B.C. Supreme Court denies petition to stop BDS vote at UBC
The B.C. Supreme Court has rejected a petition to stop the University of British Columbia’s student government from holding a referendum on BDS.
Vancouver JCC receives emailed bomb threat
The Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver was among four North American JCCs that received emailed bomb threats after a wave of threats targeted 16 other Jewish institutions on March 7, including buildings in Toronto and London, Ont.
B.C. court rejects appeal of man who said Jews should be sterilized
The British Columbia Supreme Court rejected the appeal of Arthur Topham, a Quesnel, B.C., man convicted of promoting hatred against Jewish people in November 2015.
B.C. school rescinds ban against Israeli students
Under the glare of international publicity and pressure from three Canadian Jewish groups, a private B.C. construction school rescinded a policy it instituted in response to a recent UN resolution that barred an Israeli student because of his nationality.
Vancouver Jews rally to help Syrian refugees
Fundraising efforts are well underway to bring refugee families to British Columbia in early 2016
Kamloops JCC organizes activities for community
Seven years ago, about 50 local Jewish families joined together to form the Jewish Community Centre of Kamloops
‘Rabidly anti-Semitic’ B.C. man convicted of hate crime
Arthur Topham, a Quesnel, B.C.-based publisher and editor of Radical Press, found guilty of using his website to promote hatred against Jewish people
