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Statement from M.P. Rob Oliphant (Don Valley West) on the attack against the Waterloo Masjid
March 27, 2010 – 7:19 am | No Comment
Statement from M.P. Rob Oliphant (Don Valley West) on the attack against the Waterloo Masjid

For Immediate Release 
March 23, 2010   
Statement from M.P. Rob Oliphant (Don Valley West) on the attack against the Waterloo Masjid
TORONTO – In response to the attack against the Waterloo Masjid, Rob Oliphant, Member of Parliament …

Enlightening Report by Samaa Elibyari on Naima Ahmad, the woman recently kicked out of a French-language school for wearing the niqab or face veil
March 16, 2010 – 6:02 am | No Comment
Enlightening Report by Samaa Elibyari on Naima Ahmad, the woman recently kicked out of a French-language school for wearing the niqab or face veil

Report by Samaa Elibyari’s visit to Naima Ahmad, Monday March 8 2010
1. The context
I am sure you have been following the news about the case of Naima Ahmad, a Canadian resident of Egyptian origin living in …

Review Canada’s no-fly list, report urges – Consultants cite a case of a student who should never have been barred from an Air Canada flight
January 14, 2010 – 5:33 pm | No Comment
Review Canada’s no-fly list, report urges – Consultants cite a case of a student who should never have been barred from an Air Canada flight

From The Canadian Press
Transport Canada should carry out a sweeping review of its no-fly list, say independent consultants hired by the department who found a Montreal-area student should never have been barred from an Air …

Funding for leftist group to be cut – Alternatives; ‘It doesn’t fit with our priorities,’ source says
December 7, 2009 – 1:07 pm | One Comment
Funding for leftist group to be cut – Alternatives; ‘It doesn’t fit with our priorities,’ source says

By John Ivison
The Conservative government is set to slash millions of dollars in funding to Alternatives, a Montreal-based nongovernmental organization associated with a number of left-leaning causes and which has been critical of Canada’s involvement …

Adil Charkaoui talks about suing Ottawa after security certificate quashed
October 15, 2009 – 7:59 am | No Comment
Adil Charkaoui talks about suing Ottawa after security certificate quashed

From The Canadian Press
MONTREAL – Adil Charkaoui spent more than six years under suspicion of being a terrorist operative, spent 21 months in jail, had his movements tracked with an electronic bracelet, and missed the …

Security Certificates – Five terror suspects: $60-million
October 3, 2009 – 12:04 pm | No Comment
Security Certificates – Five terror suspects: $60-million

Ottawa’s controversial security-certificate program to rid Canada of alleged spies came with a multimillion-dollar price tag

By Colin Freeze
From Thursday’s Globe and Mail

Ottawa has spent $60-million over the past two years in its failed …

Newest Toronto Maple Leaf’s hockey-mad home – Nazem Kadri’s father made sure son could play the sport his own parents couldn’t afford for him
June 29, 2009 – 11:53 am | No Comment
Newest Toronto Maple Leaf’s hockey-mad home – Nazem Kadri’s father made sure son could play the sport his own parents couldn’t afford for him

By Kevin McGran
MONTREAL – Nazem Kadri – the Maple Leafs’ newest reason for hope – is all about family. And the Kadri family is all about sports.
But yesterday they were all about each other. …

Dorval Mosque vandalized, again
May 25, 2009 – 10:03 am | No Comment
Dorval Mosque vandalized, again

From CTVMontreal.ca
A mosque in Dorval has been vandalized for the third time in 11 months.
The Dorval Mosque is now tarnished with graffiti that reads: “Koran 8, 12″.
“This thing should not happen in a country called …

Quebec’s churches need miracle – Parishes can’t afford to keep them, no one wants to buy them – even at fire-sale prices
March 4, 2009 – 1:55 pm | No Comment
Quebec’s churches need miracle – Parishes can’t afford to keep them, no one wants to buy them – even at fire-sale prices

Andrew Chung
QUEBEC BUREAU CHIEF
MONTREAL – It might be quite beautiful, with its golden cross next to the steeple, its triumphal arches inside, its extraordinary Casavant organ presiding, but that hasn’t stopped Notre-Dame-du-Perpétuel-Secours from steadily becoming …