It’s not just Swastika Lake — the U.S. is full of sites named for swastikas
Both Wyoming's Swastika Lake and Oregon's Mount Swastika have been renamed in 2023. That's just the tip of the iceberg
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Fast Forward Canadian Nazi Party Founder Running For Ontario Town Council Post
The founder of the Canadian Nazi Party, John Beattie, is running for deputy head of the town council in an Ontario community. Beattie, who led violent Nazi rallies in Toronto 50 years ago and painted swastikas on the lawns of its prominent Jewish residents, is a candidate in the Township of Minden Hills, which has…
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Fast Forward Two Children From Haredi Canadian Sect Taken Into Custody by Child Services
Child-protection authorities in Ontario have taken two children into protective custody from the reclusive Jewish sect Lev Tahor. A lawyer for the group told The Toronto Star on Monday that officials with the Chatham-Kent Children’s Services in southwest Ontario seized the two children from one family on Dec. 12. The circumstances surrounding the seizure are…
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Fast Forward Ontario Passes Religious Freedom Motion
A motion introduced by a Jewish legislator in Ontario to reaffirm the Canadian province’s commitment to religious freedom passed unanimously. The motion introduced by Monte Kwinter, a veteran Liberal Member of the Provincial Parliament was specifically meant to distinguish Ontario from neighboring Quebec’s proposed ban on religious symbols in the workplace. The proposed Charter of…
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Opinion Ron Paul To Keynote Parley of Anti-Semites
Former Texas Congressman and perennial GOP presidential contender Ron Paul is scheduled to keynote a conference in Canada next weekend of a “radical traditionalist” Catholic organization that’s described by human rights organizations as a major center of anti-Semitism. Other scheduled conference speakers include John McManus, president of the John Birch Society, the hoary staple of…
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