A Canadian expert says that while the vandalism that targeted three buildings Wednesday was an expression of extreme anger, it wasn't a hate crime.

Police say that under a pseudonym, Rochefort published several blog posts that defended the École Polytechnique killer Marc Lépine, who took the lives of 14 young women in the 1989 massacre.

The B.C. government is looking into whether people who engage in racist behaviour can be ticketed. 

The plaintiffs anticipate the case will go to trial sometime next year.

Her comments came after a number of female members of parliament in Britain announced they would not stand for re-election at a Dec. 12 general election, citing abuse on social media including rape and death threats.

The patient tried to justify himself by blaming the effects of morphine, but the judge ruled that intoxication cannot serve as a valid excuse for making discriminatory remarks.

Your Ward News editor James Sears was sentenced to a year in jail after he was found guilty of two charges of wilful promotion of hatred against women and Jews in January.

The Pride crosswalk on Stephen Avenue was defaced for the second time in under a week. The incident is leaving Calgarians wondering where the hate is coming from.

The suspect had been apprehended after the attack, in which shots were fired but no one was hit.

Instead of sentencing James Sears on Monday, the judge said he would give him a chance to show why his trial should be re-opened or declared a mistrial.