A year after Lapu Lapu attack, grief, anger and hope entwine

Toronto police are searching for a suspect vehicle after visibly Jewish victims were shot with a replica firearm in a suspected hate-motivated assault in North York last week, an incident the community’s leaders said reflects a “dangerous escalation” of antisemitic violence. According to the Toronto Police Service (TPS), an undisclosed number of victims, who were clearly “identifiable members of the Jewish community,” were shot with what was “described as an Orbeez-type gun” on Thursday in the area of Bathurst Street and Lawrencetown Avenue West, an area with a large concentration of...