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The Canadian Security and Intelligence Service issued a warning to the federal Public Safety Department addressing what the agency called a spike in “violent rhetoric” from “extremist actors” since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel.

A pro-Palestinian student organizer affiliated with an anti-Israel encampment occupying McGill University’s campus is refusing to condemn Hamas and its Oct. 7 attack on Israel or call for the return of hostages still held captive after nearly seven months.

Yossi Landau woke up to sirens shortly after 6:30am, Oct. 7. He instructed his 14 grandchildren staying with him in his Ashdod house to swiftly make their way to the shelter. Israeli army officials radioed to tell him to “just be alert” and that they “have no idea what’s going on.” By that point, thousands of Hamas rockets were firing into Israel, and almost no one knew about the massacre that was transpiring.

A prominent Jewish organization, along with Canadian families who lost loved ones in the Oct. 7 attacks, are suing the federal government over its decision to restore funding to the controversial United Nations Relief and Works Agency. 

The union representing Carleton University teaching assistants is facing criticism for a statement defending Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre as “retaliatory escalation” against “settler-colonial systemic violence and oppression.”

Nearly half of Canadians now hold the opinion that Canada is letting too many immigrants into the country, according to in-house research by the Department of Immigration.

Alberta continues to set the pace for job creation in Canada, solidifying its position as the country’s economic engine.

Jewish groups are urging Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow to resign after missing a vigil for victims of the Oct. 7 terror attack on Israel. Tune into The Daily Brief.

Close to 20,000 people packed one of Toronto’s Jewish Community Centre campuses Monday evening for a moving ceremony dedicated to remembering the atrocities of last October 7 and the 101 hostages still being held in Gaza.

As the first anniversary of the deadly Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel approaches, a Montreal-based anti-Israel group plans to hold a rally outside the Israeli consulate in Canada to celebrate the “martyrs” of Hamas, the terrorist group who led the attack. Tune into The Daily Brief.