUVER - Canada’s federal health minister says he’s working with provinces to prevent the mass exportation of essential medications after thousands of doses of the diabetes and weight-loss drug Ozempic were shipped from British Columbia to the United States. Jean-Yves Duclos says the level of “abuse” was “outrageous” after a Texas-based doctor with a licence to practise in Nova Scotia wrote 17,000 prescriptions for the drug that were filled by two pharmacies in B.C. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia says it suspended the doctor’s licence on an interim basis after learning of the prescriptions. Duclos says legal ways to prevent medications being exported in mass quantities in future will be explored through the Food and Drugs Act. Dix says assistant deputy health ministers from both the federal and provincial governments have met to discuss preserving Ozempic supplies for Canadians and will be looking for permanent solutions.