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Tue, 8 Jun 2021 11:55:00 EDT
‘The best people in our community.’ An outpouring of grief for Muslim family killed in what police say was hate-motivated attack
The only surviving family member is 9-year-old Fayez, who was seriously injured but is expected to survive.

Tue, 8 Jun 2021 19:15:00 EDT
‘We will not let hate win.’ Thousands attend vigil at London mosque to honour Muslim family killed
“We are in a war against hate and that war requires nonpartisanship. It requires co-operation, it requires united leadership,” said Nawaz Tahir, the chair of Hikma, a local anti-Islamophobia advocacy organization.

Tue, 8 Jun 2021 19:38:00 EDT
‘An act of terror’: RCMP national security team assisting London police in Muslim family’s killing
London police have released little information on what led them to conclude Sunday’s fatal truck attack was motivated by anti-Muslim hate, meanwhile little is yet known about the man who has been charged.

Tue, 8 Jun 2021 20:05:11 EDT
Words are not enough to eradicate hate, say Muslim Canadians
Individuals, lawyers and community groups say the federal government should put more money and resources into concrete actions, and lead the court fight against Quebec’s secularism law that bans hijab-wearing women and other minorities from working...

Tue, 8 Jun 2021 06:07:00 EDT
Today’s coronavirus news: Ontario reporting 469 COVID-19 cases, 18 deaths; COVID-19 cases in Canada are hitting their lowest levels so far in 2021
Meanwhile, some business owners are frustrated by the news that neither gyms nor hair salons are part of the first step of Ontario’s reopening plan.

Tue, 8 Jun 2021 18:31:09 EDT
Toronto is having a two-dose spring — but urgently needs to get more people fully protected from COVID-19
More people are rolling up their sleeves for second doses than first, but the threat remains great from a highly contagious virus variant.

Tue, 8 Jun 2021 13:21:00 EDT
Changes to Canada-U. S. border restrictions could be announced as soon as Friday
“We need people to get the full two doses of their vaccines,” Justin Trudeau told a news conference in Ottawa, “and that’s why easing of restrictions will be focused on Canadians who are fully vaccinated.”

Tue, 8 Jun 2021 18:59:00 EDT
Here’s how four former Canadian residential schools are being used today to never forget ‘the ugly truth’ — and to heal
The more than 130 Canadian Indian residential schools were designed to assimilate Indigenous children into what was considered mainstream life. Now, many of them are being used to do the reverse.

Tue, 8 Jun 2021 17:48:08 EDT
Conservative, Bloc MPs opposed a motion to condemn Islamophobia in 2017. After the London hate crime, advocates say their condolences ring hollow
“There has been no reckoning, no apology, no real critical engagement with how these MPs fed into the Islamophobic narratives over the past few years due to their stance on M-103,” public law litigator Avnish Nanda said.

Tue, 8 Jun 2021 20:00:00 EDT
Toronto’s CN Tower will light up in Montreal Canadiens colours — to the chagrin of Maple Leafs fans
Leafs fans, who are rightfully still hurting and bitter after another playoff collapse, are taking exception to the decision to dress the city’s most famous building in Habs colours.

Tue, 8 Jun 2021 16:40:06 EDT
Your one (or two?) dose summer guide to reopenings and travel
With 58 per cent of Canadians (and counting) having received a first dose of a COVID vaccine, many are eagerly diving into a “one-dose” summer. Now, with more vaccines on the way, the timeline for second doses will make it a “two-dose” summer...

Tue, 8 Jun 2021 18:03:00 EDT
The biggest obstacle to Joe Biden’s progressive agenda is a senator in his own party
Despite holding no formal leadership role, Sen. Joe Manchin has assumed the power to dictate which laws pass and to shape the future of American democracy, Edward Keenan writes.



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