Toronto — The heart of Toronto’s trendy Yorkville shopping district was shocked to a standstill Sunday after an apparent explosion killed one man at a Tim Hortons outlet.Toronto police Chief Bill Blair described the incident as a fire rather than a bombing. He refused to specify whether it was deliberate or accidental, but said police were not looking for…
OTTAWA (CP) – Canadian special forces soldiers in southern Afghanistan have killed Taliban and al-Qaida rebels over multiple operations in recent months as they work secretly in small units, military sources say.The modest contingent of troops from Joint Task Force 2 is an integral part of coalition efforts to stem the tide of insurgency that has risen si…
Canada’s military intelligence arm has warned the government that avian influenza could be used as a weapon of bioterrorism, it is reported here Tuesday.A report, entitled Recent Human Outbreaks of Avian Influenza and Potential Biological Warfare Implications, reveals that military planners believe a naturally occurring flu pandemic may be imminent.The re…
Four Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers were shot and killed during a raid on a marijuana-growing operation in rural Alberta on Thursday, in one of the bloodiest days in the history of the national police force, a senior official said.A suspect in the shootout that erupted inside a large farm building that police were investigating also died when he t…
A Web site with links to al Qaeda is operating through a server in western Canada, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Technology Review magazine’s February edition reports.The Web site based in Kelowna, British Columbia — about 170 miles east of Vancouver — is called Supporters of Shareeah. It is the only Canadian Web site identified as terrori…
TORONTO – Canada’s security net is full of holes, with most border crossings guarded by a lone staffer and airport security so lax that missing security badges and uniforms recently turned up for sale on eBay. A new Senate security report calls for reform, a boost in defense spending and improved cooperation with the United States. Canadians have relied t…
The Canadian sub HMCS Chicoutimi, previously the British HMS Upholder, lost power after a fire Tuesday night.A Canadian submarine was drifting without power in heavy seas off the coast of Scotland on Tuesday night after a fire knocked out its diesel engines and injured nine crew members.HMCS Chicoutimi, one of four trouble-plagued secondhand submarines th…
Homa Arjomand knows what it’s like to live under sharia law. In Iran, she endured it until someone tipped her off that she was about to be arrested and imprisoned. Many of her activist friends had already been tried and executed. She, her husband and two small children (the youngest was barely one) escaped on a gruelling trip by horseback through the moun…
Canada’s spy agency is embarking on a growing number of undercover foreign missions in response to the rise in terrorism. Providing a rare glimpse into its strategic planning, a new report by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service reveals an increasing reliance on secret operations abroad. “The accelerating international dimensions of the terrorist th…
AP – Two men were arrested after police saw them videotaping the Ambassador Bridge, the busiest U.S.-Canada border crossing, and found dynamite, a collapsible baton and shotgun shells in their car. Officers saw the men during a routine patrol late Sunday, police spokeswoman Bernadette Najor said. The men, who were not identified, were being questioned by…