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Don't whitewash police violence at Muskrat Falls

| October 19, 2016

Let's talk about language.

When photos surfaced of Rigolet resident Emily Wolfrey being physically lifted in the air by Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers and dragged off under arrest, some -- myself included -- referred to it as an "attack."

According to our editor Justin Brake, who was the only reporter at the scene, "After six arrests, 21-year old Emily Ann Wolfrey of Rigolet was violently arrested...Wolfrey was upset and yelling at a police officer, who then suddenly charged toward her. Wolfrey resisted and three other police officers moved in to help with the arrest at #muskratfalls blockade."

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Mad Room: Black artist lays bare struggle with depression, anxiety

Tangled Art Gallery in Toronto is opening its first-ever installation, featuring the work of local artist Gloria Swain and focusing on her experience as a Black woman in the mental health system.

The gallery is supported by Tangled Art + Disability which sponsors disability arts across the country. Tangled Art Gallery just opened in the spring this year and bills itself as the first in the country dedicated to showcasing disability arts.

The inaugural season launches September 22 with Artist in Residence Swain.

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BLM chapters rally on one-month anniversary of Abdirahman Abdi's death

The criminal justice and police oversight systems in Canada disproportionately criminalize communities of colour. So Black Lives Matter Toronto is saying: shut it down.

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The criminal justice and police oversight systems in Canada aren't malfunctioning. They were designed to disproportionately criminalize communities of colour. So Black Lives Matter Toronto is saying: shut it down.

On the one-month anniversary of police killing Abdirahman Abdi, a 37-year-old Somali-Canadian man, outside his Ottawa home, Black Lives Matter (BLM) chapters rallied in seven cities across Canada.

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CLC wants Canadian mayors to address use of lethal force and systemic racism in policing

July 29, 2016 |

Abdirahman Abdi died after witnesses say Ottawa police violently beat him on July 24. Now, the Canadian Labour Congress is backing community calls for a transparent investigation.

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Dear Kathleen Wynne, You're right, it's your job. It's your job to stop the cops, stop the violence, stop the discrimination.

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Think Canada's police now have enlightened views toward Pride? Think again.

Steven Maynard

| July 13, 2016

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The police have no place in the Pride parades of the nation. This is a hotly contested proposition ever since Black Lives Matter brought Toronto's Pride parade to a halt to draw attention to the racism within LGBTQ communities and to demand no more police presence in the parade.

Black Lives Matter and reconciliation as divestment: What's new in the news

Emily Blake

| July 8, 2016

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In 2015, police arrested 87 people, teargassed protestors and, punched Xavier Amodeo repeatedly while arresting him. Unsurprisingly, an internal police body decided against investigating the rough arrest and police actions.

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