“We help, we hire all Canadians regardless of where they come from.” Reaching out has resulted in reaching new heights for Paramount Fine Foods CEO, Mohammad Fakih. In 2016, his Middle Eastern restaurant chain had 1,200 job openings across 36 Canadian locations. That also was the year when the first wave of Syrian refugees began […]

It was once the historic Royal Victoria Hospital but it’s new name is Welcome Hall Mission and indeed, men, women, trans people and their pets are all welcome to stay to find some respite from the cold. Montreal’s newest emergency shelter is an experiment in a joint effort between numerous governmental and community groups. It […]

Nepal’s wild tigers are clawing their way back from near extinction, doubling their numbers in the last decade, according the country’s latest census. In 2009, 121 adult cats roamed Nepal’s lowlands. Today, that number sits at 235. “It was very exciting when we checked the (memory) cards and found photos of tigers,” Chauhan Kumar Chaudhary […]