Category Archives: Canada
'It's wrong on all levels': Canadians affected by Trump's travel ban speak out
VANCOUVER - The only reason Athba Samarai and her husband moved thousands of kilometres from their homes in Iraq, she says, was so their children could grow up happily and safely in Canada. But this w...
Jan 30, 2017
Quebec massacre suspect, 27, a fan of Trump, far right French politician
A university student accused of carrying out the horrific massacre on a mosque in Quebec City was a fan of U.S. President Donald Trump, a far right leader in France and the separatist Parti Quebecois ...
Jan 30, 2017
Trump torture embrace increases pressure on Canada to repeal directives
OTTAWA - U.S. President Donald Trump’s embrace of torture is prompting renewed calls for Canada to scrap federal directives that allow the use of information obtained through brutal means. Sever...
Jan 30, 2017
NewsAlert:Police ID mosque massacre suspect as Alexandre Bissonnette, 27
QUEBEC - Police have identified the suspect in Sunday’s massacre at a Quebec City mosque as 27-year-old Alexandre Bissonnette. Court documents show Bissonnette faces six counts of first-degree m...
Jan 30, 2017
The Monday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Monday, Jan. 30 --- QUEBEC CITY MUSLIMS MOURNING SHOOTING VICTIMS: The victims of a mass shooting at a Quebec City mosque were fathers, businessmen, a university prof...
Jan 30, 2017
Details, timeline for changes to B.C. foreign homebuyers tax unclear
VANCOUVER - A man who lost thousands of dollars when British Columbia introduced a tax on foreigners buying homes says tweaks to the policy are a good step forward but the harm has already been done t...
Jan 30, 2017
One dead in shooting near Toronto college; weapons recovered
TORONTO - A witness says he heard a flurry of gunfire near a downtown Toronto college in an incident police say left one man dead. Noah Desjardins, 28, said he counted more than a dozen shots and came...
Jan 30, 2017
White House uses Quebec killings to defend own policies on Muslim-country travel
WASHINGTON - In the face of protests, lawsuits, internal grumbling, an international backlash and a partial climb-down, the Trump administration invoked Quebec City’s mosque attack to defend its...
Jan 30, 2017
Defence minister downplays threat to troops in Iraq from Trump immigration order
OTTAWA - Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan has expressed confidence about Canada’s mission in Iraq, even as U.S. officials and others warn that the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the L...
Jan 30, 2017
Hiker missing near Nanaimo, B.C., since Saturday found alive
NANAIMO, B.C. - A 20 year-old man who was missing for almost three days while hiking near Nanaimo, B.C., survived by drinking creek water, hunkering down in a cave, and walking. Spencer Hunt of Victor...
Jan 30, 2017