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Federal court orders Carney government to release more Nazi war criminal documents

Screenshot from a 1987 news report by CTV News—based on the information that was public at the time. The Federal Court has ordered Canada to release another group of Nazi war criminal documents from ...
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Boy George’s Vancouver concert faces protest over his support for Oct. 7 victims and Israel

A performance by Boy George and Culture Club will go ahead as planned at the Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver on Sept. 7 despite criticism and controversy over a new song by the performer that ...
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Land of milk and trade wars: Jewish dairy and honey farmers respond to U.S. tariffs

Dairy farmers Dave Loewith and his nephew Ben Loewith run the family's 79-year-old dairy operation near Hamilton, Ont., where their 500 Holstein cows supply milk for the domestic market. (Courtesy Joe ...
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Quebec shutters three Orthodox campuses citing unqualified teachers and building safety concerns

Update, Aug. 27: Quebec’s Administrative Tribunal has stayed the closure of the three facilities of the Belz Community School in Montreal, allowing 582 boys to return to their schools next week. The ...
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Rabbi Ronnie Cahana, 72, continued to teach and inspire at his Montreal synagogue after a devastating stroke

Rabbi Ronnie Cahana (Supplied by Shaare Zion Beth-El Congregation) Rabbi Ronnie Cahana was already recognized as a leader in interfaith work and social activism in addition to his duties as a pulpit ...
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TMU announces new task force following report on disruptive student protests

Still photos from a video showing protesters breaking into an event being held off campus by Students Supporting Israel group, near Toronto Metropolitan University on Nov. 5, 2025. (Instagram) Toronto ...
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Jewish students speak out after landmark campus antisemitism report

On Aug. 5, a new national study of antisemitism on Canadian university campuses revealed a startling reality: 95.7 per cent of Jewish students surveyed said they had experienced or witnessed ...
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Montreal butcher takes the city’s largest kosher certifier to court alleging ‘anti-competitive behaviour’

For some time, Mendy Boyarsky has railed against what he calls the monopoly on kosher meat products in Montreal certified by MK Kosher, under the Jewish Community Council (JCC) of Montreal. That’s why ...
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How B.C.’s smaller Jewish communities are uniting—and growing

Over 650 people turned out for this summer's Jewish Culture Festival in Port Moody, east of Vancouver B.C. on June 7 at Rocky Point Park. The Jewish Federation of B.C.'s local Community Connector ...
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Two more charged with promotion of hatred following protest at Bathurst and Sheppard

Two more individuals have been arrested in connection with an anti-Israel protest at Bathurst Street and Sheppard Avenue, which took place March 15. Toronto Police Service (TPS) announced the latest ...
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From bagpipes to the bimah: A Winnipeg cantor’s unlikely Jewish journey

Cantor Kevin McIntryre played the bagpipes to welcome the Torahs to Congregation Etz Chayim's new building in Winnipeg. (Photo supplied) When Cantor Kevin McIntyre steps onto the bimah at Congregation ...