Members and supporters of the British Columbia Jewish community gathered in downtown Vancouver on Nov. 7 to demonstrate for the release of the 238 hostages currently being held in Gaza and to mourn the 1,400 killed during the Hamas attacks in Israel last month. Local politicians, Jewish leaders and clergy made impassioned statements about the […]

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Toronto Police Services (TPS) will be drastically increasing the size of its specialized hate-crimes unit following a growing number of reported incidents. The unit will now have 20 investigators and eight district special constables. Prior to Oct. 7, the unit had six dedicated officers and no special constables. Special constables interview witnesses and take videos […]

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Two Jewish schools in Montreal had a bullet shot through their front doors early in the morning of Nov. 9. No one was in the schools at the time and there were no injuries. Police received calls around 8 a.m. on Thursday concerning bullet holes discovered in the front doors of Azrieli Talmud Torah and […]

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