Hate Crime

• Hate Crimes Unit investigating symbols burned in grass at Edmonton park

  City crews were cleaning up at Gold Bar Park after what appeared to be a Swastika burned into the grass was reported to Edmonton police.

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  Apr 15
  
• ‘It’s frustrating’: Owner reacts to Pride flag being vandalized outside downtown Edmonton lounge

  Edmonton police have released video they hope will help identify the suspects involved in a hate-motivated crime.

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  Apr 12
  
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• Man charged in Vancouver antisemitism hate crime after hostage poster defaced

  Vancouver police officers investigated after witnesses reported a man had defaced a poster of Israeli hostages, and was using anti-Semitic and threatening language.

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  Mar 13
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• Calgary man charged with hate-motivated assault

  Calgary police say a 39-year-old Calgary man has been charged with hate-motivated crimes after an assault in the northeast community of Coral Springs on March 6.

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  Mar 12
• Charges stayed in alleged racially motivated Vancouver bear spray attack

  A man accused in what Vancouver police described as a racially-motivated attack against an elderly man in Chinatown in 2022 will not be going to trial.

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  Feb 12
• Man charged as part of hate-motivated crime at Lower Sackville business: police

  A Halifax-area man is facing mischief and threats charges, after a business' Pride flag was defaced and several firearms were seized as part of the investigation. 

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  Jan 31
• Assault at Brockville Dairy Queen being investigated as a hate crime, police say

  Police in Brockville, Ont., say a victim was attacked with racial slurs before being assaulted at a Dairy Queen. Callers warned police about a fight noting someone had a knife.

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  Jan 19
• $167K in proceeds of crime fund Peterborough police projects to tackle hate crimes, bias

  The provincial grant of $167,000 in proceeds of crime will help Peterborough police launch new responses and strategies to better address hate crimes and hate bias.

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  Jan 19
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• Hate crime reports jump 31% in Vancouver, fuelled by Israel-Hamas conflict: police

  According to the Vancouver Police Department, officers investigated 265 hate crime reports in 2023, up 31 per cent from 2022. Antisemitism reports also went up 62 per cent.

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  Jan 16
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• Toronto hate crimes spiked 41% in 2023 compared to a year ago: police

  A Toronto woman has been arrested following a hate-motivated criminal harassment investigation. This comes as hate crimes continue to spike in the city, according to police.

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  Dec 19, 2023