Shanifa Nasser
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Toronto, ON, Canada
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'It doesn't feel human': Students angered by U of T practice of not acknowledging campus suicides
Dozens of students demanded action outside the halls of power at the University of Toronto Monday, calling on the school to acknowledge what they say is a mental health crisis on campus following a suicide Saturday. → Read More
Ontario man dubbed 'high risk to public safety' after trying to join terror group set for release
An Ontario man who travelled to Syria to support an al-Qaeda-affiliated terror group is set to be released — despite being considered of "high risk to public safety," according to a decision by the Parole Board of Canada. → Read More
2 Canadian women with children surrender to U.S.-backed forces in ISIS-held Syrian territory
Two Canadian women who had been living in ISIS-held territory with their children have surrendered to U.S.-backed forces in Syria, according to the head of a non-profit organization that urged them to turn themselves in. → Read More
Her brother told police she wanted to join ISIS. They dropped the case. Then she attacked a Canadian Tire
In 2016, Rehab Dughmosh's brother told police she was on her way overseas to join ISIS. In 2017, her husband caught her in Scarborough with a bag full of weapons and took them away. What he didn't know was that Dughmosh had concealed an archer's bow and butcher's knife beneath her robe. She was on her way to Canadian Tire. → Read More
'Hate is alive here': Wife of beaten Mississauga man speaks out after attack
It was supposed to be a peaceful summer evening outdoors with friends, but things took a frightening turn when a Mississauga, Ont., father of two was severely beaten in what Peel Regional Police confirm they are investigating as a hate-motivated crime. → Read More
'More to offer than to take': As Toronto races to manage a surge of migrants, a refugee claimant speaks out
Toronto is facing an influx of migrants, many who've crossed into Quebec via the U.S. border. As the city mounts an emergency response, one refugee claimant wants to dispel the idea that she's looking for a handout. → Read More
Another day, another funeral
A new report details the loss of young Somali men in Toronto to homicide. And the devastation wrought on the community as a result. → Read More
The Bruce McArthur serial murder case: By the numbers
Between tips, cold cases and the charges against Bruce McArthur, 66, of Toronto, the already sprawling investigation into the retired landscaper continues to grow. Here's a look at the case by the numbers. → Read More
Can ex-convicts help put a stop to gun violence? Toronto Public Health has voted to consider just that
Toronto Public Health voted on Monday to consider looking at gun violence as a public health concern. It's a proposal inspired by a program in some 25 cities around the world that draws on the first-hand experience of former gang members. → Read More
Fitness changes, paying debts among CSIS's 'indicators' someone is 'mobilized to violence'
Changing up a physical fitness routine, getting rid of personal belongings and repaying debts are among a list of signs that Canada's spy agency says could show someone is taking steps toward terrorist activity — but those so-called "indicators" are something the public should be wary about, says one expert on radicalization. → Read More
Yosif Al-Hasnawi, Good Samaritan fatally shot in Hamilton, laid to rest in Iraq
Nearly a month after he was shot and killed while trying to defend an older man in an altercation outside a Hamilton mosque, 19-year-old Yosif Al-Hasnawi was laid to rest in Iraq on Monday alongside some of the most beloved and revered figures in Shia Islam, a family friend says. → Read More
Family of Tess Richey says mother found her body, police looking to ID 'unknown' male
The family of a young woman found dead in Toronto's Church and Wellesley neighbourhood not far from where she disappeared last week says it was her mother who found her body outside a building undergoing construction. → Read More
Canada's largest school board votes to end armed police presence in schools
Canada's largest school board has voted to end a controversial program that places uniformed police officers in dozens of public schools across Toronto. → Read More
Violence against Rohingya 'looks a lot like ethnic cleansing,' Freeland says
Canada will seek access into a region of Myanmar where thousands of Rohingya-Muslims have been forced out, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Saturday, acknowledging publicly for the first time that the violence against the ethnic minority appears to be ethnic cleansing. → Read More
Immigration detainee freed weeks ago now faces being separated from his family
When Olukunle Adetunji walked free after nearly a year in immigration detention, he hoped he could reunite with his wife and children. Instead, the father of three faces being permanently removed from them. → Read More
Toronto imam who was face of 'completely false' Harvey story calls out 'industry of hate'
Toronto imam Ibrahim Hindy says he awoke to the sound of his phone buzzing Saturday and learned someone had put a photo of him in a story claiming a mosque outside Houston had refused help to hundreds displaced by Hurricane Harvey. Now he's speaking out. → Read More
1 in 19: New study shines light on reality of suicide among new Ontario moms, moms-to-be
A new study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal shines a light on a topic often seen as taboo: suicide among new mothers and mothers to be. → Read More
He's considered Canada's founding father, but many Ontario teachers want his name stripped from public schools
As legislators south of the border mull the removal of statues seen by many as painful reminders of the darker moments in U.S. history, a similar debate is playing out in Ontario when it comes to public schools and this country's legacy around the treatment of Indigenous communities. → Read More
Toronto man who disappeared 3 years ago surfaces on Interpol list of feared ISIS suicide bombers
A Toronto man is named on an Interpol list of individuals suspected to belong to an ISIS suicide brigade, according to a Canadian expert on radicalization and foreign fighters. → Read More
U of T says no 'nationalist rally' to be hosted on campus, not ruling out possibility
As news of a "nationalist rally" purportedly set to take place next month on the University of Toronto's downtown campus prompted outcry on social media Monday, the school says that no such event is being hosted there. → Read More