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Former UW student sentenced for terrorism
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Kevin Omar Mohamed, a 25-year-old former University of Waterloo engineering student, was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison on Tuesday for a terrorism-related offence. Mohamed was arrested in Waterloo in March of 2016 by the RCMP and pleaded guilty in June of 2017 to a terrorism-related charge. Mohamed has since been sentenced by the Ontario…
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David Cross’ excuses aren’t a valid apology for racism
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Last month, comedian-actress-poet Charlyne Yi relayed the first time she met fellow comedian, David Cross a decade ago on Twitter and the account painted a disturbing picture. The then 40-year-old Cross began by insulting the clothes that 20-year-old Yi was wearing and, when left speechless by his decorum, Cross continued by saying “what’s a matter?…
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