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• Community groups want review after student arrested at Ottawa dress code protest May 18, 2022 12:19 am CTV News Ottawa The arrest of a student at last week’s dress code blitz protest outside an Orléans high school has five community groups demanding answers. “What we’re calling for is an independent, human-rights based review of the Ottawa Police Service, the Ottawa Police …
• Peter Sloly takes the hit for loss of public trust in Ottawa police February 16, 2022 5:43 am CBC/Radio-Canada As darkness fell in the late afternoon last Wednesday, dozens of armed officers gathered in the lobby of the Marriott Hotel at Coventry Road. Outside, two long charter buses stood idling, presumably there to transport any protesters who didn't leave …
• Ottawa's police chief says the response to the protest has been a success. Not everyone agrees February 2, 2022 9:45 am CBC/Radio-Canada Ottawa's police chief says his force's response to the convoy protest has been a "success," but some critics say he's ignoring multiple reports of harassment, vandalism and assault that have plagued the capital's downtown core …
• Britain, Canada Flex Hard-Power Muscles in Showdown With Russia January 26, 2022 1:18 pm Foreign Policy As the threat of a full-fledged Russian invasion of Ukraine looms, NATO allies are scrambling to ramp up their military presence along the alliance’s eastern flank, and they are warning Russia of severe economic and diplomatic consequences if its forces …
• Online events w) Isabel Allende, Kali Akuno, Selma James, Naomi Klein, Vandana Shiva, etc. January 25, 2022 10:12 pm Indybay - California Upcoming Online Events: Mon, 1/24, 11 am -- Climate Anxieties -- Together with Sarah Ray, we explore tools to navigate and cope with climate anxieties -- A recently released survey published in Nature found that 60% of respondents “felt ‘very worried’ …