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Wainwright’s Jewish victim: Aidan Goulding’s family remembers their ‘ambitious’, ‘brilliant’ hero

Private Aidan Goulding, shown here completing basic training in August 2026, joined the Canadian military in February hoping to eventually deploy overseas, and then ultimately serve in a special ...
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Inside the Winnipeg court battle between a shul and its excommunicated, Israel-critical members

The case was heard Oct. 7, 2026 at the Winnipeg branch of the Manitoba Court of King's Bench. (The CJN photo by Izzie Helenchilde) Can Canadian synagogues refuse to accept members whose political ...
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Olivia Chow’s re-election leaves Toronto’s Jewish community looking for answers on safety and security

The re-election of Olivia Chow as Toronto’s mayor on Oct. 26, was a disappointing result for many in the city’s Jewish community, which has had a strained relationship with her office since the Oct. 7 ...
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Letter from Israel: Anxiously awaiting an historic Israeli election

There’s a sense of energy and urgency that this time it really matters, that the very soul of the nation is on the line.' ...
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Québec solidaire leader holds up a keffiyeh at the National Assembly and provokes a furor

Screenshot of Quebec solidaire leader Ruba Ghazal holding a keffiyeh at the swearing in ceremony at the Quebec Assembly, Oct. 20, 2026. A brief moment in the National Assembly’s Red Chamber Tuesday ...
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‘This is my Torah scroll’: Artist’s travelling exhibit of 54 parshas opens in Toronto

Artist Sheila Nemtin Levine points out the 13th weekly portion of the Torah, Parashat Shemot, at the opening of her Toronto exhibition "Tablet Tableaux"—paintings of all 54 portions of the Torah.
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Canadian Jewish federations raise funds for military families after fire kills 4 soldiers, injures dozens

Screenshot of the fundraising campaign launched by Jewish Federations of Canada for families at CFB Wainwright after a devastating fire, Oct. 17, 2026. A Jewish Canadian soldier, Pte. Aidan Goulding, ...
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Vancouver election raises questions for Jewish community as mayor, city council shift left

The election of an overwhelmingly progressive city council and the defeat of incumbent Ken Sim in municipal elections on Oct. 17, have left Greater Vancouver’s Jewish community weighing what the ...
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CRA opens consultations on how it handles the charitable sector

Ottawa has launched a consultation process for the Canada Revenue Agency’s (CRA) charities sector and the Department of Finance. An Oct. 8 announcement says the consultations will seek feedback on how ...
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Canadian Jewish military members take legal action after dozens of discrimination claims rejected

'The fact that we are just rejected once again from this lawsuit about discrimination is at the height of irony.' Capt. Rabbi Jonathan Jaffit took legal action at the Federal Court of Canada this week ...
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Jewish Canadian Armed Forces members rejected from $150-million racial discrimination settlement

Canadian Soldiers assigned to Princess Patricia Canada Light Infantry participate in force on force training on the windward side of Oahu, Hawaii, during RIMPAC 2012. (Photo: U.S. Navy photo by Mass ...