It’s easy to forget that the storm consuming America over Charlottesville began when a democratically elected local council, after full public debate, voted to remove a Confederate monument.
Dozens of demonstrators gathered in downtown Toronto Monday morning to stand in solidarity with victims of the weekend violence in Virginia that killed one woman and injured 19 people.
When the U.S. president issues executive orders to ban people from Muslim-majority countries, it emboldens hateful actions by individuals across North America.
Public anger over the police killing of George Floyd is unearthing difficult questions in the United States, Canada and around the world about statues, monuments and other permanent tributes to historical figures whose legacies include oppression, racism and cruelty.