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The citys opposition says despite a request a year ago to improve online reporting of hate, there has been little change.

The new hotline, dubbed RENFORT, is part of the city's attempt to reckon with a rise in shootings during the pandemic — many of them, according to Montreal police, involving young people.

Celebrated filmmaker and writer Susan Polis Schutz uncovers the origins and complexities of hatred in the United States and brings it out into the light for a moving story of healing that's needed now more than ever.

Families who are concerned about a loved one’s involvement in violence will soon have a safe place to turn for support. The city of Montreal is launching a new confidential

The City of Montreal is creating a new telephone support line to provide guidance and answer concerns about violence, specifically those perpetrated with guns. The city will grant $800,000 Centre for the Prevention of Radicalization Leading to Violence (CPRMV) over two years, as part of its action plan stemming from the citys forum on combating gun violence.

Montreal's anti-radicalization centre no longer occupies the same spacious offices that once received high-profile visitors such as then-UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon.

After a period of organizational turbulence, the Centre for the Prevention of Radicalization Leading to Violence has continued its work, with a lower profile, a smaller budget, and a focus that has increasingly shifted from radical Islam to the far right and conspiracy theorists.

Montreal's anti-radicalization centre no longer occupies the same spacious offices that once received high-profile visitors such as then-UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon.

Quebec City is one of the Canadian cities where this type of crime is most reported, surpassing Calgary, Edmonton and Montreal. 

A number of flags could be seen flying at protests against vaccine mandates across the country the last few weeks, some of which might have been unfamiliar to many Canadians. But for experts who study political movements and extremism, the symbols were easily recognizable.