Canada Terror Plot

Canada is "vigilant" and "alert" to terrorist threats after warnings of possible plots against its major cities linked to the Islamic State extremist group, the public safety minister said Thursday.

The Canadian government has revoked the citizenship of the convicted mastermind of a 2006 Al-Qaeda inspired plot to detonate bombs in Toronto, a newspaper reported Saturday.

Two radical Islamists who plotted to derail a packed passenger train travelling between Toronto and New York were sentenced Wednesday to life in prison in Canada.

Canadian police said on Tuesday they foiled an al Qaeda-inspired plot to detonate bombs on a major national holiday in the capital of the Pacific province of British Columbia.

The two men accused of plotting a terror attack targeting a passenger train in Canada denied the allegations made against them after they appeared before a court.

Iran on Tuesday denied any links with an alleged terrorist plot that Canadian authorities claim was directed by al-Qaeda operatives in Iran and sought to derail a passenger train.

Iran today rejected as "ridiculous" a claim by Ottawa that two foreigners arrested in connection with a plot to derail a passenger train in the Toronto area were backed by Tehran-supported Al Qaeda.

Two people have been arrested in connection with an Al-Qaeda supported plot to derail a passenger train in Canada, police said on Monday.

Canada has thwarted a terrorist plot on its homeland with the help of US authorities and arrested several suspects, local media said Monday.

Canada on Monday sentenced to 16 years the man behind the country's first Al-Qaida-inspired mass-murder plot unearthed in 2006.  Known as the Toronto-18 terror plot, it was uncovered with the arrest of 18 people, mostly of Pakistani origin, in June 2006.The plotters had planned to storm the Canadian parliament, take Prime Minister Stephen Harp...

Canadian police were on high alert after a Toronto man was charged on Wednesday with possession of explosives in what police are calling a Group of 20 summit-related arrest.Officers armed with a search warrant went to a million-dollar-plus home in a wealthy neighbourhood in Toronto's north end and charged Byron Sonne, 37, with several offences, inc...

The ringleader of Canada's famous Toronto-18 terror plot pleaded guilty on Monday. Known as what could have been Canada's 9/11, the plot was unearthed in June 2006 with the arrest of 18 Muslim men, mostly Pakistanis, from the Toronto area.The plotters had planned to storm and blow up the nation's parliament in Ottawa, take leaders hostage and behea...

Canada is "vigilant" and "alert" to terrorist threats after warnings of possible plots against its major cities linked to the Islamic State extremist group, the public safety minister said Thursday.

The Canadian government has revoked the citizenship of the convicted mastermind of a 2006 Al-Qaeda inspired plot to detonate bombs in Toronto, a newspaper reported Saturday.

Two radical Islamists who plotted to derail a packed passenger train travelling between Toronto and New York were sentenced Wednesday to life in prison in Canada.

Canadian police said on Tuesday they foiled an al Qaeda-inspired plot to detonate bombs on a major national holiday in the capital of the Pacific province of British Columbia.

The two men accused of plotting a terror attack targeting a passenger train in Canada denied the allegations made against them after they appeared before a court.

Iran on Tuesday denied any links with an alleged terrorist plot that Canadian authorities claim was directed by al-Qaeda operatives in Iran and sought to derail a passenger train.

Iran today rejected as "ridiculous" a claim by Ottawa that two foreigners arrested in connection with a plot to derail a passenger train in the Toronto area were backed by Tehran-supported Al Qaeda.

Two people have been arrested in connection with an Al-Qaeda supported plot to derail a passenger train in Canada, police said on Monday.

Canada has thwarted a terrorist plot on its homeland with the help of US authorities and arrested several suspects, local media said Monday.

Canada on Monday sentenced to 16 years the man behind the country's first Al-Qaida-inspired mass-murder plot unearthed in 2006.  Known as the Toronto-18 terror plot, it was uncovered with the arrest of 18 people, mostly of Pakistani origin, in June 2006.The plotters had planned to storm the Canadian parliament, take Prime Minister Stephen Harp...

Canadian police were on high alert after a Toronto man was charged on Wednesday with possession of explosives in what police are calling a Group of 20 summit-related arrest.Officers armed with a search warrant went to a million-dollar-plus home in a wealthy neighbourhood in Toronto's north end and charged Byron Sonne, 37, with several offences, inc...

The ringleader of Canada's famous Toronto-18 terror plot pleaded guilty on Monday. Known as what could have been Canada's 9/11, the plot was unearthed in June 2006 with the arrest of 18 Muslim men, mostly Pakistanis, from the Toronto area.The plotters had planned to storm and blow up the nation's parliament in Ottawa, take leaders hostage and behea...