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Canadian demonstrators held, passports confiscated ahead of planned global march to Egypt-Gaza border
More than 40 Canadians planning to participate in the global march to Gaza, alongside thousands of other foreign activists, have been detained in Egypt and had their passports confiscated by authorities, organizers told CBC News. A group of 83 Canadians arrived in Cairo on Wednesday and Thursday, ahead of the scheduled march to Egypt’s border with Gaza, an attempt to draw attention to the deepening humanitarian crises facing Palestinians under Israel’s blockade of the war-torn territory more than 20 months after attacks began. The Global March on Gaza was slated toRead more
Denmark eliminates Canadian men in quarterfinal shocker at world hockey championship
The third period of the world hockey championship quarterfinal between Canada and Denmark was dominated by a team that outshot its opponent 22-10 and scored a pair of game-breaking goals less than two minutes apart. But it was not 28-time champion Canada, captained by Sidney Crosby and loaded with top NHL talent, that showed the killer instinct Thursday at a rocking Jyske Bank Boxen arena. Plucky tournament co-host Denmark, which needed a shootout victory over Germany on the last day of preliminary round action just to reach the quarterfinals, sawRead more
King Charles gives his Canadian attendant a sword as sovereignty threats intensify
King Charles bestows a new ceremonial sword to the Usher of the Black Rod of the Senate of Canada Gregory Peters with Speaker of the Senate of Canada Raymonde Gagné present at Buckingham Palace. (Aaron Chown/Pool/PA) King Charles presented his Canadian personal attendant and messenger with a new ceremonial sword at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday, a symbolic gesture that carries added meaning as the country stares down U.S. President Donald Trump and his increasingly forceful annexationist taunts. It’s the latest move by Charles, the country’s head of state, to show solidarity with CanadiansRead more
Canadian residents are racing to save the data in Trump’s crosshairs
The call to Angela Rasmussen came out of the blue and posed a troubling question. Had she heard the rumour that key data sets would be removed from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website the next day? It’s something Rasmussen had thought could never happen. “It had never really been thought of before that CDC would actually start deleting some of these crucial public health data sets,” said the University of Saskatchewan virologist. “These data are really, really important for everybody’s health — not just in the U.S.Read more
Canadian charter flights leaving Lebanon have hundreds of empty seats, Global Affairs says
Global Affairs Canada (GAC) says two flights chartered by the federal government to bring Canadians out of Lebanon left Beirut for Istanbul Thursday with just 275 passengers and 379 empty seats. In Paris on Thursday for the Francophonie Summit, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly told reporters there were 654 seats on those two flights. “Please take the seats,” Joly said. “At this point, not all seats are taken by Canadians.” Shortly after Joly’s media availability, her department issued a press release saying those two flights collectively carried 275 passengers, not all ofRead more
Judge grants more freedom to repatriated Canadian who married notorious ISIS fighter

Judge orders curfew, releases Dure Ahmed from house arrest The Ontario Court of Justice has granted more freedom to a Canadian woman repatriated in April from northeastern Syria who was married to a notorious ISIS militant. Dure Ahmed, who is now living in the Toronto area, was married to El Shafee Elsheikh, a member of an ISIS militant group known to its hostages as “the Beatles” because of their British accents. Elsheikh is serving multiple life sentences in an American supermax prison for his role in a hostage-taking scheme that ledRead more
Different cities, different wildfires: How 2 Canadian cities are fighting back

Firelines, sprinklers and water bombers: geography and weather play a role in how crews attack fires Powerful wildfires are bearing down on Kelowna, B.C., and Yellowknife, but the two cities have different challenges, constraints and resources as firefighters take them on. Weather, topography, water access and forest conditions are all influencing officials’ strategies to fight the flames in each location. In Yellowknife’s case, fires have been burning near the territorial capital for weeks — since late June, according to the Natural Resources Canada. A fire west of the city expanded and moved closer to theRead more
RCMP arrest 2 Canadian women after repatriation from camps in northeastern Syria

14 women and children arrived in Canada on Thursday The RCMP have arrested two Canadian women in Montreal after the government repatriated them from a camp in northeastern Syria for ISIS suspects and their families. The national police force said it’s seeking a terrorism peace bond as the women had their first court appearance on Thursday. Their lawyer, Lawrence Greenspon, said the peace bond would mean the women would have to live under certain conditions for up to a year. “What it demonstrates is that Canada has the ability to repatriate these women and childrenRead more