Hate crimes

Deborah Lyons attends a press conference, at the European headquarters of the United Nations (UN) in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. Canada’s special envoy for combatting anti-Semitism says she’s “very interested” in exploring the idea of seeing someone’s religion removed as a possible defense in the Criminal Code against hate speech charges. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Valentin Flauraud/Keystone via AP

Removing religion as hate speech defence worth exploring: anti-Semitism envoy

Bloc Québécois also looking to eliminate that section from Criminal Code

 

Vancouver police arrested a 44-year-old woman on April 29, 2024, on allegations of hate crimes relating to a speech she gave at a rally in Vancouver. Video of the rally shows a woman praising the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Police arrest B.C. protester who called Hamas attack ‘heroic and brave”

Vancouver police investigating 44-year-old woman on possible hate crime charges

 

A Vancouver Police Department patch is seen on an officer’s uniform in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver on January 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Hate crime charges laid against B.C. man after Israeli hostage poster defaced

Poster vandalized with anti-Semitic words and images, Vancouver police say

 

Justice Minister Arif Virani holds a press conference on the new online harms bill on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, Feb. 26, 2024. Government officials say online hate speech would have to portray a group as “inherently violent” or “unhuman” to meet the threshold to be probed by a human-rights tribunal under a newly proposed law. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Online harms tribunal only aimed at ‘extreme’ forms of hate speech: Liberals

Civil liberties groups and legal experts concerned about law’s potential chill on free speech

Justice Minister Arif Virani holds a press conference on the new online harms bill on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, Feb. 26, 2024. Government officials say online hate speech would have to portray a group as “inherently violent” or “unhuman” to meet the threshold to be probed by a human-rights tribunal under a newly proposed law. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Arif Virani rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. Virani says allowing a judge to to restrict an individual’s movement based on fears of potentially committing a hate crime would only happen after a series of steps. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Virani says new measures meant to help prevent hate crimes will come with safeguards

Bill C-63 aims to compel social media companies to outline how they plan to reduce the risks

Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Arif Virani rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. Virani says allowing a judge to to restrict an individual’s movement based on fears of potentially committing a hate crime would only happen after a series of steps. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
FILE—B.C. Attorney General Niki Sharma pauses while responding to questions outside B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver on Monday November 27, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. Prosecution Service introduces ‘hate propaganda’ into crime definitions

Other definitions updated to include things related to conversion therapy, anti-Semitism

FILE—B.C. Attorney General Niki Sharma pauses while responding to questions outside B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver on Monday November 27, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A Vancouver Police Department patch is seen on an officer’s uniform in Vancouver, on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Middle East war fuelling hate crimes, protests, Vancouver police costs

More incidents of anti-Muslim or anti-semitism, more protests needing monitoring

A Vancouver Police Department patch is seen on an officer’s uniform in Vancouver, on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Ottawa police say a 39-year-old British Columbian man has been charged after a hate-crime investigation into an anti-Semitic threatening phone call to a health-care worker. A close-up of an Ottawa Police officer’s badge is seen on Thursday, April 28, 2022 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

B.C. man charged after harassing Ottawa health-care worker

Investigation by hate-crime unit began after anti-Semitic, misogynistic phone call

Ottawa police say a 39-year-old British Columbian man has been charged after a hate-crime investigation into an anti-Semitic threatening phone call to a health-care worker. A close-up of an Ottawa Police officer’s badge is seen on Thursday, April 28, 2022 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Justice Minister Arif Virani says legislation is coming soon to try and tackle online hate. Virani holds a press conference at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Feds say online hate laws coming, timeline uncertain

Canada’s Justice Minister Arif Virani says online harms bill ‘an absolute priority’

Justice Minister Arif Virani says legislation is coming soon to try and tackle online hate. Virani holds a press conference at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
June Francis, chair of the provincial anti-racism data committee, Wednesday welcomed new measures designed to combat hate-crimes in B.C. (Screencap)

B.C. to help victims of hate-crimes with $2.4 million: Premier Eby

Groups can apply for funding Nov. 28 and hotline to be in place in spring 2024, if not sooner

June Francis, chair of the provincial anti-racism data committee, Wednesday welcomed new measures designed to combat hate-crimes in B.C. (Screencap)
B.C. Human Rights Commissioner Kasari Govender speaks in Vancouver, on March 7, 2023. On Nov. 6, 2023 she released a statement calling on the province to take action on hate, amid a rise in anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Action needed to combat rising anti-Semitism, Islamophobia in B.C.: advocate

Human Rights Commissioner says anti-hate recommendations she made 1 year ago have yet to be enacted

B.C. Human Rights Commissioner Kasari Govender speaks in Vancouver, on March 7, 2023. On Nov. 6, 2023 she released a statement calling on the province to take action on hate, amid a rise in anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Members of the Waterloo Regional Police investigate a stabbing at the University of Waterloo, in Waterloo, Ont., Wednesday, June 28, 2023. Waterloo Regional Police said three victims were stabbed inside the university’s Hagey Hall, with one person taken into custody. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nick Iwanyshyn

Triple stabbing at University of Waterloo was hate-motivated, police say

24-year-old former student charged in attack during gender studies class

Members of the Waterloo Regional Police investigate a stabbing at the University of Waterloo, in Waterloo, Ont., Wednesday, June 28, 2023. Waterloo Regional Police said three victims were stabbed inside the university’s Hagey Hall, with one person taken into custody. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nick Iwanyshyn
Pride flags decorate a fence at the Stonewall National Monument with U.S. Park police present, Tuesday June 13, 2023, in New York. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Bebeto Matthews

Rising hate casts pall over Pride, spotlights need for protest along with celebration

Hate crime reports tied to transgender and sexual orientation are rising in Canada

Pride flags decorate a fence at the Stonewall National Monument with U.S. Park police present, Tuesday June 13, 2023, in New York. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Bebeto Matthews
Hope RCMP are looking into a serious spate of alleged hate crimes in Hope, just days into the community’s first Pride festival. (Kemone Moodley/Hope Standard/Megan te Boekhorst)

PHOTOS: Pride flag set on fire during night of alleged hate crime in Hope

Hope RCMP extend support to local LGBTQIA2S community following rash of crime

Hope RCMP are looking into a serious spate of alleged hate crimes in Hope, just days into the community’s first Pride festival. (Kemone Moodley/Hope Standard/Megan te Boekhorst)
Kasari Govender, B.C. Human Rights commissioner, speaks after releasing the final report on her inquiry into hate during the COVID-19 pandemic, in Vancouver, on Tuesday, March 7, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

BC Human Rights Commissioner talks battling hate during Okanagan visit

The Commissioner sat down for a one-on-one interview with Black Press

Kasari Govender, B.C. Human Rights commissioner, speaks after releasing the final report on her inquiry into hate during the COVID-19 pandemic, in Vancouver, on Tuesday, March 7, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A 38-year-old Vancouver man was playing cards and drinking coffee with a group of friends inside a cafe near West 4th Avenue and Alma Street at around 10:45 p.m. on Feb. 26, 2023. (Vancouver police handout)

Police look for suspect in hate crime against Arabic-speaking man in Vancouver

A white woman can be seen spitting on a group of men playing cards in surveillance video

A 38-year-old Vancouver man was playing cards and drinking coffee with a group of friends inside a cafe near West 4th Avenue and Alma Street at around 10:45 p.m. on Feb. 26, 2023. (Vancouver police handout)
It took Langley City artist Judy Pohl about three hours to completely eradicate anti-Semitic slurs and a swastika from the mural she painted on the Langley Baseball clubhouse and concession in City Park. She finished painting over the graffiti Wednesday afternoon, March 29. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)

VIDEO: Artist eradicates anti-Semitic graffiti from mural at Langley Baseball clubhouse

Judy Pohl called the incident “horrible’

It took Langley City artist Judy Pohl about three hours to completely eradicate anti-Semitic slurs and a swastika from the mural she painted on the Langley Baseball clubhouse and concession in City Park. She finished painting over the graffiti Wednesday afternoon, March 29. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)
Graffiti declaring “Hitler rules” along with anti-Jewish comments was spray-painted on the exterior of the Langley Baseball clubhouse and concession in Langley City sometime between Saturday night, March 25 and Sunday morning, March 26. Dan McLaren, senior vice president of the Little League club, called it “deplorable.” (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)

VIDEO: Anti-Semitic graffiti spray-painted on donated mural at Langley Baseball clubhouse

‘It’s a hate crime’

Graffiti declaring “Hitler rules” along with anti-Jewish comments was spray-painted on the exterior of the Langley Baseball clubhouse and concession in Langley City sometime between Saturday night, March 25 and Sunday morning, March 26. Dan McLaren, senior vice president of the Little League club, called it “deplorable.” (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)
Statistics Canada building and signs are pictured in Ottawa on Wednesday, July 3, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Police-reported hate crimes rise again, as pandemic worsens discrimination: StatCan

Reports up by 27 per cent in 2021, after a 35 per cent increase in 2020

Statistics Canada building and signs are pictured in Ottawa on Wednesday, July 3, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Gagandeep Singh, 21, surrounded by friends after being attacked at a bus stop in Kelowna in March 2023. (GoFundMe)

‘Above and beyond’: International student assaulted in Kelowna thanks Canadians for support

The fundraiser for Gagandeep Singh surpassed $22,000

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Gagandeep Singh, 21, surrounded by friends after being attacked at a bus stop in Kelowna in March 2023. (GoFundMe)