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Man assails 11-year-old Canadian Muslim girl in Toronto, cuts her hijab with scissors
Jan 13, 2018 06:01An 11-year-old Muslim Canadian school girl has expressed horror after her hijab (Islamic headdress) was repeatedly cut by a male assailant while she was walking to school with her younger brother.
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Two airplanes collide on ground at Toronto airport
Jan 06, 2018 05:16Two jets collided on the ground at a Toronto airport on Friday, setting the tail of one aircraft alight and prompting passengers to evacuate the other via an emergency slide.
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Canadian judge suspends Quebec niqab ban
Dec 02, 2017 04:01A Canadian judge on Friday suspended part of a Quebec law banning people from wearing full-face veils when giving or receiving public services, handing a provisional victory to civil liberties groups who argued that the law is unconstitutional and discriminates against Muslim women.
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Iran’s UN envoy slams Canada’s double standards on human rights
Nov 15, 2017 09:37A senior Iranian diplomat has blasted Canada for proposing a “politically-motivated” UN resolution on the situation of human rights in Iran, while Ottawa, itself, has long been involved in a broad range of human rights abuses at home and elsewhere.
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Russia slaps sanctions on dozens of Canadians in tit-for-tat measure
Nov 05, 2017 09:18Moscow has banned dozens of Canadian individuals from entering Russia in retaliation for sanctions recently imposed by Ottawa against 30 Russian officials.
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Iran, Canada diplomats hold talks in Tehran: Qassemi
Oct 16, 2017 13:55A delegation from Global Affairs Canada has traveled to Tehran and held talks with Iranian officials in the continuation of efforts to re-establish diplomatic relations between the two countries.
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Canada threatens to cancel arms deal with US in tariff dispute
Oct 12, 2017 10:12Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has warned that Ottawa may cancel a major arms deal with the United States following Washington’s imposition of heavy duties on Canadian aircraft exports to the US.
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Canada working to handle surge in refugee arrivals from US
Aug 19, 2017 06:18Soldiers busily assemble tents with wooden floors, lighting, and heating in Canada's Quebec Province near the US border to temporarily house a surge in asylum seekers from the United States.
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Saudi regime using Canadian armored vehicles in crackdown on Shia Muslims: Report
Jul 29, 2017 07:52Ottawa has expressed “deep concerns” over the Saudi Arabia’s apparent use of Canadian military equipment in its growing crackdown against its Shia Musim citizens in the restive Eastern Province.
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A journey to Greenland
Jul 29, 2017 05:24Greenland is an autonomous constituent country within the Kingdom of Denmark between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe (specifically Norway and Denmark, the colonial powers, as well as the nearby island of Iceland) for more than a millennium.