As a Family Is Mourned, Canada Grapples With Anti-Muslim Bias
After a driver intentionally ran down and killed a mother, father, daughter and grandmother in Ontario, orphaning a boy, there were calls for action against Islamophobia.
Mourners at the scene where members of the Afzaal-Salman family were killed in a vehicle attack in London, Ontario, on Tuesday.Credit.Brett Gundlock for The New York Times
June 9, 2021Updated 2:01 p.m. ET
OTTAWA With coronavirus restrictions still in place in much of Canada, many families have taken up going out together for evening strolls. On Sunday, however, a pleasant walk became the scene of a deadly attack by a motorist who used his truck to kill four members of a family in London, Ontario, and injure a boy who is now an orphan. They were targeted, the police said, because of their Muslim faith.
TORONTO Hamilton s public school board has voted to rename Ryerson Elementary School and says it will review the names of all its facilities to ensure they align with current values. The Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board says it s taking action in light of the discovery of what are believed to be the remains of 215 Indigenous children at a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C. Egerton Ryerson is considered an architect of Canada s residential school system. The Hamilton board says an Indigenous-led process will be created to examine all its school names. A school board in London, Ont., is also considering whether to rename Ryerson Public School, along with Sir John A. Macdonald Public School, named after Canada s first prime minister.
The Middlesex-London Health Unit reported 16 new COVID-19 cases and 38 recoveries on Sunday. This marks the tenth day in a row the region has seen fewer than 40 new cases.