Roberto Wakerell-Cruz
Roberto Wakerell-Cruz is a Montreal-based journalist writer and podcast host. He is the main host of This Week In Canada a comedy and opinion news show.
Blue Jays fans react to getting totally fleeced by the Astros
What exactly is general manager Ross Atkins thinking? His popularity, along with Blue Jays president and CEO Mark Shapiro, has hit rock bottom recently.
Report of sightings of Canada manhunt murder suspects near Sudbury, ON—unconfirmed by OPP
Police want to make clear that none of the sightings have been confirmed.
Ten-year-old boy charged with assault for throwing a ball at another boy
In a turn of events, Wayne County prosecutor Kym Worthy on Wednesday said there’s a “better way to go forward” than to take the child to juvenile court.
HYPOCRISY: Celebrities take private jets, yachts, to “billionaire-only” event on climate change
The Verdura Resort in Sciacca, Italy is already known internationally as one of the world’s most luxurious getaways for the upper echelon of media and society, and this coming weekend is definitely no exception.
ISIS bride stabs Syrian security guard in the back
Al-Hol camp is known for its violence, as are many of the camps. Stabbings, stonings, and flaunting the ISIS flag are common at the location.
TTC Electrical Workers call for free Toronto transit, campaign against Doug Ford
According to a release by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), the Toronto Transit Commission’s (TTC) have called for free public transport, as well as mass strikes to protest and “bring down the Doug Ford government.”
Montreal police officer suspended for eighth time
The woman then filed a complaint against Locas a couple of months later, stating that his actions during the traffic stop “made her fear for her safety.”
American police department to give coupons for “good behaviour”
Well, the lucky people down in Tempe, Arizona are going to be able to experience just that! Except besides a .223 calibre bullet into your heart’s left atrium, you’ll get a friendly Circle K coupon from an officer who wants nothing more than to make a friend!
First Nations Chief says Trudeau is “condescending” and “let Indigenous people and nations down”
Turtle’s announcement to run comes in the midst of frustrations within his community over frequent delays in delivering a mercury poisoning treatment centre.
Bernie Sanders brings diabetic caravan to Windsor, Ontario
Inside the Walkerville pharmacy, diabetes advocate Quinn Nystrom told media that diabetics are taking drastic measures to avoid paying the ludicrous insulin prices in the United States.
Four confirmed dead in B.C. floatplane crash near Port Hardy
According to Emergency Health Services, the crash happened at around 11 am this morning, as they are now caring after five other patients injuries.
Ontario man visited by police after tweeting about rescuing beloved walrus
Demers’ activism stems from what he saw in his time working for MarineLand, and the literally unlivable conditions the walruses have had to put up with. Demers cites the stunning fact that within the last two years alone, four walruses have died in the theme park’s captivity.
Two teen murder suspects may have left Manitoba town
ryer Schemelsky and Kam McLeod, the two teens who are being tracked down nationwide for murder charges, “may have left the area of Gillam, Manitoba” possibly with the aid of a third person who was not aware of who they were.
The oldest living captive western lowland gorilla, Trudy, dies at 63
Trudy, one of the world’s last wild-caught gorillas, had lived at the Arkansas zoo for more than 31 years.
VIDEO: Quebec man hurls racist comments at Muslim woman and her three-year-old daughter
Earlier today, Quebec Premier François Legault’s office “maintained there is no link between the incident depicted in the video and the government’s new secularism law,” according to CBC.