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‘A systemically antisemitic environment’: Former legal executive at TDSB files multimillion-dollar lawsuit against board
A former executive legal officer of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) has filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit alleging it is “a poisoned and systemically antisemitic environment.” The lawsuit, filed by Paul Koven, the interim general counsel for TDSB since January 2023, argues that the school board failed “to address rampant antisemitism affecting TDSB students and…
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‘The land misses us’: How Indigenous land stewardship protects cultural history and forests
Leader of the XAXE TEṈEW̱ Sacred Land Society’s Indigenous land restoration and stewardship program, says Indigenous land stewardship directly help with wildfire prevention. Research from UBC shows it also makes the land healthier.
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World Cup kicks off in Vancouver. Here’s what you need to know
Australian and Turkish fans have marches to B.C. Place planned ahead of Saturday night’s game.
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Montreal mayor urges calm, vows to uncover truth after police unit suspected of racist behaviour
Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada called for calm and pledged that Montrealers would learn the truth about allegations of co-ordinated racist behaviour in a Montréal-Nord police unit.
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‘We’ve never seen a spike like this’: Veterinary tranquillizer suspected in Moncton, N.B., overdose surge
First responders and front-line workers in the Greater Moncton area are battling an unprecedented, two-week surge in overdoses driven by a suspected contaminant in the local drug supply.
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New Brunswick woman sues OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT led to daughter’s death
Alice Carrier died by suicide last year. Her mother says OpenAI failed to implement necessary safeguards despite knowing about the state of her daughter’s mental health and even reinforced harmful views.
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SPVM cracks down on Montréal-Nord unit suspected of co-ordinated racist behaviour
More than a dozen police officers assigned to Montréal-Nord’s Station 39 are under investigation over alleged racist and hateful acts committed against Black and Arab people during police stops, Radio-Canada has learned.
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Violent extremism targeting kids online an ‘escalating threat’: Winnipeg police
Violent, nihilistic extremism targeting kids online is an “escalating threat” across Canada and the world, Winnipeg police say, and they’re urging parents and caregivers to learn the warning signs so they can step in before it’s too late.
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Western Quebec mother told she can’t wear hijab at after-school event: parent committee
A Gatineau school board committee says it’s worried parents will be discouraged from volunteering after a local mother was reportedly told by her child’s elementary school that, due to Quebec secularism laws, she would have to remove her hijab if she wants to participate in an after-school event this fall.
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Amid excitement, FIFA World Cup sets off worries over disruptions and safety in host cities
Concerns from traffic to littering and over-policing have Canadians in host cities worried about the FIFA World Cup and its effects on local communities.