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Racist graffiti spray-painted on Parkdale United Church, Ott...
New graffiti follows 3 incidents of anti-Semitic graffiti earlier this week A mosque and a church with a black pastor are the fourth and fifth buildin...
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Ottawa protesters accuse Ethiopian regime of repression agai...
Parliament Hill, 23 September. Ethiopians in Ottawa speak out loud by Eshete Mesganaw Today in a massive turnout Canadians of Ethiopian Heritage raise...
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Solomon Odekunle – Nigerian community in Ottawa mourns...
Sunday, November 13, 2016 RCCG pastor’s son stabbed to death in east end bar Solomon Odekunle At about 2.00 a.m. on Sunday, November 6, 21-year-...
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Report: Ottawa police stopping Middle Eastern, black drivers...
York University researchers reviewed data from 81,902 traffic stops involving Ottawa residents. Ontario Human Rights Commission: Report by Ottawa Poli...
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‘Justice for Abdi’ conference focuses on racism ...
Algonquin elder calls for police force to ‘get rid’ of racist officers By Chloé Fedio, CBC News Posted: Oct 02, 2016 More than 100 people ...
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Hintonburg residents remember Abdirahman Abdi
Sunday, October 16, 2016 Hintonburg residents gathered in Somerset Square on Sunday to remember Abdirahman Abdi. The Somali-Canadian man died three m...
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Melenna Awaju: #BlackLivesMatter: Why the Controversy?
#BlackLivesMatter: Why the Controversy? It’s a shame that the U.S. Government’s FBI failed to document all killings of citizens a...
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Sulaimon Giwa: Policing, anti-Black racism, and the politics...
by Sulaimon Giwa In the aftermath of Abdirahman Abdi’s death at the hands of White members of the Ottawa Police Service (OPS), a new narrative is begi...
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“Justice for Abdirahman” coalition calls for sig...
Photo source: www.justiceforabulrahman.ca August 4, 2016 In the wake of the much publicized death of Abdirahman Abdi following an encounter with the...
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Kika Otiono: This Needs to End: The Endless, Emotional Toll ...
by Kika Otiono Within my heart, a hurricane emerges. It is violent—it crashes against my ribs, steals my breath, and floods my lungs in its rage. I am...