Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has condemned the killing of a Canadian hostage by the Abu Sayyaf armed group in the Philippines, calling it “an act of cold-blooded murder”. Trudeau made the remarks on Monday after the severed head of 68-year-old John Ridsdel was found dumped in a plastic bag[…]
Canada has met a self-imposed deadline to accept 25,000 Syrian refugees fleeing their country’s civil war, officials said, fulfilling a campaign promise by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Officials with Citizenship and Immigration Canada had anticipated reaching the milestone at some point over the weekend, but were unclear exactly when, given[…]
Canada is to end its participation in air strikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group in Syria and Iraq within two weeks, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced Following up on campaign promises he made last year to withdraw Canada’s jets, Trudeau said on Monday[…]
Canada’s prime minister-elect Justin Trudeau said he told US President Barack Obama that Canadian fighter jets would withdraw from fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group, without giving a timeline. Trudeau, who had promised to withdraw Canada from combat in the coalition fight against ISIL, said[…]
Justin Trudeau is set to become Canada’s new prime minister after his Liberal Party swept to power in general elections, ending nearly a decade of Conservative Party rule. The Liberals seized a parliamentary majority, an unprecedented turn in political fortunes that smashed the record for the number of seats gained[…]
Canada on Thursday denied it had received an asylum request from the family of a Syrian toddler who has become a symbol of Europe’s migrant crisis after his little body washed up on a Turkish beach. Identified as three-year-old Aylan Kurdi, the boy was among 12 migrants who died trying to[…]
A crew of 48 South African firefighters battling wildfires in Canada continues to fly the flag high. They are part of international wild land firefighting teams battling multiple fires in Alberta. But while they are containing fires, the South African crew has impressed on another level too – their song[…]
Observing the most challenging Ramadan in decades, Canadian Muslims have started the longest daylight fasting hours in 33 years, with more than 17 hours of fasting daily throughout the holy month. “There are so many people in the world who break their fast only with water,” Khalil Khalilov, of North[…]
The ability of humans to thrive in some of the world’s harshest and most inhospitable terrains never ceases to amaze. There are few places on earth where communities have yet to populate, braving some of the most severe conditions imaginable. Such is the case in Canada’s north-east, were around 8000[…]
Canada’s foreign minister said Monday the release of Al-Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy from a prison in Egypt is “imminent.” Fahmy, a dual Egyptian-Canadian citizen, has relinquished his Egyptian citizenship as prerequisite to his deportation. Foreign Minister John Baird spoke to the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. a day after Al-Jazeera journalist Peter Greste[…]
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