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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Pro-Palestinian activists remained on the lower field of McGill University in downtown Montreal on Friday as the encampment entered its seventh day. The situation was calm on Friday morning. On Thursday, there was a counter protest staged by supporters of Israel, and …
Read More »Joly says Canada is monitoring escalating Iran-Israel tensions ‘closely’ – National
Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says Canadian officials are monitoring the situation in the Middle East “closely” after reports Iran fired air defences to thwart a suspected Israeli drone attack Friday morning. Her comment, posted on the social media platform X early on Friday, came as G7 foreign ministers are …
Read More »Manitoba Premier calls for Gaza ceasefire, implores feds to follow suit – Winnipeg
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew issued a letter Monday calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and implored the federal government to follow his lead. In his first-person statement, Kinew spoke of empathy for both Muslim Manitobans and Jewish Canadians who have felt the effects of the conflict. “I make this …
Read More »Protesters outside Toronto hospital dispute antisemitism allegations – Toronto
A group of demonstrators who protested along ‘Hospital Row’ in downtown Toronto is challenging claims its actions on Feb. 12 were antisemitic. The crowd began protesting at Yonge and Bloor streets early in the evening, before eventually finding its way to the stretch along University Avenue. Video footage posted to …
Read More »Investigation: The antisemitism that Oct. 7 unleashed in Canada
A gunman shoots at a Montreal Jewish school. A Jewish-owned grocery store is set on fire in Toronto. In Ottawa, police disrupt an alleged terrorism plot against the Jewish community. The Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel has sparked a dramatic surge of antisemitism across Canada, according to a Global …
Read More »Canada urges Israel not to press ahead with ‘devastating’ Rafah offensive – National
An Israeli military offensive into the densely populated area where some 1.5 million Palestinians have taken refuge in the Gaza Strip would be “catastrophic,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said late Wednesday. He said in a joint statement with the prime ministers of Australia and New Zealand that the impact of …
Read More »Brother of Hamas hostage travels the world pleading for his safe return
Michael Levy is on a mission that has brought him to Toronto from Israel to share his brother’s story in hopes of raising awareness about the hostages still being held and to call for them to be released immediately. “My little brother had to watch his wife being murdered in …
Read More »Palestinians in Canada scramble to submit family applications – National
Palestinian-Canadians and permanent residents are in a race against time to submit applications for Ottawa’s new program offering three-year visas for extended family members to take refuge in Canada. Those who have completed the process are anxiously waiting to hear whether their relatives have been approved, with no guarantee whether …
Read More »Trudeau hosting EU leaders for two-day summit. What’s on the agenda? – National
A major meeting between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the leaders of the European Union begins Thursday in Newfoundland and Labrador’s capital city of St. John’s. The war unfolding in Gaza between Israel and Hamas militants is expected to feature prominently in the two-day EU-Canada Summit, particularly after the two …
Read More »‘People are nervous:’ Concordia students say university should do more to address antisemitism
It was difficult for Concordia University student Ora Bar to hold back tears Thursday afternoon during a rally outside the downtown campus. “It’s very sad that we need to be here in the first place,” she stated. Bar and others gathered to deplore what they say is growing antisemitism at …
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