Tag: Ottawa
Hundreds decry violence against Rohingya Muslims at Ottawa protest
Hundreds of people showed their solidarity with Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution in Myanmar at a noisy protest outside the country’s Ottawa embassy Sunday afternoon. Source: Hundreds decry violence against Rohingya Muslims at […]
Ottawa police say reported incidents of hate on the rise
Ottawa police confirm the number of hate-related reports has grown from 79 in 2015 to 109 in 2016. To date this year, the number has reached 56.”Just because our reporting […]
Man charged after windows smashed at Ottawa mosque, Islam Care Centre
Ottawa police say a 27-year-old man was charged with mischief after a mosque and Islam Care Centre were vandalized earlier this week. At least one window was smashed at the Islam […]
OC Transpo investigating video of Islamophobic tirade on bus
OC Transpo is investigating after a video surfaced online showing a man screaming insults directed at Muslim passengers on one of its buses.The racist tirade, captured on a cellphone by a Muslim high […]
Ottawa’s Somali community pleased after officer charged in Abdirahman Abdi’s death
People who have been calling for greater transparency from Ottawa Police in the wake of the death of a Somali-Canadian man last July say they welcome the news that an officer involved […]
Syrian refugee families learn ice fishing on Ottawa River
Abdallah Alfayhin, his wife Wafaa and their four young children zipped up their snowsuits to head out onto the Ottawa River Sunday, ice fishing gear in hand.The Alfayhins were among some 50 […]
Public outpouring of support ‘very powerful’: imam
Many at the Kanata meeting, including Lila Hammouda, expressed shock that the attack happened in Canada. She said it felt as if the shooting occurred in her neighbourhood and not […]
Members of the Somali community want Ottawa police to acknowledge racism
Members of the Somali community will be meeting with the Ottawa Police Services Board Monday afternoon to discuss how they can begin to build a more trusting relationship. The death of […]
University of Ottawa student uses holidays to deliver aid to Yemeni refugee camp
“We only had a short period of time to do this,” said Ahmed during an interview just before leaving Ottawa.”It just shows how the Ottawa community has such a big […]
Ottawa’s Turkish community worries nightclub attack new normal
A gunman killed a policeman and another man outside the Reina club in the early hours of 2017 before entering and firing an automatic rifle at an estimated 600 people […]
Abdirahman Abdi’s death raised questions about how police deal with race and mental health
Early in the year, many people in Ottawa watched violent cellphone videos of fatal encounters with police assuming they happened far from home. In July that idea was shattered as […]
Our bond was one of faith and friendship
Almost 1,500 people braved the cold to attend the funeral at a west-end Ottawa mosque. I saw one man trudging through the snow, a toddler in his arms, as he […]
Ottawa Muslim community grieving after sisters killed
Ottawa’s Muslim community is struggling to come to grips with an alleged family tragedy that resulted in the deaths of two devout sisters. Source: Ottawa Muslim community grieving after sisters […]
Friend identifies double homicide victims as Somali-Canadian sisters
“They were the definition of good citizens,” said a friend of the two women killed Friday night in the city’s south end. Source: Friend identifies double homicide victims as Somali-Canadian […]
Syrian children find comfort in numbers at Ottawa elementary school
About 40 boys named Mohammad — or a variation of that spelling — now attend classes at the Gloucester school. Most are recent Syrian refugees. In fact, of a total school population of 288, 110 of […]
‘We’ll get there one tea at a time’: Ottawa startup hires Syrian refugees
SuraiTea, founded by former University of Ottawa student Kevin Smiley, launched online in last March. Since then the company has sold $17,000 worth of product and provided 380 working hours […]
Ottawa police search for solutions to end racial profiling
Younis Mohamed rallied his friends to join him Thursday night for a rare opportunity to have a say in how police interact with Ottawa’s ethnic and racial minority communities. “Because if […]
Ottawa students bring the refugee crisis a little closer to home
For the typical teenager, the Syrian refugee crisis probably seems a world away.That may well apply to the typical adult, for that matter.But for a group of students at Cairine Wilson […]
It takes a village to combat hatred – here’s how to do it
It isn’t just president-elect Donald Trump who has thrown poison into the melting pot. Here in Canada, we have politicians tearing at the mosaic many Canadians have long prided themselves on […]
Police allege Ottawa teen in racist graffiti probe had knife, BB gun
The 17-year-old boy Ottawa police caught after a spate of hate-filled graffiti attacks on places of worship and other buildings last week had a knife and a BB handgun on […]
Interfaith rally to oppose religious, racial hatred shows ‘the real Ottawa’
The synagogue was one of several religious institutions targeted by racist and anti-Semitic graffiti this past week.The interfaith group, who were gathered at the packed house to show solitary in […]
Racist graffiti spray-painted on Parkdale United Church, Ottawa Muslim Association
A mosque and a church with a black pastor are the fourth and fifth buildings to be spray-painted with racist graffiti in Ottawa this week, and police are investigating the […]
Check Out This Saturday’s Fundraiser for Ottawa’s Only Halal Food Bank
We interviewed the current chair of Sadaqa Food Bank, Mumtaz Akhtar, about how Ottawa’s only halal food bank is managing with increasing demand. Source: Check Out This Saturday’s Fundraiser for […]
Ottawa Hijab Solidarity Day and the Impact of Islamophobia on Muslim Women
There was a small demonstration at the same time against the event outside of City Hall, with protest organizers claiming that hijab symbolized the oppression of women and a supremacist […]
Saudi Arabia thanks Canada for helping Syrian refugees. But how much is it doing?
Saudi Ambassador to Canada Naif Bin Bandir Al-Sudairy invited Global News to the event at the Saudi Arabian embassy in Ottawa, following the announcement of a $31,000 donation by the […]