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Calgary man who searched ‘killing of gay persons,’ posted ISIS propaganda to TikTok pleads to terror charge Zakarya Hussein posted videos, photos, messages and instructions on how to make explosive devices

December 1, 2023   

(CBC) A Calgary man who purported to be a member of ISIS appeared to be planning to kill gay people participating in local pride events earlier this year, a judge heard during a guilty plea to a terrorism charge Friday. Zakarya Hussein, 20, admitted to […]

Government & Politics

Member of Alberta multiculturalism council resigns over past antisemitic posts A letter rejecting Tariq Khan as a UCP nominee in 2018 references a video he shared labelling the Holocaust a hoax

April 17, 2023   

(Canadian Press) A member of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s new multiculturalism panel resigned Monday after the opposition resurrected past antisemitic social media posts. The Alberta NDP asked Smith to remove Tariq Khan, a Calgary-based realtor, from the Premier’s Council on Multiculturalism, citing […]