A major Montreal synagogue was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti Wednesday afternoon, an act quickly condemned by Jewish groups and the Prime Minister of Canada. Rabbi Adam Scheier of Shaar Hashomayim, one of the largest synagogues in Montreal, said in a letter to members of the congregation that a man had spray-painted swastikas on the doors of the temple around 2 p.m. Scheier said the man was quickly detained by a security guard, and.
VICTORIA Federal Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller is denouncing racist comments being directed towards a British Columbia Indigenous community that’s fighting a COVID-19 outbreak. Miller says recent comments posted online urging businesses in the Duncan area not to serve Indigenous customers are “disgusting” and “unacceptable.” He says Canadians do not support such behaviour and […]
Year in review: A look at news events in May 2020
by The Canadian Press
Last Updated Dec 14, 2020 at 4:26 am EDT
A look at news events in May 2020:
01 – Pioneering drummer Tony Allen, considered the driver of the Afrobeat sound that featured prominent guitars, complex brass harmonies and polyrhythmic drumming, died in Paris at the age of 79. Allen got his start in Lagos, Nigeria, in the 1960s and had an influential career that spanned decades and continents.
01 – The federal government announced it would ban 1,500 “assault-style” firearms in a cabinet order that took effect immediately. The rule doesn’t forbid ownership but does ban the trade in what the government called military-style weapons.