Day: May 4, 2024

ICYMI: Quebec’s premier has spoken out against a protest encampment at Montreal’s McGill University, saying it should be dismantled

Quebec’s premier has said a protest encampment at Montreal’s McGill University should be dismantled, as more students erected pro-Palestinian camps across some of Canada’s largest universities demanding they divest from groups with ties to Israel.

“We want the camp to be dismantled. We trust the police, let them do their job,” a spokesperson for Francois Legault said. Continue reading…
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Prime minister said there were ‘credible allegations’ that India was behind killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar

Canadian police have charged three members of an alleged hit team for their role in the assassination of the Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, the first arrests in a high-profile killing that officials believe was masterminded by India.

The arrests come nearly a year after the prominent activist was killed in the parking lot of the Guru Nanak Sikh gurdwara on the evening of 18 June in the city of Surrey, British Columbia. In what investigators previously described as a carefully orchestrated operation, two assailants fired about 50 bullets at Nijjar and escaped the area in a grey car. Continue reading…
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