Source: The Globe and Mail BY CAROLINE ALPHONSO Ontario’s Education Minister is concerned that a Catholic school board did not properly consult with the community before adopting a controversial policy […]
Source: The Washington Post By CATHERINE PORTER CALGARY, Alberta — As leader of one of Canada’s largest refugee agencies, Fariborz Birjandian, a refugee himself, has years of experience welcoming the world’s […]
March 18, 2018 CALGARY—As leader of one of Canada’s largest refugee agencies, Fariborz Birjandian, a refugee himself, has years of experience welcoming the world’s most vulnerable — Kosovar Albanians fleeing ethnic cleansing, Burmese Karens evicted from Thai refugee camps, and Syrians escaping the civil war. Nothing prepared him for the […]
ADRIAN MORROW AND MICHELLE ZILIO WASHINGTON AND OTTAWA- globe and mail PUBLISHED MARCH 15, 2018 UPDATED 6 MINUTES AGO U.S. President Donald Trump has admitted to making up information in a meeting with Justin Trudeau, telling the Prime Minister the U.S. has a trade deficit with Canada even though he had no […]
Source: CBC News A judge in British Columbia has ruled that Canada’s polygamy laws are constitutional, rejecting the argument from two B.C. polygamists who claimed the law violated their charter […]
Event to feature Nobel Peace Laureate Malala Yousafzai Call for Canadians to support Girls’ Education around the world TORONTO, March 8, 2018 /CNW/ – Canada’s largest Muslim charity, Islamic Relief Canada, will host Malala Yousafzai for the first time at a fundraising gala in April. The Nobel Peace Prize recipient […]
Source: Barrie Today By: Dave Dawson One of the largest and fastest growing Muslim organizations in Canada has purchased the building that was formerly home to Trinity Community Presbyterian Church […]
Source: BBC News Canada has withdrawn an invitation to an alleged Sikh extremist to attend an official dinner with its Prime Minister Justin Trudeau while he is in Delhi. Mr […]
Source: NDTV and others Written by Shruti Shiksha Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday met top business leaders and Bollywood celebrities in Mumbai during his week-long visit to India. […]
CTV Atlantic Published Monday, February 12, 2018 8:50PM AST Last Updated Monday, February 12, 2018 9:47PM AST A Dartmouth woman claims a local hotel is infringing on her freedom of religion by not offering appropriate food for her wedding reception. Susan Ashley says the Delta Hotel in Dartmouth has denied […]
Agence France Presse | Published — Friday 7 November 2014 OTTAWA: Canada’s Immigration Minister Chris Alexander has unveiled plans to ban entry to migrants who practice polygamy and what […]
Source: Time By JAMIE DUCHARME February 6, 2018 TIME Health For more, visit TIME Health. Last month, supervised injection facilities, also known as safe injection facilities (SIFs), were thrust back into the […]
Source: The Daily Sabah and the French Press Agency (AFP) Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called Monday for Canadians to stand up against Islamophobia and discrimination as he paid tribute to […]
Remember their names As we recall the horror of the shooting at a Quebec City mosque, it is important to remember the victims. ALLISON HANES, MONTREAL GAZETTE Published on: January 29, 2018 | Last Updated: January 29, 2018 6:32 AM EST The six victims of a shooting at a Quebec […]
Source: The Guardian BY Ashifa Kassam in Toronto When gunfire erupted in his mosque in Quebec City, Aymen Derbali’s instincts took over. The 41-year-old locked eyes with the shooter, inching slowly towards him through […]
thestar.com The National Council of Canadian Muslims is asking for the Jan. 29 anniversary of the mass shooting one year ago to become a day of action on Islamophobia. But the Parti Quebecois and the Coalition Avenir Quebec say the term Islamophobia is too controversial. MONTREAL—The head of an influential […]
One was convicted of having explosives, and they could still be convicted of jihad terror charges on appeal. This is the utter insanity that is Justin Trudeau’s Canada. cbc.ca Acquitted of terror-related charges, Djermane and Jamali now helping provincial anti-radicalization centre Elias Abboud · CBC News · Posted: January 23rd 2018, 5:29:38 PM | Last Updated: […]
January 2, 2018 adam abdi – shooter Man accused of 7 attempted murders in random Toronto shootings,” Canadian Press, January 23, 2018 (thanks to Blazing Cat Fur): TORONTO — A 20-year-old Brampton man is facing dozens of charges, including seven counts of attempted murder, in what police describe as a string of […]
Toronto is the only Canadian city on Amazon Inc.’s short list of 20 candidates for a second North American headquarters.http://business.financialpost.com/technology/toronto-on-shortlist-for-amazons-new-headquarters-hq2 The e-commerce giant received 238 applications for the opportunity and says narrowing it down to 20 was very tough. The other Canadian communities that applied but didn’t make the short list include Hamilton, Ottawa-Gatineau, Sault […]
Last year’s mass shooting in a Quebec City mosque prompted a Jewish man from Thornhill to reach out to a Muslim from Mississauga. By FATIMA SYED Toronto Star, Staff Reporter Sat., Jan. 13, 2018 From the outside, the mosque is an unremarkable, warehouse-like building in an industrial pocket of central Mississauga. […]
