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Friday, January 11th, 2019
Bangkok, Thailand (CNN)Canada will grant asylum to an 18-year-old Saudi woman who fled to Thailand to escape her allegedly abusive family, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday. Rahaf Al-Qunun will head to Toronto, with a stopover in Seoul, said Thailand’s Immigration Police Chief Surachate Hakparn. She boarded a Korean Airlines plane in Bangkok. Trudeau told […]
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Canadian Politics, Headlines
Thursday, December 6th, 2018
By Nicholas Keung, Immigration Reporter Wed., Dec. 5, 2018 Eight immigration detainees who were held behind bars for more than a year have been granted their freedom after the launch of a review into a system that critics charge has long favoured incarceration and has resulted in non-citizens being left to languish in jail. Six […]
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Canadian Politics, Headlines
Friday, October 19th, 2018
(CNN)People in Canada are cheering, enduring long lines and honking their car horns in support as the country’s first marijuana dispensaries open their doors Wednesday. “I’m having a plaque made with the date and time and everything. This is never actually going to be smoked. I’m going to keep it forever,” said Ian Power, who […]
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Canadian Politics, Headlines, Religion
Sunday, September 2nd, 2018
Martin Kofi Danso, who sells himself as a prophet, reportedly told a parishioner God would kill her if she had his child—which she did. Kofi Danso, a self-style Toronto-based prophet and leader of the multicampus Miracle for All Nations church, allegedly warned a congregant that God showed him she would die if she did not abort […]
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Canadian Politics, Headlines
Tuesday, August 14th, 2018
A 49-year-old Nigerian man has allegedly died in Calgary, after a confrontation withtwo Canada Border Services Agency officers, who were charged to ensure his deportation on Tuesday. The Border Services Agencies said,the Nigerian citizen was on KLM airlines flight 678 bound for Amsterdam. On its Twitter handle, @CanBorder, the agency wrote, “OnAugust 7, 2018, while […]
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Africa & World Politics, Canadian Politics, Headlines, Top Stories
Saturday, March 31st, 2018
Police say two Toronto men have been charged with first-degree murder and that a third suspect is wanted in connection with the shooting death of 26-year-old Nnamdi Ogba. Toronto police were called to Scarlettwood Court, off of Scarlett Road and south of Lawrence Avenue West, after 11 p.m. on March 16 for reports of a shooting. Officers […]
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American Politics, Canadian Politics, Latest Politics
Tuesday, February 27th, 2018
— 27th February 2018 Romanus Ugwu, Abuja The Department of State Services (DSS) has revealed that it has arrested five members of the notorious Gemere kidnap gang that abducted some Canadians and Americans along the Abuja-Kaduna road. In a statement signed by its spokesperson Tony Opuiyo, the services disclosed that in furtherance of its commitment […]
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American Politics, Canadian Politics, Headlines
Saturday, January 20th, 2018
Breaking News: Kidnappers release Americans and Canadians in Kaduna — 20th January 2018 Kidnappers have released two Americans and two Canadians kidnapped in Kaduna after paying unspecified amount of money. Rescue of American and Canadian Citizens kidnapped along Jere-Kagarko road Kaduna state and arrest of two Kidnappers. Combined teams of Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Counter […]
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Canadian Politics, Headlines
Friday, November 3rd, 2017
Democratic Reform Minister Maryam Monsef says she was shocked to discover that she was born in Mashhad, Iran. DAVE CHAN/THE GLOBE AND MAIL OTTAWA BUREAU CHIEF MARCH 24, 2017SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 Democratic Reform Minister Maryam Monsef, whom the Liberals have championed as this country’s first Afghan-born MP, says she was actually born and lived most […]
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Canadian Politics, Headlines
Friday, November 3rd, 2017
Canada will boost immigration to one million over the next three years with a plan that “will guarantee” the country’s future prosperity, its immigration minister announced Wednesday. The number of immigrants will be increased to at least 310,000 next year, and continue growing to 330,000 in 2019 and 340,000 in 2020, said Immigration Minister Ahmed […]
