Susan Schwartz

2 weeks ago | montrealgazette.com | Susan Schwartz

Antisemitism in Canada has reached “perilous, record-setting heights,” according to the latest edition of the annual audit of antisemitic incidents by B’nai Brith Canada. The Canadian Jewish rights advocacy group announced Monday morning at a news conference in Ottawa that it has recorded the highest tally of antisemitic incidents in the country since it began its annual audit of such incidents more than 40 years ago. There were 6,219 reported cases of hatred targeting Jews in 2024.

2 weeks ago | montrealgazette.com | Susan Schwartz

More than 1,000 people and, by some police counts, as many as 1,500, turned out Sunday at the George-Étienne Cartier monument on Mount Royal to protest against recent executive orders and policy dictates by U.S. President Donald Trump, along with his continuing threats to make Canada the 51st state, and to draw attention to what the speakers said they consider assaults on democracy.

1 month ago | montrealgazette.com | Susan Schwartz

The night he met the woman with whom he would spend the next 52 years, Jan. 6, 1973, Len Sidaway had covered a hockey game between the Montreal Canadiens and the California Golden Seals at the Old Montreal Forum. The veteran Gazette photographer was known, among other things, for his ability to capture difficult lowlight photos in locations like that old Forum building.

1 month ago | natlawreview.com | Susan Schwartz

Artful Pleading Suffers Smackdown from Texas Supreme CourtOn February 21, 2025, in Pitts v Rivas, the Texas Supreme Court finally accepted and applied the “anti-fracturing rule” to professional liability claims.

2 months ago | montrealgazette.com | Susan Schwartz

Hundreds of members of Montreal’s Ukrainian community marked the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with a downtown march and rally on Sunday afternoon celebrating Ukrainian resistance. The event, which began with a march from Dorchester Square along Ste-Catherine St. to Phillips Square, where several politicians and dignitaries addressed the crowd., was one of dozens of similar events in dozens of communities across Canada and more than 110 countries around the world.