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Read More »Dad was a Grey Cup champion. I want to hate what the sport did to him but it’s not that simple
This First Person article is the experience of Hayley Chown, who lives in Toronto and is the daughter of two-time Grey Cup champion, Gary Chown. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ . One of my earliest memories is twiddling a large gold ring with …
Read More »U.S. appeals court upholds hate crime convictions over 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday upheld the hate crime convictions of three white men who chased Ahmaud Arbery through their Georgia subdivision with pickup trucks …
Read More »Love it or hate it, House of Dynamite is a film fuelling nuclear war fears. It’s far from the first
Shortly after its premiere, Kathryn Bigelow’s nuclear warning film House of Dynamite earned a curious distinction. Instead of Oscar nominations or accolades, it was a warning: according to Bloomberg, it came in the form of an internal memo from the Pentagon. The document, dated Oct. 16, was meant to “address …
Read More »Government tables legislation targeting hate symbols, protecting places of worship
Justice Minister Sean Fraser tabled new legislation Friday introducing four Criminal Code offences, including one that would make it a crime to intentionally promote hatred against identifiable groups in public using certain hate- or terrorism-related symbols. The full text of the bill won’t be available until later today. If passed, the legislation would target symbols used …
Read More »RCMP leader accused suspended Coquitlam officers of mounting ‘campaign of hate’
The head of Coquitlam’s RCMP detachment accused three of his officers of waging “a campaign of hate” in an email sent to staff earlier this year after one of the Mounties defended himself at a code of conduct hearing into allegations of homophobia, racism and sexism. In a detachment-wide message sent …
Read More »Why isn’t Sam Nordquist’s murder being treated as a hate crime?
WARNING: This story contains mention of torture and violence. The brutal murder of 24-year-old Sam Nordquist, a transgender man killed in New York state after being tortured for more than a month in a crime law enforcement have called “beyond depraved,” has sparked vigils across the U.S. and in Canada …
Read More »The Oscars love Emilia Pérez. Why does everyone else hate it?
Say what you will about Emilia Pérez, there’s one thing the genre-defying Mexican gender-transition-crime-musical-drama has done well: Wow awards voters. After a stellar performance at the Golden Globes, taking home best movie-musical for its stars and writer-director Jacque Audiard, the Netflix flick did something of a repeat performance with the Academy. …
Read More »Toronto police investigate one suspected hate crime, make arrest in another – Toronto
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 8, 2024 1:17 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Toronto police say they are investigating a suspected hate-motivated crime and have made an arrest in another case that took place in recent weeks. They allege a man …
Read More »187 alleged hate crimes reported in Toronto in 2024, almost half antisemitic: police – Toronto
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 31, 2024 11:53 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Toronto police say there have been close to 190 alleged hate crimes reported so far this year, nearly half of them antisemitic. The update was provided at a …
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