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Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Upper Grand District School Board and the Wellington Catholic District School Board are signing on to an initiative aimed at assessing potential threats towards schools and the community at large. Members from 16 community partners were in Mono, Ont., on Thursday …
Read More »Man arrested in connection with hate-motivated threats reported at Toronto subway station – Toronto
Police have arrested a man after he reportedly chased people inside a Toronto subway station Friday morning while holding a “sharp object” and yelling racial slurs. Toronto police said they responded to Kennedy Subway Station around 10 a.m. March 31 after receiving reports a man was making threats. The man …
Read More »Guelph Black Heritage Society ‘dismayed’ with number of threats made toward group
Members of the Guelph Black Heritage Society say they are disheartened after receiving a number of letters and emails expressing hatred towards the southwestern Ontario group. They say in a post on Twitter that the society, Heritage Hall, president Denise Francis and executive director Kween have all been receiving online …
Read More »1 suspect arrested, another outstanding after ‘violent’ break in at Toronto apartment: police – Toronto
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Police are seeking to identify a suspect wanted after a violent break and enter in Toronto. Toronto police said on Saturday, two suspects attended an apartment building in the Queen Street West and Jameson Avenue area and allegedly broke the door to …
Read More »‘Angry’ protests must stay peaceful amid ‘tough times,’ Trudeau says
Canadians are going through “tough times,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday — but “angry” protests, he added, should remain peaceful despite those difficulties. He made the comment after footage emerged on social media of the prime minister being swarmed by a small but vocal group of demonstrators in …
Read More »Halifax police investigating threats made to VG hospital
Halifax Regional Police say they are investigating a report of threats made on Thursday morning to the VG hospital. Access to the hospital was restricted for part of the morning. News Source link
Read More »Director got death threats over film poster featuring Hindu goddess. Now she’s getting a protest screening
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 …
Read More »Chrystia Freeland latest target of public threats, intimidation against women in Canadian politics
Public instances of threats and intimidation of women in public life have intensified in recent weeks, with significant examples of abuse targeted toward politicians — most recently, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland — as well as activists and journalists. For weeks, a group of journalists, particularly journalists of colour, have publicly shared …
Read More »The long-term threats to global food security go far beyond Ukraine
In the Middle Ages, people knew from bitter experience that war and pestilence usually ride together with another horseman: famine. “We face an unprecedented global hunger crisis,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned last month. “In the past two years, the number of severely food‑insecure people around the world has more than …
Read More »North Bay, Ont., group for LGTBQ youth gets death threats for planning drag show
The founder of a group that provides safe space for queer and trans youth in North Bay, Ont., received death threats online when he helped plan a local drag show. Seth Compton, the founder of OutLoud North Bay, said he received a barrage of hateful messages in his email inbox …
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