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Bangkok: Saudi teenager Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, who has claimed that she has escaped from her family the Middle-east nation, on Tuesday sought asylum in Canada. more
Over 1,200 Canadian children abused by school staff in 20 years: Study

Toronto: The Canadian Centre for Child Protection (Canadian Centre) has released the most comprehensive study of child sexual abuse by school personnel ever done in Canada.

Canada: Mayor says Toronto Pride Month should focus on Inclusivity for the LGBTQ community

Toronto: Declaring the Toronto Pride Month open on Friday, Mayor John Tory said that while holding the event is an achievement in itself but the way ahead is not free of hurdles yet.  ...

Quebec set to do away with face veil, triggers row

Montreal, Oct 17 (JEN): Following a decade long debate, Quebec is set to ban the burqa or face veil, thereby triggering protests from Islam sympathisers.

Michael Garron Hospital aims to provide heart-touching experience for LGBTQ community

Toronto, Aug 29 (JEN): Michael Garron Hospital, earlier known as Toronto East General Hospital, developed an environment to provide a heart-touching experience for people belonging to the LG ...

Canada: Availability of burial ground draws Muslims and non Muslims into debate in Quebec

Montreal, Jul 19 (JEN): Recuperating from the fatal mass shooting in January, which killed six worshippers at the Quebec City Grand Mosque, the Muslim community in Saint-Apollinaire, the sec ...

Filmmaker Sridhar Rangayan to be a Grand Marshal at Montreal Pride 2016

Mumbai, Aug 2 (Just earth news): In an honour for the Indian LGBT community, filmmaker Sridhar Rangayan, who earlier this year co-won the National Film Award for Best Editing, will be the ...

UN condemns Canada’s deportation of Jamaican man with mental disability

New York, May 22 (JEN): After examining the case, a United Nations Committee has found that Canada’s deportation of a Jamaican man with a mental disability who had spent much of his life i ...