Tag: Afzaal Family
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Trial of London man accused of killing Muslim family moved to Windsor
Nathaniel Veltman’s trial for the June 2021 attack on the Afzaal family is scheduled to begin on September 5.
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Trial for man accused of killing Afzaal family moved to Windsor
The highly anticipated Superior Court trial of a man accused of running down and killing four members of a London Muslim family will be held in Windsor. A change of venue was ordered by Superior Court Justice Renee Pomerance during pre-trial motions last summer to move the jury trial of Nathaniel Veltman, 22, out of […]
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Justin Trudeau to make dental-care announcement in London
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is making a dental-care announcement Thursday in London. There were few details released about the visit, but Karina Gould, the federal minister of families, children and social development, will accompany Trudeau for the announcement at 1:30 p.m., expected to benefit children younger than 12. Trudeau had a memorable visit to London […]
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Upgraded basketball courts dedicated to Our London Family
The two West Lions Park basketball courts upgraded in honour of the Afzaal family were unveiled Saturday.
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Organizers of rained-out Afzaal vigil to post speeches online
Organizers of Monday’s vigil for the Afzaal family that was rained out 15 minutes after it began are planning to make the rest of the evening’s program available online. “We’re actually in the process of making plans to record the speeches we didn’t get to (Monday) evening,” said Selma Tobah, one of the organizers with […]
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Weather cuts Our London Family vigil short
Lightning forced the event to wrap up early
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‘Remember, reclaim, heal’: London honours family on sombre anniversary
A city still in mourning but determined to fight back came together in dozens of ways Monday to honour a London Muslim family killed a year ago in a collision police allege was intentional. Morning and evening prayers book-ended a sombre first-anniversary day of events that included London students symbolically completing a walk the Afzaal […]
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Memorial for Afzaals unveiled at vigil cut short by storm
After falling off-and-on since the late afternoon, the rain began in earnest at the corner of Hyde Park and South Carriage roads in Hyde Park just before 7 p.m. Within 15 minutes, the downpour had turned torrential and the evening vigil planned to honour the memory of the Afzaals – who have come to be […]
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‘She left a legacy’: Memorial art exhibit joins Yumnah Afzaal’s mosque mural
A promising young artist, 15-year-old Yumnah Afzaal would spend hours working on her hand-painted mural in the basement of the London Muslim Mosque. But the piece was “never celebrated,” Hanni Shahatto, Yumnah’s Grade 7 home room teacher, said Monday as a temporary art exhibit honouring the teenager and her family, killed in a collision a […]
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Seeds of hope: Garden beds dedicated to Afzaal family in emotional ceremony
Thousands of flowers, notes of love and pain, candles and other small tokens covered the corner of Hyde Park and South Carriage roads after the deadly hit-and-run that claimed the lives of three generations of the Afzaal family on June 6, 2021. When the sprawling impromptu memorial was finally removed weeks later, the bouquets were […]