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Canada must do a better job of welcoming newcomers and never forget that diversity is the country's strength, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a crowd at his latest town-hall event in Quebec City on Thursday.

Former governor general Michaelle Jean is blasting U.S. President Donald Trump for reportedly using bluntly vulgar language to describe Haiti and countries in Africa.

"A good leader would never have fallen for such a ploy, but when an inexperienced leader wins by a small margin, and does not adequately consider other viewpoints, some wisdom and common sense are lost," said Beyak in a fiery statement released on Monday.

Opposition Leader Andrew Scheer says controversial Sen. Lynn Beyak has been removed from the Conservative Party caucus after refusing to remove a "racist" comment from her website.

Quebec City is bracing itself for the possibility of new confrontations between far right and left groups in a demonstration on Saturday.

On Wednesday, National Observer launched a new membership campaign to power its reporting on racism, Islamophobia and threats to human rights.

The appearance of discriminatory posters at the University of Victoria campus are stark reminders of the need to fight racism in its overt and subtle forms, British Columbia's attorney general told law students on Friday, Nov. 3, 2017.

Tami Thomas-Pinkney’s house in Port Arthur, Texas, was not damaged when Hurricane Harvey soaked the city with up to 28 inches of rain on August 29. But a month and a half after the storm, she is preparing to move. Across the street from her family’s home is a temporary dumpsite for storm debris, which she says is endangering her family’s health and making her home unlivable.

Jagmeet Singh approached the somewhat obscure Skyrocket, a boutique Vancouver branding agency co-founded by Mo Dhaliwal for help with his campaign.

In an interview with National Observer, NDP leadership hopeful Jagmeet Singh says the key to his success—so far—has been appealing to people's values, not party lines.

Former NHL player Georges Laraque says it is embarrassing that the Pittsburgh Penguins are willing to visit the White House.

Don't be fooled, writes Queen's University sociologist Cynthia Levine-Rasky. Extremists deploy the “freedom of speech” argument as a trick to recruit people and galvanize a mainstream audience.

The inclusion of the phrase Islamophobia in a hotly debated motion passed by the House of Commons last year was meant as an example of forms of racism, Iqra Khalid said.

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