Police in a city northwest of Edmonton say they are searching for a suspect after an attack on two Muslim women that is being treated as a hate crime. St. Albert RCMP say in a news release that two women were walking along a pathway, bordering Edmonton, when a man wearing a mask started yelling …
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A Muslim man was assaulted in what appears to be another hate crime, in Canada’s Saskatoon city. According to CBC, the man was “stabbed, beaten and had his beard cut” in an attack which took place early Friday morning. The victim, identified as Muhammad Kashif, said that he was near his parked car in an …
A Canadian Indigenous group said in a statement on Wednesday that a search using ground-penetrating radar has found 182 human remains in unmarked graves at a site near a former Catholic Church-run residential school that housed Indigenous children taken from their families. The latest discovery of graves near Cranbrook, British Columbia follows reports of similar …
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As discussions continue over the discovery of unmarked graves at three residential schools in Canada for Indigenous children, there are now claims that the bodies of some children were burned at Mohawk Institute Residential School in Brantford, Ontario. A march was organized by the Brantford Regional Indigenous Support Centre for children who lost their lives …
A indigenous nation has called on the Canadian government to release residential school attendance records to help identify unmarked graves. In May, the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation announced the initial discovery of 215 unmarked graves near the Kamloops Indian Residential School. Presenting the full report on Thursday, the nation said they expect more graves …
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In the province of Ontario Lindsay Prisonwho died on December 15, 2016 Suleyman Fakiri An important step has been recorded in the legal struggle of his family for his family. Investigating Fakiri’s cause of death, Ontario Forensic Institute Pathology Service Chief Dr. Michael Pollanen presented his report to the court after his examination. Dr. In the Pollanen report; …
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A former Montreal high school counsellor was handed an unprecedented sentence of 18 years Wednesday morning for sexually exploiting a young girl from the time she was 8 to when she was 11 years old. Sylvain Villemaire, 60, was found guilty earlier this year of sexually exploiting a minor, human trafficking and possessing child pornography. …
A man with a history of promoting hate was sentenced in a Canadian court Monday to 18 months behind bars for contravening six court orders to stop making defamatory comments about restaurant owner Mohamad Fakih. Kevin J. Johnston, a mayoral candidate for the city of Calgary, Alberta, was jailed by Justice Fred Myers for breaking …
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A former pastor in B.C.’s Fraser Valley has been sentenced following an investigation into allegations relating to child pornography. Johannes “John” Vermeer, who previously preached at the Main Street Church in Chilliwack, was sentenced to 14 months behind bars. He’d been charged back in 2018 with two counts each of accessing and possession of child …
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The Canadian government announced Tuesday that it has agreed to pay C$20 billion (US$15.7 billion) in compensation to the children of First Nations Indigenous families over a human rights complaint that has been ongoing since 2007. Patty Hajdu, Canada’s Minister of Indigenous Services, and Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Marc Miller held a joint press conference …
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