http://www.tolerance.ca/Rubrique.aspx?ID=79&L=en News in brief Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:15:07 -0500 2012 Tolerance.ca en-ca http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=129337&L=en The Pentagon will send a large floating base to the Middle East, The Washington Post said. The plan comes amid rising tensions with Iran, al Qaeda in Yemen and Somali pirates. Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 News in brief http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=126946&L=en RESTON, VA – comScore (NASDAQ : SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today reported holiday season retail e-commerce spending for the first 56 days of the November – December 2011 holiday season. Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 News in brief http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=124627&L=en [[video]]   Iranian students have stormed the UK embassy in Tehran, chanting "death to England" and bringing down the British flag. Students clashed with riot police as they climbed over the embassy's gate, rushed into the building and started throwing documents from the windows. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 News in brief http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=121099&L=en Muammar Gaddafi is dead, Libya's new leaders said, killed by fighters who overran his hometown on Thursday October 20, 2011. Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500 News in brief http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=120078&L=en Prices for commercial computers decreased by 0.5% from July 2011 to August 2011, while consumer computer prices declined by 0.6%. In the case of computer peripherals, monitor prices increased by 0.3% while printer prices decreased by 2.0%. Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500 News in brief http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=119291&L=en McGill law student Anthony Morgan witnessed a frosh event at the University of Montreal’s Hautes Études commerciales on Wednesday September 14, 2011, which made him uncomfortable and which he considers racist. Sun, 25 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500 News in brief http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=116143&L=en The first-ever U.S. credit downgrade is sparking a new round of political infighting over the country's continuing economic woes. The Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Republican John Boehner, blamed the downgrade on decades of reckless spending, accusing leading Democrats of refusing to make “tough choices.” Sat, 06 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500 News in brief http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=115199&L=en Nycole Turmel, MP for Hull-Aylmer, has just been unanimously selected by the New Democratic Party caucus to replace leader Jack Layton while he receives treatment for a new cancer. Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500 News in brief http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=114748&L=en Thousands have gathered at Oslo Cathedral to pay their respects to those who lost their lives in the attacks in Norway on Friday.   Sun, 24 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500 News in brief http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=112753&L=en This morning, June 23, 2011, the Court of Amsterdam has acquitted Geert Wilders of all charges. Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500 News in brief http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=100903&L=en The websites of the international credit card MasterCard and the Swedish prosecution authority are among the latest to be taken offline in the escalating technological battle over WikiLeaks, web censorship and perceived political pressure. In an attack referred to as Operation Payback, a group of online activists calling themselves Anonymous appear to have orchestrated a DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack on the financial site, bringing its service to a halt. Sun, 12 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500 News in brief http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=100904&L=en Israel was struck by disaster last week: A forest fire blazed out of control outside of Haifa. More than 40 were killed. Israel's firefighters didn't have the manpower or the equipment to put out the blaze. Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500 News in brief http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=100318&L=en The Quebec Government subsidizes a controversial Montreal Muslim school to the tune of $555,500 annually - this to a school that claims to be associated with the Muslim Brotherhood ideology. Sat, 27 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0500 News in brief http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=99557&L=en Aung San Suu Kyi's release from house arrest in Burma, also known as Myanmar, has sparked worldwide celebrations among supporters of the long-time pro-democracy activist. But her supporters are also cautious in noting the daughter of Burma's assassinated independence leader, Aung San, has been previously released before being detained again.   Sat, 13 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0500 News in brief http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=99060&L=en VANCOUVER - A young Asian man managed to board an Air Canada flight in Hong Kong Oct. 29 while disguised as an elderly Caucasian male. The man is seeking refugee status in Vancouver in what the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has called “unbelievable case of concealment.” Fri, 05 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0500 News in brief http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=98941&L=en The head of judiciary of East Azerbaijan province Malek Ajdar Sharifi dismissed Western reports that Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani could be executed. Thu, 04 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0500 News in brief http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=98388&L=en Omar Khadr, the Canadian, held by U.S. authorities since he was 15 years old has pleaded guilty to all five terrorism charges against him before a military tribunal at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0500 News in brief http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=98114&L=en Naheed Nenshi, 38, was elected the mayor of Calgary Monday night, October 18, 2010. Nenshi is the first Muslim to hold the top political office in Canada’s third largest city.   Sun, 24 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0500 News in brief http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=98210&L=en Russell Williams, has been sentenced on Thursday, October 21, 2010, to two concurrent life sentences for the murder of two women who he killed after prolonged sexual assaults. [[video]]   Thu, 21 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0500 News in brief http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=97175&L=en First results from the 2009 General Social Survey (GSS) on victimization show that 27% of Canadians aged 15 and older said they had been a victim of a criminal incident in the 12 months before the survey. This proportion was unchanged from 2004, the last time the victimization survey was conducted. Wed, 29 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500 News in brief http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=97137&L=en Residents of the Somali coastal town of Merca say a military helicopter flew over their town and fired on the town after militants fired at the aircraft. Tue, 28 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500 News in brief http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=97136&L=en Thirteen people aboard a skiff drowned Monday in the Gulf of Aden as the crew of the U.S. destroyer Winston S. Churchill attempted to assist the disabled vessel, a military statement said.   Tue, 28 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500 News in brief http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=96978&L=en Canadian and American Muslims have signed a petition to support cartoonist illustrator Molly Norris author of the "Everybody Draw Muhammad Day" cartoon and "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone. Sat, 25 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500 News in brief http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=96239&L=en Montreal – An important Islamic Conference is scheduled to take place in Montreal at the Palais des Congrès on ... Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500 News in brief http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=96230&L=en More Canadians are questioning whether immigration is benefitting the country, with Albertans and Ontarians voicing concern over the role of illegal immigrants in Canadian society, a new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll has found. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500 News in brief