(CBC) The RCMP feared they didn’t have enough evidence to keep an alleged ISIS supporter in custody after his dramatic arrest in a small Quebec town near the U.S. border earlier this month, according to newly obtained court records. And if he […]
(CBC) A Pakistani national accused of planning a terror attack against a Jewish centre in Brooklyn, New York, likely will spend several more weeks in Quebec’s Bordeaux jail while U.S. authorities present evidence to back up an extradition request. Muhammad Shahzeb Khan […]
(National Post) Since the October 7 terror attacks in Israel, Canadian police have thwarted six alleged terror plots across the country, with arrests spanning from Edmonton to Ottawa to Toronto. Some of these plots reportedly targeted the Jewish community, reflecting rising concerns […]
(CBC) A man who was arrested last week for allegedly attempting to enter the U.S. illegally to carry out a mass shooting came to Canada on a student visa, Canada’s immigration minister says. Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, 20, was arrested in Ormstown, Que., […]
(Global News) Conservative MPs have asked Canada’s public safety committee to reconvene to probe how a Toronto man arrested last week for allegedly plotting an ISIS attack in the U.S. got into the country. The four Conservative members of the committee want […]
(Global News) The Conservatives have called on the government to explain how a 20-year-old Pakistani arrested in Quebec over an alleged ISIS plot targeting U.S. Jews was able to get into Canada. Federal officials declined to answer questions about the immigration status […]
(Global News) A Toronto terror suspect at the centre of a controversy over Canada’s security screening system arrived in the country three years after he allegedly appeared in a 2015 ISIS video, according to details released on Wednesday. A chronology tabled at […]
(CBC) A 26-year-old Toronto man accused of plotting a deadly ISIS-inspired rampage previously lived in Egypt and once studied at a U.S. university, CBC News has learned. Mostafa Eldidi and his father, Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi, were arrested last month and charged […]
(CBC) The federal government is looking into whether the citizenship of a man accused of planning a terror attack in Toronto should be revoked, Immigration Minister Marc Miller said Wednesday. “I’m as disgusted as any Canadian. But I have a responsibility to get to the […]
(CBC) MPs of all stripes have agreed to investigate how a father and son accused of planning a terror attack in Toronto were allowed into Canada despite claims that the father had taken part in a violent terrorist assault overseas. The House of […]
(CBC) Conservative MPs are calling on the House public safety committee to investigate the case of a father and son in Toronto charged with multiple terrorism-related offences. Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi, 62, and his son Mostafa Eldidi, 26, were arrested last month […]
(National Post) Canada’s acceptance of Palestinian refugees from Gaza is setting off alarm bells south of the border. In a letter Wednesday to U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, United States Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) expressed concern over the program, which he […]
(Global News) Immigration officials have launched deportation proceedings against five more suspected members of the Iranian regime found in Canada, according to newly released figures. The Canada Border Services Agency has alleged they held senior positions in Iran’s repressive government and has […]
(Global News) Canada’s immigration tribunal ordered the deportation Wednesday of Iran’s former deputy interior minister. Seyed Salman Samani is the second senior member of the Iranian regime to face removal from Canada under sanctions adopted in 2022. The Immigration and Refugee Board […]
(Iran International) Two petitions are now underway to the Canadian government to prevent the granting of a visa to the son of Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, a former top Revolutionary Guard commander. A Canadian Federal Court document has emerged on social […]
(CTV) Immigration Minister Marc Miller has announced that Canada will prevent an Iranian former minister of health from becoming a temporary resident of Canada for 36 months, citing the regime’s human rights record. Seyed Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi served as the minister of […]
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