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RCMP may struggle to recreate the success of community groups in stopping extremism

DYLAN ROBERTSON, CALGARY HERALD TORONTO — Muhammad Robert Heft left Iraq feeling disenchanted. He came home to Canada in 2003 after trying to help his fellow Muslims...

Tories promise RCMP tip line for people to report neighbours for ‘barbaric cultural practices’

BY BRUCE CHEADLE, THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Campaigning Conservatives continued to press the hot buttons Friday, focusing on what they call “barbaric cultural practices”...

Sarbjit Bains sentenced to 18 years without parole eligibility for three slayings

By Jennifer Saltman, The Province A Surrey man who choked three people to death has been sentenced to life in prison with no parole for...

A mob in India dragged a man out of bed and beat him to death with bricks — for eating beef

BY MICHAEL E. MILLER, WASHINGTON POST Mohammad Akhlaq was in bed when the mob arrived. The commotion began in the distance, but crept closer and closer...

Vancouver candidates promise to track down Canadians flouting foreign-asset disclosure laws

BY DOUGLAS TODD, VANCOUVER SUN VANCOUVER -- Federal election candidates are promising to strictly enforce foreign-asset disclosure laws so every Canadian pays their share of...

Shutdown in Punjab against Sikh body’s pardon to self-styled godman

Amritsar, Sept.30 (ANI): A shutdown call was given by radical Sikh groups in Punjab on Wednesday in protest against the pardon granted by the...

Local Woman Facing Mail Theft Charges

Chilliwack:  Amanda Sharon Paulen, 30, of Chilliwack is facing charges of Theft from Mail, Mischief Under $5000, and Possession of a Break-in Instrument after...

Elderly woman struck, killed crossing Oak Street in Vancouver

Vancouver Sun VANCOUVER - A 75-year-old woman is dead after she was hit by a car while crossing a Vancouver street Monday night. The woman was...

One person dead, active shooter on the loose in community west of Ottawa, police say

 BY MICHELLE MCQUIGGE AND PAOLA LORIGGIO, NA0923_Winlo_shooting_620_AB Ont. — WILNO, Ont. — Residents of a small eastern Ontario town were ordered to seek shelter on...

Trudeau attacks Mulcair over F-35s, calling NDP leader ‘irresponsible’ for still considering fighter jets

Glen McGregor, Postmedia News  Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau turned the defence of his plan to scrap the purchase of F-35s into an attack on Tom...

A full list of all the promises made so far in the Canadian election campaign

The Canadian Press  THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank GunnLiberal leader Justin Trudeau, Green Party leader Elizabeth May and New Democratic Party leader Thomas Mulcair listen as Conservative...

Two B.C. men accused of terrorizing Justice Institute of B.C. affiliates via arson, gunshots

John Colebourn, Postmedia News  Two Metro Vancouver men, one a past lottery winner of a Shaughnessy mansion, face numerous arson and firearms charges after a...

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