Jaswinder Singh Dilawari

Royal Canadian Legion branch in downtown Calgary aims to raise funds with community dinner

It’s been around for more than 100 years and now, it needs your help. The Royal Canadian Legion No. 1 branch in downtown Calgary was founded in 1917, with the building located on 7th Avenue completed in 1922. Now it’s in need of some serious renovations, according to current president Philip MacAulay. “What we’re starting…

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Legal group apologizes after cancellation of noted Syrian Canadian’s speech sparks ‘profound’ reaction

A prominent Canadian legal association is apologizing after it cancelled a keynote speech by Syrian Canadian entrepreneur and peacekeeping advocate Tareq Hadhad, prompting sharp criticism from many of its members. Last Friday, CBC News was first to report that The Advocates’ Society rescinded an invitation for Hadhad, founder of Peace by Chocolate, to deliver a keynote…

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Untangling Mark Carney’s father’s ties to Fort Smith, N.W.T., Indian day school

Warning: this story contains outdated language and discusses physical and sexual abuse at residential schools. It was March 1965, and Catholic educator Robert J. Carney had gone on CBC Radio to discuss his work as a federal day school principal in the Northwest Territories. Today, it’s an interview some may find jarring. “Mr. Carney, at the teachers…

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Neo-Nazi terror propagandist ‘Dark Foreigner’ guilty on all counts

WARNING: This story contains descriptions and images of racist online content targeting Jews, Muslims, the 2SLGBTQ+ community and others. An Ottawa man has been found guilty of sowing hate, fear and division by helping create racist recruitment videos and other terrorist propaganda for a now defunct far-right international terrorist group and a prominent neo-Nazi. Superior Court…

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