Source: The Guardian International far-right figures rush to judgment though police have not suggested any possible motivation BY Jason Wilson A woman pays her respects at a makeshift memorial following […]
Source: Reuters BY Nichola Saminather TORONTO (Reuters) – Canadian Muslim charities are leading fundraising efforts to help victims of Monday’s van attack in Toronto and their families cope with medical […]
Source: The New York Times By IAN AUSTEN and JASON HOROWITZ Indigenous Canadians at a residential school in Fort Resolution, in the Northwest Territories, in a picture from around 1936. Thousands died in […]
We’re conditioned from the moment we turn on the television to admire and respect the supreme authority of uber-masculine, gun-toting ‘heroes’. We’re subconsciously schooled in the art of violent revenge […]
Source: The Star By ALLAN WOODSQuebec Bureau MONTREAL—For much of the past 166 years, the silver-spired church in St-Pacôme, Que., has been nourishing souls. But over the next few months, the church will be decommissioned and transformed for a new, secular mission: nourishing people’s stomachs. The past decade has been a […]
Source: The Star How naive we have been, whistling by the graveyard as carnage was wrought in European and American cities, Rosie DiManno writes. A sneaker. A purse. A tiny […]
Source: The Globe and Mail INGRID PERITZ SEAN FINE JUSTICE WRITER QUEBEC CITY PUBLISHED APRIL 18, 2018 A woman places flowers near the mosque where a shooting left six people dead, on Jan. 30, 2017 in Quebec City. PAUL CHIASSON/THE CANADIAN PRESS Amir Belkacemi stood in a Quebec City courtroom on […]
Source: Pew Research Center BY PHILLIP CONNOR AND JENS MANUEL KROGSTAD Asylum seekers wait to cross the border into Canada near Champlain, New York, in August 2017. (Geoff Robins/AFP/Getty Images) More people sought asylum in Canada in 2017 than at any point in at least a quarter-century, due in part to a spike […]
Source: Time By BRENT PRESTON March 20, 2018 Gillian and I started convincing ourselves to buy the farm as soon as we got in the car. Over the years we have become experts […]
Source: National Post Alexandre Bissonnette also visited the website of the city’s main mosque numerous times in the days before the shootings Alexandre Bissonnette is shown in a photo from his Facebook profile page.Handout via Facebook The Canadian Press Stephanie Marin QUEBEC — A search of the computer belonging […]
Source: CBC News Alexandre Bissonnette told interrogator he stormed mosque because he wanted to prevent a terrorist attack A video of Alexandre Bissonnette’s interrogation was played in court during sentencing hearings last Friday.(Court exhibit) The man responsible for killing six Muslims inside a Quebec City mosque had been anxious for […]
Source: The Globe and Mail INGRID PERITZ MONTREAL PUBLISHED APRIL 12, 2018UPDATED 2 DAYS AGO To lawyers, the chilling video of the Quebec City mosque shooting may have been a simple legal document. To Najat Naanaa, it was tangible evidence that her late husband gave his life trying to save […]
Source: The Washington Post By IAN AUSTEN and JASON HOROWITZ Photo Pope Francis, above in Rome this week, will not apologize for the church’s role in a Canadian system that forced generations of […]
Source: CBC News 28-year-old changes plea to guilty, saying he wants to spare survivors and families further anguish Melinda Dalton, Julia Page, Catou MacKinnon · CBC News · Posted: Mar 28, 2018 9:52 AM ET | […]
Source: CBC News The 28-year-old Quebec City man charged with murder and attempted murder in the shooting at the Quebec Islamic Cultural Centre last year has pleaded not guilty. Alexandre Bissonnette was […]
Source: Pressahmadiyya.com The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is pleased to announce that on 25 March 2018, the 6th Convocation Ceremony for Jamia Ahmadiyya UK, the 7th Convocation Ceremony for Jamia Ahmadiyya Canada and the […]
Woman seen placing torn-out pages of Qur’an on car windshields, making Islamophobic statements Muriel Draaisma · CBC News · Posted: Mar 26, 2018 10:04 AM ET | Last Updated: 7 hours ago Peel police say they are investigating two incidents as possibly ‘hate-motivated’ after this woman went to two Islamic centres in Mississauga last […]
He may have contracted malaria and dodged bullets with government soldiers, but the incredible warmth and compassion from so many people he met left the biggest impression on Mario Rigby MARIO RIGBY HANDOUT Mario Rigby says his journey took him to some breathtaking sites in Africa. Here he is in […]
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 […]
