An 11-year-old Ottawa soccer player said Saturday she will continue to fight to wear her hijab, even though the the world’s top soccer association has refused to change its rules on the issue. “I thought it was disappointing because I thought I would actually make a difference, but I didn’t,” Asmahan Mansour told CBC News
Read More ›Immigration Minister Chris Alexander said Sunday Canada will not get involved in resettling Palestinian refugees. “We are not going to resettle in Canada … the hundreds of thousands who want to live in a Palestinian state because they want to go home eventually,” Alexander told CTV’s Question Period. “That is the objective
Read More ›With Bill C-51 now in effect, defence lawyers have brought the first wave of Charter challenges — but two different judges ruled the regime is constitutionalvva OTTAWA — Defence lawyers in two separate Ontario cases have failed to strike down the Liberal government’s overhaul of sexual assault trial laws, a package of reforms widely seen
Read More ›A petition calling for the Liberal government to revoke Myanmar de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi‘s honorary Canadian citizenship was presented at Parliament Hill Tuesday. Gatineau, Que.-based advocate Fareed Khan, who started the online petition in September amid the ongoing persecution of the country’s Rohingya population, unveiled the 2,000-page document in front of politicians such as Liberal MP Alexandra Mendes, Conservative MP
Read More ›Extremist groups like ISIS seek to radicalize Western youth. Toronto police spoke this week about their program to prevent it. (Reuters) Police in Toronto
Read More ›West’s aerial assault on Gaddafi not the greatest context for a citizen-shaped outcome By Ellie Kirzner Libyan rebels on the outskirts of Ajdabiya, Monday, March 21: not a textbook people’s uprising. PHOTO: Anja Niedringhaus/ CP Photo All who desperately wanted air backup for the anti-Gaddafi rebels should get ready for serious mood swings. Our forces are
Read More ›Students who wanted to talk about the war in Afghanistan got a chance last Wednesday when a forum on the war was held in the Student Centre Board Room. A three-member panel was on hand to give their views on the situation, direct discussion and answer questions. It consisted of UTM’s Diversity Officer Pardeep Nagra,
Read More ›“We cannot stand for this type of aggression,” said Canadian Arab Federation Acting President Mohamed Boudjenane during a news conference about hate crimes at Queen’s Park Thursday morning. A number of anti-racism groups joined forces to address, what
Read More ›Critics of Toronto’s revamped transit plan are calling on Mayor Rob Ford to hold off until he has had a chance to gather public input. Representatives from the Toronto Environmental Alliance, the Canadian Tamil Congress, the York Federation of Students, the Canadian Arab Federation, and Local
Read More ›This is the panel that held the forum on the war in Afghanistan. Students checked out the litterature on the war. Students who wanted to talk about the war in Afghanistan got a chance last Wednesday when a forum on the war was held in the Student Centre Board Room. A three-member panel was on
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