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.
Immigrant families are thriving financially, but there’s a catch
StatCan has come out with a new report that finds “established” immigrant families are doing slightly better than Canadian-born households are, beating out generational Canadian households by nearly 10%.
Doug Ford’s beer plan looks unlikely thanks to Kathleen Wynne
Doug Ford’s corner store beer promise could create hundreds of millions of dollars in penalties.
Former ISIS mechanic claimed refugee status in Canada since 2015
Arriving into Canada claiming refugee status, the man, whose name has not been made public, made numerous trips to Syria to work on military-style vehicles for ISIS, and also supervised and led other ISIS mechanics.
Library Journal suggests libraries are too white
“Libraries filled with mostly white collections indicates that we don’t care about what POC [People of Colour] think, we don’t care to hear from POC themselves, we don’t consider POC to be scholars, we don’t think POC are as valuable, knowledgeable, or as important as white people.”
Quebec politician jokes that religious symbol bans are to blame for church fires
She continued to say that if she was the Premier, she would “have firefighters sleep at the basilica of Notre-Dame Street” in Montreal.
Well known skier dies in Pemberton, B.C accident
Family members confirm that the thrillseeker unfortunately perished while filming a movie in the Pemberton, B.C. area.
Toronto man fined for parking car on his own driveway
“I still can’t believe that I got a ticket for parking on my own driveway,” says Kazi Islam, who also says he plans to fight the ticket. “This is ridiculous. This is totally ridiculous.”
Canada’s new gay coin upsets activists
The new LGBT loonie that will be launched April 23 commemorates 50 years since Canada partially decriminalized homosexuality. This has upset not just social conservatives, but also from LGBT groups who say the event is worth celebrating.
Powerful photos of Notre Dame from before, during, and after the fire
Yesterday, the world lost a true wonder of the world as Paris’ Notre Dame Cathedral caught fire. Thankfully, firefighters were able to save the structure of the building, though there’s an immeasurable amount of history that has surely been lost.
Mississauga woman shot by crossbow by suspect posing as delivery man
The 44-year-old woman was attacked by a man posing as a delivery person, who then shot the woman with the concealed crossbow.
NDP insider calls Calgary “narrow minded cow town”
Just a day before Alberta’s provincial election in which the UCP and NDP will scrap for control over our nation’s oil capital, an NDP party insider Derek Leebosh decided to take to Twitter to let his true colours—specifically an ugly shade of orange—shine through.
Ford government’s court challenge against carbon tax begins today
The carbon tax has become a reality in Ontario, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and New Brunswick, as each had no carbon-pricing standards prior to the Ottawa law. The federal government says the legislation aims to “fill in the gaps” where provinces were not up to par.
Canada aims to end animal testing
The Cruelty-free Cosmetics Act would end cosmetic testing on animals in Canada. It would also restrict the sale of cosmetics developed or manufactured through the use of animal testing.
McGill to change “racist” Redmen name
Every time I walk downtown and see literally dozens of homeless First Nations people, or when I read about the Prime Minister mocking First Nations activists protesting mercury poisoning on reserves, gestures like this seem particularly empty.
Ford government unveils 2019 budget, promises to end deficit in five years
The Ontario government is ushering in a new era of spending in their first official budget.