Yasmin Magal rode into Calgary — in the midst of the city’s annual foot-stomping, yahoo’ing, yeehaw’ing Stampede — bearing a sobering message about the fate of Israeli hostages in Gaza.

This 25-year-old medical student, a former graduate of Calgary’s Henry Wise Wood high school now living in Israel (courtesy of dual Canadian-Israeli citizenship), is meeting with people in Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver. She aims to ensure Canadians know what’s happening with the 120 Israeli hostages taken by Hamas on October 7 who remain in captivity.