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Opinion: Alberta has a hate problem — even if we don't acknowledge it

On the morning of Aug. 21, a man walked into Nanaksar Gurdwara in northeast Edmonton during prayers and attacked two worshippers with a screwdriver, one 75, one 51. Police haven’t called it a hate crime. The chief said it was too early to say.

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Nanaksar isn’t the first case like this in this province, and the pattern isn’t just in the violence. It’s in how each one gets answered.

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