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The Peterborough Police Service officially relaunched a renewed “NOH8 “(No Hate) education and awareness campaign on Wednesday to help address hate incidents in the community. Madeleine McColl has more on how you can get involved:

The Manitoba government has launched a $1-million Security Enhancement Fund to help community organizations and places of worship combat a rise in hate crimes and vandalism. Hersh Singh reports.

A suspect charged in connection to hate-related crimes at a synagogue and a mosque last week has been arrested again.

Police are investigating possible hate crimes after a synagogue and a hookah lounge in Winnipeg were vandalized. Vasilios Bellos reports.

RCMP said on Wednesday that their investigation into the fatal shooting of Birinder Singh, on Edmonton’s QEII Highway on March 14, was “not racially motivated.” Staff Sgt. John Brown of the RCMP’s Major Crime Division, announced that they arrested 23-year-old Deon Libsekal. Jimmy Gassner, 18, of Lloydminster was previously arrested in Canoe Lake, Sask., and...

The Toronto Police hate crime unit is investigating the removal of nearly two dozen Jewish prayer scrolls from the doorways of homes in a North York seniors apartment building. As Megan King reports, the incident has left many residents scared and worried about expressing their identity.

There are plenty of crime stories that don’t make the news, but this one is getting lots of attention because it raises so many questions. A man in Maryland has been charged with murder, and it’s alleged to have happened in the suspect’s car. However, that suspect is a quadruple amputee who, as Mackenzie Gray...

Edmonton South Asian business owners continue to be targets for violent extortion attempts. Now, police say they have more than 50 suspects and are looking at charges in another string of threats. As Erik Bay tells us, the crimes have connections across the country.

Edmonton police have spent a lot of hours and manpower over the last few years investigating multiple extortion networks targeting the local South Asian community. Investigators say recent violence has stopped after several arrests, but as Erik Bay tells us, the community wants to make sure the crimes are done for good.

Speaking at the Halifax Chamber of Commerce on Friday, Prime Minister Mark Carney said a referendum on whether Alberta should separate from Canada “can have an effect” on investor confidence in the province.

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday that he is “absolutely not” considering proroguing Parliament if he were to secure a majority government. “Absolutely not. It has never even entered my thinking, the possibility of that, so I couldn’t have been more surprised to see [the] suggestion that … was under consideration,” Carney told reporters in Quebec. 

During an announcement with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday, Doug Ford reached for a glass of water before realizing the water was Carney’s. “Did you have a sip of that?,” Ford asked before Carney replied that he had not touched it. “This isn’t going to turn me into a Liberal, is it?,” Ford quipped...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday that the torching of London Jewish community ambulances overnight was a “horrific antisemitic attack” and that such hatred had no place in society.

A sexual predator whose crimes date back more than 15 years has been sent to prison. As Kristen Robinson reports, he was sentenced as two of his three victims listened online, and with his family in court.

Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau got scolded by the PM of Canada over his English-only condolence video following the fatal plane crash in New York earlier this week. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney criticized the CEO of Air Canada on Wednesday morning, saying that in his view, “…we live in a bilingual country and company’s...

Air Canada’s CEO is in hot water facing tough questions over his English-only condolence video following the fatal plane crash in New York earlier this week. Michael Rousseau, head of the country’s largest airline, has been summoned to Ottawa by the Official Languages Committee. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney criticized the CEO on Wednesday morning,...

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre went after Prime Minister Mark Carney and his Liberal government on their immigration policies on Wednesday during question period. After Canada’s Auditor General, Karen Hogan, announced on Tuesday that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) failed to investigate most of the 153,000 international students who had been flagged for possible non-compliance...

U.S. President Donald Trump has extended the deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to global oil shipments. While the Iranian regime has not yet responded to the latest peace proposal, Israel warned that its own military actions will “escalate and expand.” U.S. markets tumbled Friday, with the Dow Jones dropping 10 per...

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith have reached what they’re calling a “landmark deal” to get major construction projects built faster by giving more power to the province — a major shift from the previous system. Gates Guarin has more.

Speaking to reporters in Oslo on Saturday, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada doesn’t “have to have” oil reserves as a “reliable,” “low-risk” and “low-risk” net exporter. This comes after Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson announced Friday Canada will up its production and contribute 23.6 million barrels of oil to help stabilize global...