Concordia wouldn’t let a student group hold an Israel-related event on campus, so it moved to Federation CJA’s building—where protesters blocked the entrances
Two men were arrested and charged with assault after a pro-Palestinian protest took place outside Montreal’s Federation CJA building during an event hosted by a Concordia University group on March 4. The event put on by StartUp Nation and Hillel featured Israelis Nir Yosef, Ori Itzhaki and Aby Volcovich who are on a Canada-wide tour […]
Police are investigating after a group of anti-Israel protesters targeted Toronto’s Mount Sinai Hospital
Monday night’s commotion was loudly condemned by politicians.
Toronto Police arrested a man two months after he was part of a pro-Palestinian protest on the Gardiner Expressway in November
It’s the second demonstration this week to lead to belated criminal charges.
Five weeks after a December protest inside the Toronto Eaton Centre, two men were charged with mischief and assaulting a police officer
Shocking demonstrations amidst holiday shopping crowds were focused on Zara.
The mayor of Montreal has been served with a legal notice alleging she has allowed hateful protests to continue unchecked
Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante has been served a legal letter citing her as responsible for the city’s failure to address hateful demonstrations and has become a place where “masked people spewing hate and violence” block streets and businesses. The letter demands the city develop an immediate action plan The letter, signed by lawyer Neil […]
Three people were charged at the Avenue Road bridge after Toronto’s police chief warned of arresting protesters
Toronto police arrested and charged three people on the Avenue Road bridge, on Saturday, days after the city’s police chief warned that demonstrators on the highway overpass could “expect to be arrested.” A man from Newmarket, Ont., was charged with mischief. A Toronto man and a man from Mississauga were each charged with obstructing a […]
Protesters on Toronto’s Avenue Road bridge, in the heart of the Jewish community, can expect to be arrested, says police chief Myron Demkiw
Protests will no longer be allowed on the Avenue Road overpass above Highway 401, Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw announced at a Police Services Board meeting on Jan. 11. The bridge is the main entrance to a predominantly Jewish neighbourhood and has been closed by police several times due to pro-Palestinian protests. Demkiw said […]
Toronto city councillors James Pasternak and Mike Colle visited the vandalized ‘IDF’ food store while urging other levels of government to help deal with ongoing protests
The pair want the fire to be prosecuted as a terrorist act.
A viral video prompts an apology from Toronto police—and highlights the ongoing tension between protesters and suburban residents
A Toronto police officer’s delivery of Tim Hortons to protesters on a Toronto highway overpass has brought worldwide attention to ongoing demonstrations that have been disrupting a suburban and predominantly Jewish neighbourhood. In a video taken Jan. 6 that has since gone viral, a Toronto police officer was filmed delivering a cardboard carafe and cups […]
Pro-Israel rallies calling for the release of hostages become more public—while hate crime incidents and arrests surge across Canada
A recap of demonstrations and installations, and the reaction to protests.
