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A week after Mark Carney’s June 1 speech at Toronto’s Holy Blossom synagogue, Jewish Canadians have had a chance to come up for air, many coming to terms with the grim possibility that even a prime minister finally naming a “crisis of antisemitism” may not translate into the protection they need, or the country they…

Another record-breaking crowd clad in blue and white and waving Israeli and Canadian flags marched along Bathurst Street in Toronto Sunday for the annual Walk with Israel, a celebration of community that organizers and participants said also served as a show of solidarity against mounting antisemitism in Canada. The UJA Federation of Greater Toronto said…

An iconic Vancouver bookstore that won a landmark legal battle for 2SLGBTQ+ rights in Canada is being honoured with a new stamp from Canada Post.

The hall at St. Vladimir’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Calgary is packed. Three gigantic, artistically painted wooden Easter eggs dominate the stage. Heavily accented voices rise and fall amid the chatter as attendees nibble on poppyseed cake and other Ukrainian delicacies. No one wears the bright blue-and-yellow of the war’s early days, but embroidered vyshyvanky…

Muslim families are being encouraged to not bury their loved ones at a cemetery in Thorold, Ont., by a leader in their community who says the city’s steps to accommodate Muslim burial practices don’t go far enough. Thorold politicians tweaked the city’s cemetery policy on June 2 so that burial plots within an existing, open…

The old stone wall tucked underneath Wharf Street in Victoria is one of the oldest pieces of the city’s colonial past. It contains some forgotten artifacts recently unearthed by a restoration crew.

Thousands of customers experienced electricity losses across the island late Saturday morning as Newfoundland Power reported multiple unplanned power outages due to a trip on the Labrador Island Link.

Fresh off winning the Walter Cup with the Montreal Victoire, three-time Olympic gold medallist Marie-Philip Poulin continues to add to her list of achievements. On Saturday, she received an honorary doctorate from Bishop’s University.

The Toronto Police hate crime unit is investigating damage to a synagogue in the Bathurst Street and Glencairn Avenue area, as a wave of antisemitic violence continues. Police responded midday Saturday to reports of the damage. TPS says a window was broken with an unknown object and the damage is believed to have occurred overnight.…

OpenAI would likely have unravelled if Sam Altman hadn’t returned as chief executive following his brief ouster in 2023, former tech chief Mira Murati said, offering her clearest account yet of one of Silicon Valley’s most dramatic boardroom battles. Murati, who later left OpenAI to found Thinking Machines Lab, was one of a key cohort…