Some Jewish Canadians say this Passover comes with solemnity and complex emotions
April 22, 2024
Some Jewish Canadians say they have complex emotions and feel more solemn than usual this Passover because of the war in Gaza and a rise in antisemitism in Canada.The major Jewish holiday lasts seven or eight days each year and commemorates the exodus of ancient Israelites from slavery in Egypt, as recounted in the Bible.
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A 55-year-old woman is dead and her former partner is facing charges in what police say is Montreal’s 13th homicide of the year.Police were called Saturday evening to an apartment in the Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension borough, where they found the victim with fatal upper body wounds.Police spokesman Jean-Pierre Brabant said the suspect, a 71-year-old man, went to the police station to turn himself in.
May 19, 2024 - 12:19 | | The Globe and Mail
Trains will be skipping St-Laurent Station for "several" more days while engineers and work crews remove all of the station’s suspended concrete ceiling panels above the north and south platforms. Read More
May 19, 2024 - 12:16 | Aedan Helmer | Ottawa Citizen
Three people are dead and five others injured after a speed boat and a fishing boat collided Saturday night on Bobs Lake north of Kingston, Ont.Ontario Provincial Police say the crash occurred around 9:30 p.m. in the Bucks Bay area of the lake.They say two women, aged 21 and 22, and a 23-year-old man were pronounced dead at the scene.
May 19, 2024 - 12:16 | | The Globe and Mail
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