Asian Tribune Your Multilingual Newspaper covering World and local news News
Pressure is mounting from members of the public and elected officials for the chief of one of Canada’s biggest police forces to apologize for meeting the notorious head of Sri Lankan police. Tamil Canadians, including Toronto city councillor Parthi Kandavel, are calling the visit “deeply upsetting to all Canadians.” Peel …
Read More »Movement rekindled to rename N.B. university connected to ‘torturer’ of Acadians – New Brunswick
A movement has been rekindled in New Brunswick to shed a francophone university’s connection to Robert Monckton, a British military figure who played an active role in the imprisonment and deportation of thousands of Acadians. More than 1,000 people from Canada’s Acadian community — including dignitaries, academics and artists — …
Read More »