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The family of a Muslim employee of a Markham, Ont., hotel who was the target of an alleged hate-motivated assault last month, said the attack has left them heartbroken and fearful as the National Council of Canadian Muslim is warning of a sharp increase in hate-crime against the community.
October 9, 2025 - 17:26 | | The Globe and Mail
Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson are returning to the stage as Rush next summer. The longtime bandmates have announced 12 dates for a reunion tour, dubbed Fifty Something, that will see them play seven cities across North America.
October 9, 2025 - 17:25 | | The Globe and Mail
As a young man, Nigel Wright thought of becoming an academic or a priest. In the end, he chose business and politics, reaching pinnacles in both fields. He served as one of the most senior executives at Onex Corporation, the private equity firm, and as chief of staff when Stephen Harper was prime minister.Yet his greatest accomplishment might have been that, despite spending decades in those cut-throat environments, “if he had an enemy, I don’t know who it is,” said Gerry Schwartz, founder and chairman of Onex, in an interview.
October 9, 2025 - 17:22 | John Ibbitson | The Globe and Mail
Thursday marked the fourth week since workers represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union walked off the job without a deal from the College Employer Council.
October 9, 2025 - 17:11 | Isaac Callan | Global News - Ottawa
In 1988, Canadian television producer and director Riff Markowitz decided to retire at the age of 50 to the glitzy desert oasis of Palm Springs, Calif. – but he was quickly bored by leisure. “I tried tennis, and that was two days,” he said in a 2014 video interview. “I tried golf. That was three days … and I didn’t like the clothes.”
October 9, 2025 - 17:03 | Frank B. Edwards | The Globe and Mail
OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree admitted Thursday that his government’s first attempt at major reform of police and intelligence agencies’ warrantless search powers was imperfect.
But he told MPs on the Commons Public Safety committee that he was still committed to getting law enforcement new lawful powers to obtain or intercept information without a warrant that were first suggested in the Liberals’ spring “Strong Borders Act” bill C-2.
C-2 has come under heavy fire from privacy and civil rights advocates for proposing police and intelligence agencies be...
October 9, 2025 - 16:52 | Christopher Nardi | National Post
