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A report about a conference in Toronto on Sikh terrorism was posted in May on the website of a now defunct Canadian-based think tank.The problem? There’s no evidence the Star could find that the conference took place or that the listed speakers even exist. But multiple Indian news outlets ...

What propels newcomers to Canada’s borders? How can we manage the humanitarian challenges and tap into the promise of new arrivals? The Star series Crossroads looks at the changing landscape facing migrants, law enforcement and policymakers. Second of three parts. Mohammad Azimi was wading through the water to get ...

Two decades after Dalton McGuinty led the Ontario Liberals to power and launched a 15-year dynasty, the Grits are in the pits.The Liberals have badly lost consecutive elections to Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives, failing twice to win even enough seats for official party status in the legislature.A recent ...

The tip was like an answer to their prayers so it was fitting, perhaps, that they heard it through their church.Byung Hun Kim and Dong Sook Youk moved to Canada in 2009 with hopes of opening a small business and after two years of searching, a friend from their ...

VANCOUVER—At the South Vancouver Neighbourhood House, Indigenous Elders Al Houston and Travis Angus are taking centre stage.The pair walk into the full meeting room and smudge it, with the ritual burning of sacred plants.“If we’re going to listen to one another, we’re going to be able to keep going ...

They didn’t stand a chance.Sean Petrie left a trail of three deaths, multiple serious injuries and several terrorized witnesses in his wake as he drove from Mississauga to Milton to Hamilton where he was shot dead in an “exchange of gunfire” with police.Why the 40-year-old gunman went on his ...

Rage, hate and harassment are everywhere in the public square. The Star is looking at the causes and costs, and what can be done to stop it. The Taliban in Pakistan wanted Saba Eitizaz dead. It was 2014, and the militants had issued an edict that Eitizaz and fellow ...

For four years straight, Dr. Makini McGuire-Brown has applied to get one of the limited residency spots in Canada for internationally-trained doctors.And each year, the Toronto resident has been turned down, a refusal which means she can’t get the Canadian clinical experience she needs to get licensed in Ontario.“It’s ...

As the nine-year-old boy was shoved and pushed by the sea of desperate people behind him, his head kept turning, looking back for his parents and two younger brothers as they fell further and further behind him.When Hadisullhaq Afghanfar finally got past the front gate of the Kabul airport ...

In January 2020, Ejaz Butt was preparing to throw a spanner in the works of one of the world’s biggest tech companies. A long-time labour activist in his native Pakistan, Butt was now a GTA-based driver for Uber Black’s luxury ride-sharing service and a key part of a new ...