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Ethnic media provides added perspectives on “Freedom Convoy”

By Fernando Arce, New Canadian Media, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Over the last week, from Feb 3. to 10, various ethnic media outlets offered a wider range of perspectives on three hot-button issues that have dominated mainstream headlines.

From the so-called Freedom Convoy, to Erin O’Toole’s ousting as leader of the Conservative Party, to the Black History Month, ethnic media provided coverage that went beyond the usual suspects interviewed by the mainstream.

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Freedom Convoy shunned by South Asian truck drivers

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By Fabian Dawson, New Canadian Media, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

The conspicuous absence of South Asian truck drivers in the so-called Freedom Convoy that is protesting border vaccine mandates in Ottawa, is reflective of the community’s willingness to get vaccinated against COVID-19, say industry experts.

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