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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: This Ontario town had a swastika burned into a soccer field. Now residents want to ban the symbol nationwide
Description: Over the last six months, residents of Whitby, Ont., have discovered multiple Nazi swastikas around towbn, including carved into the walls of their main library's washroom and burned with chemicals onto a popular soccer field. Police are investigating, but no one's been caught.
The antisemitic incidents have shocked the local Jewish community of 1,000 families, members of which say, by and large, that most people feel relatively safe in Whitby. They're also grateful for the latest support from the mayor, town council, Durham regional police and local faith groups.
In response to the events, last week...