Desmond Cole

2 weeks ago | breachmedia.ca | Desmond Cole

In the winter of 2024, dozens of demonstrators gathered outside a synagogue in Thornhill, where a travelling Israeli real estate exhibition was showcasing stolen land in the occupied West Bank for purchase. Their signs read “No stolen land sales on our watch” and “Palestine is not for sale.”Across the street, counter-demonstrators waved Israeli flags and demanded the return of hostages taken captive by Hamas during its attacks on October 7, 2023.

2 weeks ago | breachmedia.ca | Desmond Cole

In the winter of 2024, dozens of demonstrators gathered outside a synagogue in Thornhill, where a travelling Israeli real estate exhibition was showcasing stolen land in the occupied West Bank for purchase. Their signs read “No stolen land sales on our watch” and “Palestine is not for sale.”Across the street, counter-demonstrators waved Israeli flags and demanded the return of hostages taken captive by Hamas during its attacks on October 7, 2023.

2 weeks ago | theresolve.ca | Desmond Cole

Outside Hamilton City Hall after sunset, hundreds huddle in a covered space under the council chambers. On this rainy mid-November day, it has been five days since Erixon Kabera, a well-known and beloved member of the local Rwandan community, was shot and killed by local police. There are greetings and some smiles, but also tears and anxious eyes; most people in the crowd are Black. Several have brought handmade signs demanding justice and answers.

2 months ago | breachmedia.ca | Desmond Cole

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is determined to put more people behind bars if he becomes prime minister. Poilievre and the Conservative Party of Canada claim that Canada’s criminal justice system is too weak to deter and punish people who break the law. They want us to believe that more incarceration equals more safety. But the Conservative party rarely talks about the cycles of harm and dysfunction that result from locking people up.

Feb 25, 2025 | breachmedia.ca | Desmond Cole

As homelessness surges across Ontario, the looming election is yet another reminder of the province’s decades-long war on the very poor. Nowhere is this more evident than in the housing allowance provided through Ontario Works, the social assistance program for the unemployed. At just $390 a month for a single person, the so-called housing allowance isn’t a lifeline—it’s a poverty trap.