The Toronto International Film Festival says it’s not pulling a controversial documentary about Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine from its schedule, despite outcry from Ukrainian officials and community groups who say the film amounts to propaganda. TIFF’s statement comes a day after Ontario’s public broadcaster TVO, which helped fund Russians at War, announced it was no … Read more
Cost of Living5:08Trade you a breadmaker for banana bread? When Samantha Fanning was expecting her second child, the room that would become the baby’s nursery needed a major glow-up. But as a professional photographer and at the time a single mother, Fanning didn’t have room in her schedule — or the painting skills required — to transform … Read more
As the two-year anniversary of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine nears, the federal government says it’s spending almost $500,000 to help expand access to basic legal advice for Ukrainians looking to settle temporarily in Canada. The three-year funding envelope will not pay for lawyers to advocate on behalf of individual clients, but will be used … Read more
