TORONTO — Owners of a popular Toronto Syrian restaurant run by recent arrivals to Canada say they’ve had to close after staff began fielding hateful messages and death threats. Toronto police say a member of the restaurant’s staff previously reached out to file a criminal complaint, but no report was completed. Reid said no one was at the restaurant when officers went to the scene and they have not been able to reconnect since. The oldest of those children was the one owners claim attended the Bernier event as a protester, according to media reports. The post announcing the closure of Soufi’s praised what had until recently been a warm reception for the restaurant and its owners.

Source: National Post October 10, 2019 08:03 UTC