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Climate activists in Austria on Tuesday attacked a famous painting by artist Gustav Klimt with a black, oily liquid and one then glued himself to glass protecting the painting’s frame. Members of the group Last Generation Austria tweeted they had targeted the 1915 painting Death and Life at the Leopold …

Ottawa police officers assigned to work with the convoy protesters described abusive and confrontational — but also sometimes cooperative — crowds during last winter’s blockades, according to their logs presented at the Emergencies Act inquiry. Hundreds of pages of logs from the police liaison team were entered into evidence on Friday …

This story contains an image of the film poster.  Filmmaker Leena Manimekalai is still being harassed online, though it’s been months since the director tweeted a poster for her documentary short that depicted the Hindu goddess Kali holding a Pride flag and smoking a cigarette. At the time, the Indian director …

What’s old is new again in the debate around whether to store nuclear waste in northwestern Ontario.  In 1979, when Atomic Energy of Canada was consulting on its plan to bury nuclear waste near Atikokan,  Thunder Bay folk singer Rodney Brown’s gave a five-minute deputation expressing his opposition to the …

It was a scene of chaos and confusion in the upper tiers of the police service and local government when a convoy of big rigs and protesters arrived in Ottawa to demand an end to pandemic restrictions last winter. That’s the picture witnesses have painted over the first couple of …

Newly disclosed documents show federal intelligence officials warned decision-makers that the police dispersal of Freedom Convoy protesters in Ottawa last winter could prompt an “opportunistic attack” against a politician or symbol of government. The Feb. 24 “threat highlight,” marked Secret/Canadian Eyes Only, also advised that extremist “influencers” would leverage the outcome …

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s day of whistle stops in the Ottawa area ended early today as anti-Liberal protesters gathered outside a brewery before he arrived. Following uneventful stops in Gatineau Park in Quebec and two Ottawa suburbs earlier in the day, Trudeau was on his way to the Brasserie Étienne …

In June 1969, police raided New York City’s Stonewall Inn, roughing up and arresting its 2SLGBT patrons. More than 50 years later, the Pride celebrations held across North America, often on or close to the anniversary of the event, bear little resemblance to that uprising against police repression that served as a catalyst for …

Machine operator Peter Thomas says that after years of working in what he feels is an unsafe environment at National Steel Car in Hamilton, “it’s hit a point where something has to change.” Thomas said that during his time at the rail-car manufacturer, there have been several incidents where a …