Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Patrick White, Tom Cardoso
Publication Date: January 11, 2026 - 21:02
Stay informed
Protests in Iran heighten anxieties among Canada’s diaspora community
January 11, 2026
As a procession of semi-trucks rumbled down Yonge Street in Toronto flying Iran’s prerevolution flag and blasting their air horns on Sunday, Rafat Mirlohi looked on with a mix of hope and distress.
For four days, she has been unable to reach family in Iran while a crackdown on countrywide anti-government protests has killed at least 500 people, according to reports, and shut down phone and internet contact with the outside world.
Unpublished Newswire
Two Ottawa-area men have been fined a total of $8,950 and had their hunting licences suspended for a year each after pleading guilty to moose hunting violations at Mer Bleue Bog conservation area in eastern Ottawa. Read More
February 7, 2026 - 08:35 | Gord Holder, Postmedia | Ottawa Citizen
A 44-year-old Ottawa man was killed early Saturday when he was struck at the side of the Highway 7 between Highway 511 and Glen Tay Road west of Perth. Read More
February 7, 2026 - 08:08 | Norman Provencher | Ottawa Citizen
February 7, 2026 - 07:15 | Lindsay Jones | The Globe and Mail
Comments
Be the first to comment