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Have you ever seen a smile that dazzles, while the eyes conceal a thousand stories and countless tears? Stories so shocking and distressing that they could make even the most decent human give up on humanity itself. Tears that have flowed continuously for 77 long years—years of living in what has been described as the […]
A new poll released yesterday reveals that 40 per cent of American women between the ages of 15 and 44 would permanently leave the United States if given the opportunity. This marks a significant increase from 2014, when only 10% of young American women expressed a similar desire. Interestingly, 11 per cent of those surveyed chose Canada as th...
We don’t want to criticise our public officials. Still, the convoluted decisions the Board is making to replace a single school trustee with a province-appointed supervisor (ostensibly for better financial accountability) and then establish a special office at schools to address parents’ concerns seem far from fiscally sound. Our r...
Healthcare is a vital component of societal stability. It influences our quality of life, economic productivity, and life expectancy. This understanding is a hallmark of some of the most successful healthcare systems worldwide. These top systems strike a balance between accessibility, affordability, and excellence through various models, inclu...
Food insecurity in Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) has reached alarming levels, with over 4.1 million visits to food banks reported from March 2024 to April 2025. This underscores a systemic crisis affecting more than one in ten residents. To better understand this crisis, GTA Muslims Today contacted a senior officer at Mississauga ...
What a difference two weeks can make in Canadian politics! For our regular readers of the GTA Muslims Today Newsletter, our report from October 27 celebrated the fact that two politicians on opposite sides of the political spectrum—Premier Ford and Mayor Chow—had taken a similar empathetic approach to the issue of renters’ rights in Toro...
News from earlier this week: “Toronto to Provide 1,200 New Shelters for the Homeless.” This total includes 370 permanent supportive and subsidised housing units, 244 warm centre spaces that will open when temperatures drop to -5°C or colder during winter weather warnings, nearly 490 new shelter spaces, and 175 surge capacity spaces...
Public Health Ontario (PHO) is alerting all Ontarians and Canadians that the forthcoming flu season could be more severe than expected due to increased resistance to vaccines and medications. This situation may stem from a new flu strain that Canadians have not encountered before. To support this warning, PHO has noted a sudden 1.8% increase i...
On Sunday, November 9, 2025, a significant early-season snowfall of 9.8 cm (recorded at Pearson International Airport) blanketed the Greater Toronto Area, which environmentalists described as “significant and rare.” The previous record for this date was just 1.5 cm in 1971. This heavy snowfall resulted from a low-pressure system af...
*An excerpt from Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) last sermon. When we hear the term ‘Intimate Partner Violence‘ (IPV), our minds might immediately turn to violence against women. This assumption is essentially correct, as historically and traditionally, women have been disproportionately affected by IPV, making up nearly 80% of vic...
