Tag Archives: Terrorism

TORONTO - The conviction and 40-year prison term handed a young Canadian for plotting terrorist attacks on New York City was entirely justified, American prosecutors argue in a new appeal brief. In ad...

OTTAWA - The fate of two men accused of plotting to derail a Via train in a terrorist attack should become a little clearer today. The Supreme Court of Canada is set to decide whether it wil...

OTTAWA - Families who have endured anxiety-inducing airport delays over no-fly list mismatches will be among the first to test a new system intended to solve the problem. The move is the latest federa...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government is pulling the plug on a 12-year-old plan to move the military's elite Joint Task Force 2 from its base near the national capital. The decision ends more than a decade ...

OTTAWA - The commander of Canada's special forces says relations with Iraq's government are "sensitive," and his troops are treading carefully as they help local forces fight the Islamic State of Iraq...

TORONTO - The wife of a notorious Palestinian terrorist who attacked an Israeli airliner has lost out on her bid to collect on her late husband's life insurance because he failed to mention his unsavo...

OTTAWA - Canadian security officials have been grappling not only with how to address the growing threat of right-wing extremism, but also the best means of defining the phenomenon and explaining...

OTTAWA - A longtime public servant whose decades-long career has spanned portfolios from defence to foreign affairs is being tapped to be Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's third national security advise...

OTTAWA - Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says Canada wants to resume its military training efforts in Iraq, but will respect any decision by Baghdad to expel foreign troops. Sajjan spoke following...

LONDON - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne is chairing a meeting in London today that the federal government hopes will lead to justice and financial compensation for the famil...