Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau revoked the Emergencies Act on Wednesday, saying the protest blockades have ended and order has been restored. As Trudeau was announcing the revocation, news broke that Ontario Premier Doug Ford was ending the state of emergency in the province. Trudeau invoked the Emergencies Act last week on a temporary...
A group of American truckers is planning a protest of COVID-19 vaccine mandates this weekend in Los Angeles, as well as a march to Washington DC. The Department of Homeland Security is warning U.S. law enforcement agencies to be vigilant. The protest could start as soon as this weekend in Los Angeles, the site of […]
First Nations land defenders in Canada filed a submission to the United Nations on Monday, detailing how their territory and human rights are being violated. The group said the defenders are intimidated and surveilled by armed Royal Canadian Mounted Police. They have also been called terrorists and dragged through colonial courts. Their submi...
Sarah Abou-Bakr, a graduate student at Montreal’s McGill University, is this year’s recipient of the Centre Culturel Islamique de Québec Memorial Award. Abou-Bakr is the Quebec Public Affairs Lead at the National Council of Canadian Muslims. The award honors a student at the university whose work fosters inclusion of Muslims in Quebec and Can...
A Canadian government report accused China of “influencing or manipulating” the Chinese community in Canada and worldwide. The Overseas Chinese Affairs Office (OCAO) used “coercive tactics” to intimidate the Chinese community living internationally. The report was penned by the Canadian Border Service Agency security br...
The “largest mass assembly of poor people and low-wage workers in this nation’s history” will converge on Washington, D.C. on June 18. The event is being organized by the Poor People’s Campaign and its partners. That includes members and allies of organized labor, the civil rights movement, and religious communities from across the U.S. The [...
