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Ontario, Canada: Falun Gong Warmly Welcomed at York Regional Police Event

World NewsApril 15, 20180Comments

Falun Gong practitioners were invited to take part in the 16th International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination held by the York Regional Police. The annual event, held this year on April 9, 2018, showcases the tremendous cultural diversity of the York area, a large metropolitan community north of Toronto. The day's events included…

News Report Exposes Chinese Regime Harassment of Falun Gong in Canada

World NewsJanuary 22, 20180Comments

An article in the National Post on January 5, 2018, titled “'Don’t step out of line': Confidential report reveals how Chinese officials harass activists in Canada,” exposed how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) had used its overseas agents to harass Canadian human rights activists, dissidents, and the Falun Gong in particular. The article cited an…

Canada: Falun Gong’s Tian Guo Marching Band Welcomed at Thanksgiving Day Parade

World NewsOctober 16, 20170Comments

Toronto's Tian Guo Marching Band, composed of Falun Gong practitioners, performed in the annual Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest Thanksgiving Day parade on October 9, 2017. Oktoberfest lasts nine days and is the largest Bavarian festival. The most famous event of the festival is the parade on Thanksgiving Day, which was covered by local TV stations. It was…

Canada: Introducing Falun Dafa at McGill University’s Activities Night

World NewsSeptember 18, 20170Comments

Falun Dafa practitioners recently took part in "Activities Night" at McGill University, that ran from September 2 to 4, 2017. They introduced Falun Dafa to new students at the university. More than 250 student organisations, including the new Falun Dafa organisation– Falun Dafa at McGill – presented a broad spectrum of campus activities to incoming freshmen at…

Canadian Lawmaker Urges Co-workers to Back His Organ Trafficking Bill

World NewsJune 2, 20170Comments

Conservative MP Garnett Genuis raised the issue of forced organ harvesting in China this week in the House of Commons in hopes of securing government support for his organ trafficking bill. “Canada needs to be vocal in standing up for international human rights, and in particular for the rights of persecuted minorities. Even above that, Canada…

Historic Peaceful Appeal in China Being Remembered in Major Canadian Cities

World NewsMay 1, 20170Comments

Several events were recently held in major Canadian cities to commemorate the peaceful appeal by Falun Dafa practitioners in Beijing on April 25, 1999. After the Chinese government illegally arrested dozens of practitioners in Tianjin, over 10,000 practitioners voluntarily gathered in nearby Beijing to request their release. Three months later, then-Communist Party leader Jiang Zemin…

Falun Gong Instruction Offered in Toronto Community Centres

World NewsMarch 19, 20170Comments

Practitioners in Toronto have offered free Falun Gong exercise instructions at the city's Stan Wadlow Clubhouse on Saturday afternoons since January this year. Many people learned the smooth and gentle exercises with some remarking about great improvements to their physical and mental health. “Falun Gong Helped Me Quit Smoking After 53 Years” At one session,…

Film on China’s Live Organ Harvesting, “The Bleeding Edge,” Screens in Canada

World NewsNovember 20, 20160Comments

The Bleeding Edge, a film exposing China's state-sanctioned organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners, was shown as part of the Vancouver Asian Film Festival (VAFF) on November 5, 2016. The film is a narrative feature by award-winning Vancouver-based director Leon Lee, who won a Peabody Award in 2015 for his documentary Human Harvest about…

Falun Gong Marching Band a Part of Canadian Thanksgiving Parade

World NewsOctober 16, 20160Comments

Canadian Falun Gong practitioners' Tian Guo Marching Band was invited to perform at the 48th Thanksgiving parade in Kitchener-Waterloo. They were the only Chinese group among the 122 entries. Seven hundred thousand people, live and via television, watched the parade, the highlight of “Canada's Greatest Bavarian Festival” which is the second largest Oktoberfest in the…

Recent Falun Gong World Events — “My Heart Melted in the Artworks”

World NewsOctober 9, 20160Comments

Practitioners of Falun Dafa (also known as Falun Gong) around the world have held public events for more than a decade to raise awareness and call for help in ending the persecution of the practice in China. This newsletter covers four events that took place in England, the U.S.A., Canada, and Croatia during the past…

Ontario, Canada: Falun Dafa Group’s Contribution Appreciated in Two Major Parades

World NewsJune 26, 20160Comments

The Falun Dafa Divine Land Marching Band and Waist Drum Team were invited to participate in two large-scale parades in Burlington and Oshawa on June 18 and 19, 2016. The blue and white costumes of the Marching Band members and the golden traditional Chinese outfits of the Waist Drummers were especially eye-catching on a bright…

Canadian Lawmakers and Falun Gong Practitioners Celebrate World Falun Dafa Day

World NewsMay 15, 20160Comments

May 13, 2016 | Six current and former Canadian parliament members and 700 Falun Gong practitioners celebrated the 17th World Falun Dafa Day in front of Parliament Hill in Ottawa on May 10, 2016. Celebration in front of the Canadian Parliament Hill. Lawmakers Support Falun Gong's Peaceful Resistance Parliament Members Peter Kent, Judy Sgro, Garnett Geuis, Elizabeth May, Senator…