Racial Discrimination

• Edmonton police fined after Black men who called for help pepper sprayed, arrested

  The Alberta Human Rights Commission has fined the Edmonton Police Service after ruling two Black men were racially discriminated during a wrongful arrest.

  Crime

  May 24
  
• ‘I am hurt’: N.S. man says he was racially profiled at Halifax bakery

  Fred-Lucas Wilson says he felt discounted after an encounter with staff at LF Bakery in Halifax. He believes he was treated rudely because he is Black.

  Canada

  May 15, 2023
  
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• Indigenous man, 77, alleges racism, assault at Regina General Hospital

  Thomas Favel spoke out alongside the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) at First Nations University in Regina on Tuesday to bring awareness to the incident.

  Canada

  Oct 12, 2022
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• Montreal radio co-hosts say they were victims of racial discrimination at jazz festival

  The co-hosts of 'The Morning Detour' on CKUT 90.3 FM claim the Montreal International Jazz Festival discriminated against them because they're Black.

  Canada

  Jul 15, 2022
• ‘Made me feel empty’: Indigenous Muslim man files human rights complaint against TD Bank

  Sharif Bhamji, a resident of Surrey, B.C., said a TD Bank employee refused to help him open a bank account, believing his Indian status card was fake because of his mixed heritage.

  Features

  Mar 2, 2022
• Confidential national security docs left sitting on Halifax lawyer’s porch

  "I arrived at home to find it stuffed into my door on the outside," said human rights lawyer Benjamin Perryman of the sensitive documents.

  Canada

  Jul 3, 2021
• ‘I still can’t believe that is the Alberta I grew up in’: Muslim Canadian shocked by racist attacks

  A hate crimes researcher says Canadians must learn how and where to report racism in their community.

  Canada

  May 6, 2021
• New association aims to end systemic anti-Black racism in Canada’s construction industry

  “You have a hard time getting into it and if you do get into it there’s a lot of mental fatigue."

  Canada

  Feb 1, 2021
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• Man claims Yarmouth hotel wouldn’t rent to him because he’s from the area. He says it’s because he’s Black

  Wayne Stevens was told by the Best Western hotel in Yarmouth that he could not rent a room because he is from the area. Wayne Stevens thinks it is a policy used to discriminate.

  Features

  Jan 28, 2021
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• Director of corporate services who worked less than 3 months among highest-paid Halifax workers

  A Global News analysis found 758 of the 999 Halifax employees who made more than $100,000 work for Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency or for Halifax Regional Police.

  Data Desk

  Aug 21, 2020