Ottawa police say a 66-year-old man has been arrested after patrons and owner of a restaurant were subject to attacks and homophobic slurs last week.

Advocates say the police-reported data is "just one slice of the picture" when it comes to domestic violence during the pandemic.

The incident occurred on March 14 at a Sam's Club grocery store in Texas.

Strangers allegedly threw garbage and pointed a gun at a man in the Valley Ridge neighbourhood on Tuesday, "possibly because of his race," police said.

Jean-Claude Rocherfort was arrested on allegations of uttering threats and inciting hatred against women.

The tool, they say, is to assist Muslim women in dealing with threats, inform them of their rights and how to protect them.

The move to axe the Human Rights Education and Multiculturalism Fund was made in the recent provincial budget and comes at a time when police-reported hate crimes are on the rise in Alberta.

The Alberta Hate Crimes Committee hosted an engagement session in Lethbridge Tuesday afternoon, aimed at spreading education and awareness on incidents motivated by hate.

York Regional Police say they have charged a 33-year-old man after another man reported a hate-motivated assault at a Newmarket McDonald's on Sunday.

Sunday will mark one year since the deadliest attack on Jewish people in U.S. history.