On Friday, February 13, hundreds of people marched to denounce the ties between GardaWorld and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), as well as Quebec public contracts with the company. Organizers say the Quebec government has awarded roughly $300 million in public funds to GardaWorld, while the company has earned about $111 million from ICE-related …
On Sunday, April 9, around fifty people gathered at Square Phillips in downtown Montreal to commemorate the lives of Nooran Rezayi and Abisay Cruz, as well as other victims of police violence, including Anthony Griffin, Marcellus François, Trevor Kelly, Quilem Registre, Fredy Villanueva, and Sheffield Matthews. The event, organized by Mouvement Montréal 514, called for …
On Monday, April.15th, our lead journalist Savanna Craig was arrested while covering a protest that was part of the “Day of Action to Free Palestine” at a Scotiabank near the McGill campus in Montreal. Activists were blockading Scotiabank to protest their investments in Israeli defense contractor Elbit Systems Ltd. Savanna was arrested despite repeatedly identifying …
