Articles by Philip Ling

Government & Politics

It’s ‘absolutely essential’ Canada repatriate citizens in Syrian camps: Antonio Guterres People should have the possibility to voluntarily go back to their countries of origin, says UN chief

March 26, 2021 , and   

(CBC) UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says it’s “absolutely essential” countries such as Canada repatriate Canadian women and children currently being held in prison camps in Syria. Guterres made the remarks to chief political correspondent Rosemary Barton when asked if the Liberal government’s […]

Children & Teens

Community leaders work to head off anti-Muslim backlash as Kingston terror arrests wind up political debate Groups want to send message that terror plot allegations have nothing to do with Islam

January 25, 2019 and   

(CBC) Community leaders are working to calm fears and find ways to prevent an anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant backlash in the wake of two arrests related to an alleged terrorist plot in Kingston, Ont. — yet the probe already has touched off a political […]

Children & Teens

RCMP charge Kingston, Ont., youth with terror-related offence after security probe 20-year-old man also arrested Thursday was later released without charge

January 25, 2019 , and   

(CBC) The RCMP’s national security team has arrested and charged an Ontario youth with a terrorism-related offence, the police force said Friday following an investigation in Kingston, Ont. Police have laid two charges against the young person, who is accused of knowingly facilitating a […]