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Pro-Palestinian protesters have set up camp at a second university in British Columbia, days after the first one was erected at a Vancouver campus. People take over a field with tents during a student encampment for Palestine at the University of British Columbia campus in Vancouver, B.C., Monday, April. 29, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Trio of B.C. camps join growing wave of pro-Palestine university protests

Camps set up at UBC, UVic and VIU demanding change in relationship with Israel

Pro-Palestinian protesters have set up camp at a second university in British Columbia, days after the first one was erected at a Vancouver campus. People take over a field with tents during a student encampment for Palestine at the University of British Columbia campus in Vancouver, B.C., Monday, April. 29, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
A student encampment for Pro-Palestinian protesters is shown at the University of British Columbia campus in Vancouver on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chuck Chiang

UBC Gaza encampment protesters digging in for the long haul

Pro-Palestinian protesters camp was grown to about 30 tents

A student encampment for Pro-Palestinian protesters is shown at the University of British Columbia campus in Vancouver on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chuck Chiang
Pro-Palestinian activists are seen in their encampment set up on McGill University’s campus in Montreal, Monday, April 29, 2024. The university says it will make efforts to de-escalate before asking for police help with a camp that’s been set up on campus by pro-Palestinian activists. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi

Police ponder move after McGill asks for help with pro-Palestinian encampment

Activists at Montreal university have said they have no intention of dismantling their tents soon

Pro-Palestinian activists are seen in their encampment set up on McGill University’s campus in Montreal, Monday, April 29, 2024. The university says it will make efforts to de-escalate before asking for police help with a camp that’s been set up on campus by pro-Palestinian activists. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
The UBC sign is pictured at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver on April 23, 2019. The president of the University of British Columbia says the emergence of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 means classes are going back online at both its Vancouver and Okanagan campuses.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

UBC protest camp begins, as Eby deplores ‘most hateful’ Hamas-praising speech

‘Long live Oct. 7’ chant in Vancouver calls Hamas attack on Israel ‘heroic and brave’

The UBC sign is pictured at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver on April 23, 2019. The president of the University of British Columbia says the emergence of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 means classes are going back online at both its Vancouver and Okanagan campuses.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
The World Central Kitchen plans to resume operations in the Gaza Strip Monday, four weeks after Israeli airstrikes killed seven of its aid workers, including one Canadian. Palestinians inspect a vehicle with the logo of the World Central Kitchen wrecked by an Israeli airstrike in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, April 2, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Ismael Abu Dayyah

World Central Kitchen resumes Gaza aid in wake of fatal airstrikes

Orgainzation has suspended food delivery after 7 workers killed during Israeli attack

The World Central Kitchen plans to resume operations in the Gaza Strip Monday, four weeks after Israeli airstrikes killed seven of its aid workers, including one Canadian. Palestinians inspect a vehicle with the logo of the World Central Kitchen wrecked by an Israeli airstrike in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, April 2, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Ismael Abu Dayyah
Pro-Palestinian student activists in Montreal have set up camp on the grounds of McGill University, following a wave of similar protests on campuses across the United States. Pro-Palestinian demonstrators at an encampment at McGill University in Montreal, Saturday, April 27, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

Pro-Palestinian encampment grows at Montreal’s McGill university

More than 2 dozen tents were set up as of Sunday afternoon

Pro-Palestinian student activists in Montreal have set up camp on the grounds of McGill University, following a wave of similar protests on campuses across the United States. Pro-Palestinian demonstrators at an encampment at McGill University in Montreal, Saturday, April 27, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
People protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and call for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, April 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Biden and Netanyahu speak as pressure grows on Israel over cease-fire talks

Meeting comes as Israel plans to invade Rafah, where over 1 million Palestinians are sheltered

People protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and call for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, April 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Palestinians inspect the damaged buildings in the West Bank refugee camp of Nur Shams, Tulkarem, Sunday, April 21, 2024. The Palestinian Red Crescent rescue service meanwhile said it has recovered more than a dozen of bodies from an Israeli raid in the Nur Shams urban refugee camp in the West Bank that began late Thursday. Those killed include three militants from the Islamic Jihad group and a 15-year-old boy. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Israeli strikes on southern Gaza city kill 22, mostly children

‘We will land more and painful blows on Hamas – soon,’ Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said

Palestinians inspect the damaged buildings in the West Bank refugee camp of Nur Shams, Tulkarem, Sunday, April 21, 2024. The Palestinian Red Crescent rescue service meanwhile said it has recovered more than a dozen of bodies from an Israeli raid in the Nur Shams urban refugee camp in the West Bank that began late Thursday. Those killed include three militants from the Islamic Jihad group and a 15-year-old boy. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
Gantry cranes used to load and unload cargo containers from ships sit idle at Global Container Terminals at Deltaport, in Delta, B.C., Friday, July 7, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Pro-Palestine protests broken up after disrupting B.C. port

Greater Vancouver’s Deltaport facility operations affected for hours due to blockade

Gantry cranes used to load and unload cargo containers from ships sit idle at Global Container Terminals at Deltaport, in Delta, B.C., Friday, July 7, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Jacob Flickinger is shown in an undated handout photo.The mother of Flickinger, a Canadian army veteran killed during an attack on humanitarian workers in the Gaza Strip, is rejecting Israel's explanation for what happened.THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO — World Central Kitchen **MANDATORY CREDIT**

Aid worker’s mom rejects Israel’s explanation in wake of deadly airstrike

About 200 aid workers have been killed in Gaza since October

Jacob Flickinger is shown in an undated handout photo.The mother of Flickinger, a Canadian army veteran killed during an attack on humanitarian workers in the Gaza Strip, is rejecting Israel's explanation for what happened.THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO — World Central Kitchen **MANDATORY CREDIT**
World Central Kitchen is asking Canada to back its demand for an independent investigation into the Israeli airstrikes that killed seven aid workers earlier this week. Canadian army veteran Jacob Flickinger, shown in a handout photo, was among those killed along with a Palestinian driver and citizens of Australia, Poland, and the United Kingdom. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - World Central Kitchen **MANDATORY CREDIT**

Airstrikes on aid workers don’t ‘just happen’: Trudeau rebukes Netanyahu

Canadian Jacob Flickinger among 7 killed while delivering food aid for World Central Kitchen

World Central Kitchen is asking Canada to back its demand for an independent investigation into the Israeli airstrikes that killed seven aid workers earlier this week. Canadian army veteran Jacob Flickinger, shown in a handout photo, was among those killed along with a Palestinian driver and citizens of Australia, Poland, and the United Kingdom. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - World Central Kitchen **MANDATORY CREDIT**
The founder of the global relief charity whose workers were killed by Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Monday is pleading with Israel to start the “long journey to peace.”Palestinians inspect a vehicle with the logo of the World Central Kitchen wrecked by an Israeli airstrike in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, April 2, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Ismael Abu Dayyah

Military vet with young son identified as Canadian killed in Gaza airstrike

Jacob Flickinger 1 of 7 aid workers killed in a convoy of World Central Kitchen vehicles

The founder of the global relief charity whose workers were killed by Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Monday is pleading with Israel to start the “long journey to peace.”Palestinians inspect a vehicle with the logo of the World Central Kitchen wrecked by an Israeli airstrike in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, April 2, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Ismael Abu Dayyah
Palestinians carry the body of a World Central Kitchen worker at Al Aqsa hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, April 2, 2024. A Canadian-American citizen is among the seven aid workers who were killed by an apparent Israeli airstrike in Gaza.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Abdel Kareem Hana

Trudeau demands investigation after Israeli air strike kills aid workers

Canadian-American dual citizen Jacob Flickinger among 7 killed while delivering food to Gaza strip

Palestinians carry the body of a World Central Kitchen worker at Al Aqsa hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, April 2, 2024. A Canadian-American citizen is among the seven aid workers who were killed by an apparent Israeli airstrike in Gaza.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Abdel Kareem Hana
People inspect the site where World Central Kitchen workers were killed in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, April 2, 2024. World Central Kitchen, an aid group, says an Israeli strike that hit its workers in Gaza killed at least seven people, including several foreigners. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Canadian citizen among 7 Gaza aid workers killed in Israeli air strike

The World Central Kitchen workers in the process of delivering food when they were struck

People inspect the site where World Central Kitchen workers were killed in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, April 2, 2024. World Central Kitchen, an aid group, says an Israeli strike that hit its workers in Gaza killed at least seven people, including several foreigners. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Pierre Poilievre rises during question period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. A spokesman for a regional Muslim advocacy group says the Conservative leader’s stance on the Israel-Hamas war could complicate his party’s relationship with Muslim Canadians. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby

Muslims watching Poilievre’s stance on Israel-Hamas war closely

Conservative leader reluctant to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza

Pierre Poilievre rises during question period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. A spokesman for a regional Muslim advocacy group says the Conservative leader’s stance on the Israel-Hamas war could complicate his party’s relationship with Muslim Canadians. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
Parachutes drop supplies into the northern Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Sunday, March 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

UN demands Gaza ceasefire for Ramadan, first such call since conflict began

U.S. abstained on resolution, which also demanded hostage release

Parachutes drop supplies into the northern Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Sunday, March 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
Palestinians inspect the damage of residential buildings after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, March 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Palestinians describe bodies and ambulances crushed in Israeli raid on hospital

Israel claims Hamas running command centre under Shifa hospital

Palestinians inspect the damage of residential buildings after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, March 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. Members of Parliament are set to vote today on a motion from the New Democrats calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government to “officially recognize the State of Palestine.” THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Softened motion to pursue Palestinian state passes after Ottawa debate

MPs discussed non-binding but highly symbolic motion for hours

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. Members of Parliament are set to vote today on a motion from the New Democrats calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government to “officially recognize the State of Palestine.” THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. Members of Parliament are set to vote today on a motion from the New Democrats calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government to “officially recognize the State of Palestine.” THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

NDP push to ‘recognize Palestine’ won’t shift Canada’s foreign policy: Joly

House debates NDP motion calling on the Liberals to recognize Palestinian statehood

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. Members of Parliament are set to vote today on a motion from the New Democrats calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government to “officially recognize the State of Palestine.” THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Kelowna protesters call for Scotiabank to divest from weapons manufacturer

Protesters at Kelowna Scotiabank on March 15

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