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A 30-seat mobile education centre called The Tour for Humanity was in the city to teach teens about hate and intolerance in Canada, using the Holocaust as its launching point.

This year, the London and District Labour Council says Canada’s unions are marking the Day of Mourning by calling on decision-makers to take immediate action to make work safe.

There are growing calls — including from a Toronto city councillor — for the Peel Regional Police chief to apologize for meeting the notorious head of Sri Lankan police.

As the world marks 79 years since the liberation of Auschwitz, Holocaust Remembrance Day 2024 comes at a dark time for the Jewish community. 

About 20 survivors from various camps set up by Nazi Germany around Europe were to lay wreaths at the Death Wall in Auschwitz and hold prayers at the monument in Birkenau.

This winter marked the shortest ice road season anyone can remember on Temagami First Nation, with just 11 days when the road connecting the island to the mainland was open.

The anniversary is marked across the world as a moment to reflect on the six million Jewish people who were killed during the Holocaust.

Police are investigating after the Sgoolai Israel synagogue in Fredericton was vandalized on Saturday morning, as glass was shattered in the door of the building's entrance.

The head of one of Peel's police met with a Sri Lankan official who had been found by that country’s highest court to have 'participated in the torture' of an arrested man.

Jewish Montrealers and organizations are reminded of what happens when antisemitism goes unchecked on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Today’s Highs: -5C to 2C

People from around the city gathered at The Forks to honour those who were taken too soon, and remember those who are still missing.

Intelligence briefings issued in the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel warned about mass violence spilling into Canada.

Red Dress Day events, such as a memorial walk, kicked off on Friday in Regina and Saskatoon in honour of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.

Dozens of posters were held high with the names and pictures of those missing and murdered. Many walking have been personally impacted.

Dan Philip, a former president of the Black Coalition of Quebec, died earlier this month. The activist co-founded the Coalition more than 50 years ago to draw attention to racism.

Last year there were 175 work-related deaths in B.C., which is six less than 2022 but that number is still higher than other previous years .

A plan to replace a volunteer-built garden with a tank and cenotaph may not go through in Stouffville. The town says it will be consulting with the community in the coming weeks.

Residents of Lumby, B.C., will host a vigil Friday evening to honour Tatjana Stefanski, whose body was discovered earlier this month near Mable Lake Road. A suspect faces charges.

Families Minister Nahanni Fontaine says the $15-million endowment fund will directly support the families of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit.