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Two Saskatchewan artists have put together a program that aims to tackle conversations about trauma and cultural sensitivity head-on. The Community Arts Mentorship Program’s Trauma-Informed and Cultural Sensitivity Training (T.A.C.T.) session includes a broad range of lessons, from lectures to practices, that participants can include in their lives.“We all know there’s something going on, so let’s just talk about it. And that’s what we try to do in these training courses,” co-founder Eliza Doyle said.Recent data from Statistics Canada shows that nearly half of racialized Canadians faced racism and discrimination in the past five years.Co-founders Doyle and Holly Yuzicapi launched…

Los Angeles, CA , May 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pompa Program, a wellness coaching program, has surpassed 1,300 ratings on Trustpilot while holding a 4.7 out of 5-star average — a milestone shaped by participants sharing their experiences after working through the program firsthand. Behind that number are people who came to the program after years of unresolved symptoms: persistent fatigue, brain fog, difficulty losing weight. At its core, the Pompa Program targets cellular inflammation and underlying health disruptions through a step-by-step method built around long-term change rather than short-term fixes. Pompa Program “What I’ve seen over and over…

TORONTO – Mario Anderson Jr. won’t be helping the Saskatchewan Roughriders defend their Grey Cup title. The American running back was among 19 players released by Saskatchewan on Saturday as CFL teams made their final cuts ahead of the start of the 2026 regular season.The five-foot-eight, 205-pound Anderson appeared in nine regular-season games with Saskatchewan last year. He ran for 134 yards and two touchdowns on 24 carries (5.6-yard average) while adding four catches for 13 yards.But Anderson finished his rookie CFL season on the one-game injured list for Saskatchewan’s 25-17 Grey Cup victory over the Montreal Alouettes.He appeared in…

TORONTO, May 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, Skills/Compétences Canada (SCC) recognized the medalists of the Skills Canada National Competition (SCNC) 2026 at the event’s Closing Ceremony. Over the past week, more than 500 students and apprentices from across the country competed for the title of national champion in more than 40 Skill Areas at the Enercare Centre in Toronto, Ontario. The complete list of results is available on the Skills/Compétences Canada Website. The top Competitors were awarded medals in six skilled trade and technology sectors, including: transportation, construction, manufacturing and engineering, information technology, services and employment. The Competitors were evaluated…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size A 27-year-old Toronto man is dead after a shooting in North York late Friday night, which police are saying is not believed to be targeted. Toronto police say they were called to the area of Sheppard Avenue West and Magellan Drive at about 10:15 p.m. for reports of a shooting.Officers found a man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds and began life-saving measures before he was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries.Police said the victim, identified as Hussein Elmi, 27, of Toronto, later died in hospital.Speaking at a news conference Saturday, homicide investigators…

I haven’t seen anything as stupid as the WeWork IPO document in a very long time — that is, until Elon Musk filed to take SpaceX public. WeWork was a joke. SpaceX is a threat. And if Musk and his bankers have their way, you are going to be their bagholder.Lots of the top-line details leaked long before the S-1 filing itself became public. There’s the rumored valuation of more than $1 trillion. That’s despite the nearly $5 billion in losses last year. The total addressable market (TAM) for SpaceX — the amount of revenue SpaceX thinks it could make…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 30, 2026 3:13 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size After a challenging season, Montreal’s newest hockey champions are enjoying a walk in the park. The Montreal Victoire are celebrating their first Professional Women’s Hockey League championship win with a parade downtown Saturday, capped off by speeches and music in the city’s main entertainment district.At a park packed with thousands of cheering fans sporting the team’s maroon jerseys, the team strode on stage to thank their coaches and supporters, grooving to Celine Dion and Queen while sipping from…

Craig Campbell walked away from the river of investor money flowing into AI to create, of all things, a website.Sure, Campbell probably could have started an AI company. He’s a former engineer at Meta and an experienced tech founder who in 2022 sold his last venture — an e-commerce tool for businesses that use Shopify — right as the AI boom was booming. “I had my prior VC investors breathing down my neck, going ‘start something else. We’ll write you a blank check.’” He had other ideas.People generally aren’t rushing to get into the website business, what with the Google…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 30, 2026 3:32 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Environment Canada has issued rainfall warnings and a special weather statement for a swath of Alberta and British Columbia. The weather agency says between 50 millimetres and 100 millimetres of rain is set to pour from Saturday until Wednesday from Fort McMurray in Alberta’s northeast to Lethbridge in the south.It says water will likely pool on roads and locals should look out for washouts near rivers, creeks and culverts.In B.C., the agency says in a special weather statement that up…

Aliyah, a light-skinned Black woman dressed in country-western gear, is struggling to sell metal buckles she handmade on TikTok. In a video for the social media platform from March, she cries to the camera and pleads for views: “Even as a black woman, I have more faith that white women will stay 13 seconds [on this video] to save my belt buckle business,” the onscreen text reads. She wipes a tear off her cheek.But Aliyah isn’t real, and neither are her supposedly handmade products — she’s one of many AI-generated influencers created to sell mass-produced products via dropshipping on TikTok,…