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In A First, Black Canadian Elected House Speaker
Canada's House of Commons on Tuesday elected Greg Fergus as its new speaker, making the Liberal Party lawmaker the first Black Canadian to hold the post after the previous speaker quit over unknowingly inviting a former Nazi soldier to parliament.
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Canada Parliament Speaker Quits Amid Row Over Praising Nazi-Linked Veteran
Anthony Rota, the speaker of Canada's House of Commons lower chamber, said on Tuesday he was resigning, less than a week after he prompted outrage by publicly praising a former Nazi soldier in Parliament.
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Canadian With "No Formal Combat Experience" Goes To War In Ukraine
Former Canadian infantry soldier Hunter Francis has no connection to Ukraine. But when he saw that Russian troops were shelling residential areas there, he flew over to join the battle.
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Legendary Canadian Hockey Commentator Fired Over Remarks On Immigrants
A legendary Canadian ice hockey commentator was fired Monday from a longtime broadcasting gig over an on-air rant chiding new immigrants for not wearing poppies to honor fallen soldiers and veterans.
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HW Bush Eulogies Highlight Stark Divides Between Presidents 41 And 45
The men who came to eulogize former President George H.W. Bush spoke of the 41st president and the American presidency on Wednesday in broad and magisterial terms. He was "the last great soldier statesman" in the words of his biographer. A former Canadian prime minister recalled Bush as the leader of the "greatest democratic republic that God has e...
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Prince Harry, Canada's Justin Trudeau Mark Wounded Soldiers Event
Two of the world's social media superstars - Britain's Prince Harry and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau - are counting down to the 2017 Invictus Games, a sports competition for wounded, injured and sick service personnel.
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2 Canadian Soldiers Knifed At A Toronto Recruiting Station
A man brandishing a knife stabbed two Canadian soldiers at a Toronto recruiting station before he was subdued and arrested, police said late Monday.
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Chinese Soldiers Linked To US Military Hacking Case: Media Report
Two Chinese soldiers were "co-conspirators" in a plot to steal US military secrets, including designs for the F-35 stealth fighter and other warplanes, a Canadian newspaper reported Tuesday.
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Canada's India-Born Defence Minister Faces Racist Remarks
Canada's newly-appointed Sikh Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan has allegedly faced racist remarks by a soldier on social media, prompting the Canadian Armed Forces to launch a probe.
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Canada May Now Strip Militants of Citizenship
A revised Canadian immigration law came into force Friday enabling the government to revoke the citizenship of persons convicted of terrorism, treason, spying or taking up arms against Canadian soldiers.
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Ex-Guantanamo Inmate Omar Khadr Released on Bail
A Canadian appellate court released former Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr on bail Thursday, rejecting the government's attempt to keep him in prison while he fights a US conviction for murdering an American soldier.
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Canadian Veterans Plan to Join Kurdish Fight Against Islamic State
Several former Canadian soldiers plan to join Kurds to combat Islamic State militants in coming weeks, Canadian media reported on Friday, bolstering the ranks of foreigners fighting alongside the group.
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Canada's Plan to Defang Would-be Jihadists at Home
Canadian law enforcement officials plan to use counseling to help stop would-be jihadists and could even help them find jobs - an effort that has added urgency after two armed men killed two soldiers in separate attacks in Canada last week.
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Crowds Gather Ahead of Funeral for Canadian Soldier Killed in Ottawa
Crowds gathered on Tuesday morning outside a cathedral in industrial Hamilton, Ontario, where Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and hundreds of mourners will attend the funeral of the soldier shot dead in last week's attack on the nation's seat of government.
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Gunman in Canada Attack Prepared Video of Himself
Canadian police say a gunman who shot and killed a soldier at the national war memorial and then stormed Parliament before he was gunned down had prepared a video recording of himself prior to Wednesday's attack.
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In A First, Black Canadian Elected House Speaker
Canada's House of Commons on Tuesday elected Greg Fergus as its new speaker, making the Liberal Party lawmaker the first Black Canadian to hold the post after the previous speaker quit over unknowingly inviting a former Nazi soldier to parliament.
-
Canada Parliament Speaker Quits Amid Row Over Praising Nazi-Linked Veteran
Anthony Rota, the speaker of Canada's House of Commons lower chamber, said on Tuesday he was resigning, less than a week after he prompted outrage by publicly praising a former Nazi soldier in Parliament.
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Canadian With "No Formal Combat Experience" Goes To War In Ukraine
Former Canadian infantry soldier Hunter Francis has no connection to Ukraine. But when he saw that Russian troops were shelling residential areas there, he flew over to join the battle.
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Legendary Canadian Hockey Commentator Fired Over Remarks On Immigrants
A legendary Canadian ice hockey commentator was fired Monday from a longtime broadcasting gig over an on-air rant chiding new immigrants for not wearing poppies to honor fallen soldiers and veterans.
-
HW Bush Eulogies Highlight Stark Divides Between Presidents 41 And 45
The men who came to eulogize former President George H.W. Bush spoke of the 41st president and the American presidency on Wednesday in broad and magisterial terms. He was "the last great soldier statesman" in the words of his biographer. A former Canadian prime minister recalled Bush as the leader of the "greatest democratic republic that God has e...
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Prince Harry, Canada's Justin Trudeau Mark Wounded Soldiers Event
Two of the world's social media superstars - Britain's Prince Harry and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau - are counting down to the 2017 Invictus Games, a sports competition for wounded, injured and sick service personnel.
-
2 Canadian Soldiers Knifed At A Toronto Recruiting Station
A man brandishing a knife stabbed two Canadian soldiers at a Toronto recruiting station before he was subdued and arrested, police said late Monday.
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Chinese Soldiers Linked To US Military Hacking Case: Media Report
Two Chinese soldiers were "co-conspirators" in a plot to steal US military secrets, including designs for the F-35 stealth fighter and other warplanes, a Canadian newspaper reported Tuesday.
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Canada's India-Born Defence Minister Faces Racist Remarks
Canada's newly-appointed Sikh Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan has allegedly faced racist remarks by a soldier on social media, prompting the Canadian Armed Forces to launch a probe.
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Canada May Now Strip Militants of Citizenship
A revised Canadian immigration law came into force Friday enabling the government to revoke the citizenship of persons convicted of terrorism, treason, spying or taking up arms against Canadian soldiers.
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Ex-Guantanamo Inmate Omar Khadr Released on Bail
A Canadian appellate court released former Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr on bail Thursday, rejecting the government's attempt to keep him in prison while he fights a US conviction for murdering an American soldier.
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Canadian Veterans Plan to Join Kurdish Fight Against Islamic State
Several former Canadian soldiers plan to join Kurds to combat Islamic State militants in coming weeks, Canadian media reported on Friday, bolstering the ranks of foreigners fighting alongside the group.
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Canada's Plan to Defang Would-be Jihadists at Home
Canadian law enforcement officials plan to use counseling to help stop would-be jihadists and could even help them find jobs - an effort that has added urgency after two armed men killed two soldiers in separate attacks in Canada last week.
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Crowds Gather Ahead of Funeral for Canadian Soldier Killed in Ottawa
Crowds gathered on Tuesday morning outside a cathedral in industrial Hamilton, Ontario, where Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and hundreds of mourners will attend the funeral of the soldier shot dead in last week's attack on the nation's seat of government.
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Gunman in Canada Attack Prepared Video of Himself
Canadian police say a gunman who shot and killed a soldier at the national war memorial and then stormed Parliament before he was gunned down had prepared a video recording of himself prior to Wednesday's attack.
