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When Shanicka “Shak” Edwards first moved to Innisfill from Toronto, it was a difficult adjustment. “My family was the only Black family in the community. So, I struggled finding spaces that I could see people that were reflective of me or accessing resources,” she said. Edwards built Shak’s World Community …
Read More »Black Montreal theatre performer files lawsuit after puppet called racist
A Black Montreal theatre performer has filed a lawsuit against an anti-racism activist who he says falsely associated him with racism against Black people. Franck Sylvestre agues in the suit filed at the Montreal courthouse on Wednesday that Alain Babineau made unreasonable claims about a puppet in a theatre piece …
Read More »Chief, mayor call for P.E.I. village councillor’s resignation over racist sign
By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 5, 2023 12:43 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size A First Nation chief and the mayor of a Prince Edward Island community are calling for a councillor to resign over a sign posted on his property denying the existence …
Read More »South Bruce Peninsula mayor resigns after ‘racist’ comments towards local First Nations
The Mayor of South Bruce Peninsula has stepped down after a recording of him making “racist” comments about the plans for the new Chippewas of the Nawash First Nation water treatment plant was posted online. A statement posted on the town’s website Tuesday says that “Garry Michi has resigned as …
Read More »Liberal MP apologizes for tweet implying professor was racist
Liberal MP Chris Bittle is apologizing for implying that University of Ottawa professor Michael Geist was racist during a Twitter dispute. The tweet stemmed from an argument the two were having about a recent controversy over funding the government had provided to the Community Media Advocacy Centre (CMAC) for an anti-racism …
Read More »American comedian’s racist remarks spark walkout at Winnipeg comedy show
An Ojibway woman says she was among at least 30 people who walked out of Rumor’s Comedy Club in Winnipeg on Friday due to a number of racist and homophobic comments they heard from the stage. Kelsey Lenaghan says she was almost immediately turned off by comedian Rich Vos’s set, which included what she called targeted …
Read More »Conservatives condemn racist conspiracy theory, attack each other over Buffalo shooting
Leadership candidates and the interim leader of the Conservative Party are condemning the racist “white replacement theory” that allegedly inspired Saturday’s mass shooting in Buffalo, N.Y. But there is still discord in the party about how that condemnation came about — with Pierre Poilievre accusing leadership rival Patrick Brown of a “sleazy” use …
Read More »Manitoulin hockey players speak out over racist ‘war cries’
The conseil scolaire public du Grand Nord de l’Ontario (CSPGNO) said it will be implementing compulsory sessions on cultural sensitivity in all of its schools, following incidents involving students from École secondaire Macdonald-Cartier at recent hockey games. At games against the Manitoulin Secondary School (MSS) girls’ hockey team, Manitoulin players said they witnessed …
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