Canada

Canada imposes sanctions on Iran’s Press TV, police force following foreign-backed riots

Oct 04, 2022 06:27

The government of Canada has imposed sanctions on a wide range of Iranian institutions and persons, including the 24-hour English-language Press TV, over alleged “rights violations” following the recent foreign-backed riots in the country.
US, Canadian warships transit through Taiwan Strait, irking China

Sep 21, 2022 06:53

A US navy warship and a Canadian frigate have carried out a provocative transit through the Taiwan Strait, prompting Chinese condemnation.
Canadian human rights chief forced to resign over Islamophobic comments

Sep 17, 2022 19:31

The human rights commission chief for Canada’s western province of Alberta has been removed over Islamophobic comments he made in 2009.
Canada’s indigenous communities no stranger to suffering, researchers say

Sep 08, 2022 17:32

An indigenous community, the epicenter of a deadly stabbing rampage in west-central Canada over the weekend, now suffers from multiple hardships, including drug addiction and racial discrimination, researchers say.
One suspect in Canadian mass stabbings found dead, another still on the run

Sep 06, 2022 07:11

Canadian police on Monday found one of the suspects in a mass stabbing spree dead while the other suspect, his brother, was still on the run and may be injured, officials said.
Police launch manhunt after 10 killed in stabbing spree in Canada

Sep 05, 2022 13:42

Ten people have been killed after stabbings in 13 locations in two communities in the Canadian Province of Saskatchewan. Police were searching for two suspects.
Canadian spy smuggled British school girls to Syria as UK covered up: Book

Sep 01, 2022 06:58

A British teenager of Bangladeshi descent who traveled to Syria in 2015 with two friends to join the Daesh terrorist group was smuggled into the war-ravaged country by a Canadian spy, a new explosive book reveals.
Homeless population exploding in Canadian cities

Aug 13, 2022 22:29

Canadian officials have requested the government's help to clean up the cities' neighborhoods where homeless people have set up encampments.
Hate crimes against Muslims in Canada jump by 71 percent: Study

Aug 05, 2022 12:41

Hate crimes against Muslims across Canada jumped by 71 percent in 2021, according to a newly released report by the government agency Statistics Canada.
Pope admits treatment of Canada Indigenous was genocide

Jul 30, 2022 12:03

Head of the Catholic Church Pope Francis has finally conceded that the treatment of Indigenous people in Catholic-run boarding schools in Canada amounted to a genocide following his six-day tour of the country.