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Since March, community leaders at the Singh Sabha Gurdwara, a Sikh temple in Mill Woods, have been targeted with harassing phone calls containing racial slurs and anti-Sikh sentiments. The Gurdwara has also received multiple unsolicited deliveries containing meat, while eating meat is prohibited in Sikhism.
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During a news conference with the NDP Wednesday, Gurpreet Kaur Bolina, a spokeswoman for Sangat Youth YEG and attendee of the Gurdwara, said the targeted harassment has made the community feel unsafe.
Fighting human trafficking more urgent amid pandemic, says country star Paul Brandt
Advocates in the fight against human trafficking say the financial hardship and isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic have helped perpetrators find new targets.
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Posted: Apr 03, 2021 2:55 PM MT | Last Updated: April 3
Country singer Paul Brandt, a former pediatric nurse, is the founder of an organization fighting human trafficking.(Warner Music Canada)
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By Lauren Krugel, The Canadian Press on April 3, 2021.
Paul Brandt performs at the Canadian Country Music Awards in Calgary on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019. Advocates in the fight against human trafficking say the financial hardship and isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic have helped perpetrators find new targets. Brandt has for almost a year been leading a committee to help guide Alberta s fight against the crime.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
CALGARY – Advocates in the fight against human trafficking say the financial hardship and isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic have helped perpetrators find new targets.
“Traffickers are taking advantage of this time where vulnerable people are at home and online and that really makes our work feel much more urgent,” said country music star Paul Brandt, who has been leading a committee to help guide Alberta’s fight against the crime for almost a year.
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