43,000 sign petition demanding Canada revoke Myanmar leader’s honorary citizenship

A petition calling for the Liberal government to revoke Myanmar de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi‘s honorary Canadian citizenship was presented at Parliament Hill Tuesday. Gatineau, Que.-based advocate Fareed Khan, who started the online petition in September amid the ongoing persecution of the country’s Rohingya population, unveiled the 2,000-page document in front of politicians such as Liberal MP Alexandra Mendes, Conservative MP

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Breakdown creates media awareness

Students who wanted to talk about the war in Afghanistan got a chance last Wednesday when a forum on the war was held in the Student Centre Board Room. A three-member panel was on hand to give their views on the situation, direct discussion and answer questions. It consisted of UTM’s Diversity Officer Pardeep Nagra,

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Discussion On War In Afghanistan Held In SC

This is the panel that held the forum on the war in Afghanistan. Students checked out the litterature on the war. Students who wanted to talk about the war in Afghanistan got a chance last Wednesday when a forum on the war was held in the Student Centre Board Room. A three-member panel was on

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CBC: Two alumni on Power and Politics

In honour of homecoming next week, we give recognition to two University of Manitoba alumni who were on a respected television program at the same time discussing what US President Barack Obama might do about IS, a terrorist organization. Mohamed El Rashidy and Colin Robertson discuss what Obama say and do about IS.

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What we know and don’t know about the alleged Kingston terrorist plot

1 Ontario youth charged with a terrorism-related offence Catharine Tunney · CBC News · Posted: Jan 26, 2019 11:22 AM ET | Last Updated: January 26, 2019 A minor, who can’t be identified under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, appeared in a Kingston courtroom Friday to face two charges related to an anti-terrorism investigation. (Laurie Foster-MacLeod sketch) The city of

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RCMP charge Kingston, Ont., youth with terror-related offence after security probe

The RCMP’s national security team has arrested and charged an Ontario youth with a terrorism-related offence, the police force said Friday following an investigation in Kingston, Ont. Police have laid two charges against the young person, who is accused of knowingly facilitating a terrorist activity and counselling another person to “deliver, place, discharge or detonate an explosive or

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