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‘Bring the temperature down:’ Minister on campus protest clashes
After several arrests at a pro-Palestinian campus protest, Canada’s minister of diversity, inclusion and persons with disabilities, Kamal Khera, says it’s time “to bring the temperature down in this country.”
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Alberta university encampment removals likely violated protesters’ constitutional rights, legal experts say
‘It looks to me like they’ve engaged in kind of a mass violation of protesters’ constitutional rights’
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Pro-Palestinian encampment set up at U of W, demonstration at U of M continues
Tents dotted the front lawn of the University of Winnipeg Saturday, as demonstrators joined a growing number of students taking a stand over the ongoing conflict in Gaza.
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