A massacre of more than 200 people in Haiti this month followed a gang-ordered manhunt that saw victims, many of them elderly, pulled from their homes and shot or killed with machetes, the UN said Monday. The victims were suspected of involvement in voodoo and accused by a gang leader of poisoning his child, with … Read more
Over 70 Palestinians were killed in a violent incident in Gaza City on Friday, with a Hamas official accusing Israeli authorities of orchestrating a “planned massacre,” as reported by Al Jazeera. Ismail al-Thawabta, Director-General of the Hamas Government Media Office, claimed that the Israeli military directed thousands of Palestinians in eastern Gaza City to move … Read more
Despite growing international condemnation and warnings of potential humanitarian catastrophe over the ‘tent massacre’, that led to killing of 45 Palestinians in a designated ‘safe zone’, Israel has continued its relentless bombardment in Rafah, a densely populated city in the war-torn Gaza Strip. According to the reporters, Israel escalated its shelling on Rafah throughout the night, … Read more
A misunderstood and mistreated killer whale. An investigation into the 1999 Columbine High School massacre and American gun culture at large. An inconvenient truth about the future of planet Earth in the face of devastating climate change. If you go by overwhelmingly successful films like Blackfish, Bowling for Columbine and An Inconvenient Truth, it might seem like documentaries are … Read more
The government of Canada did not see any evidence backing up Israel’s claim that staff employed by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) colluded with Hamas before suspending funding to the agency, CBC News has learned. Government sources tell CBC that Israel still has not shared evidence with Canada to substantiate its claim that 12 employees of … Read more
The October 7 massacre, in which Hamas, the proscribed terrorist organisation that has governed the Gaza Strip since 2007, killed and kidnapped more than 1,400 Israelis, dominated news outlets last year. But as Israel continues its bombardment of the besieged enclave, sieging Khan Younis and vowing to move towards Rafah, Israeli women are feeling forgotten … Read more
The memo sent to staff in the Prime Minister’s Office to announce the hiring of Max Valiquette as the government’s new executive director of communications said the former marketing executive would be focused on, among other things, “aligning the entire team under a clear narrative.” In politics, a clear narrative isn’t everything, but it’s a … Read more
The Trudeau government still won’t say if it’s considering imposing sanctions on violent Israeli settlers in the wake of travel bans announced by both the U.S. and the United Kingdom in recent days. The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said last week that he will recommend EU sanctions as well. Canada, like its American, British … Read more
