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Last Westerner at Guantanamo ‘returning to Canada’
The last Westerner held in the US prison for terror suspects in Guantanamo is returning to his native Canada, Canadian TV reported on Saturday. Omar Khadr left the prison on Saturday morning on a military plane bound for Canada, CBC said, quoting a military source. It did not say if…
Same-sex marriages on the rise in Canada: census
OTTAWA — The number of same-sex marriages in Canada nearly tripled from 2006, according to a 2011 census released Wednesday that revealed a dramatic shift in the makeup of Canadian families. The data showed that married couples overall declined as a proportion of all families during the period, but still…
Canada breaks off relations with Iran
Canada has closed its Tehran embassy and ordered Iranian diplomats expelled, in a damning severance of ties in which it accused the Islamic Republic of being the biggest threat to world peace. Canada did not cite a specific incident that caused the breakdown, but issued a strongly worded attack on…
Canadians mock U.S. tourist who complained about not being able to carry a gun
Canadians this week ridiculed a nervous American tourist over his criticisms of Canada’s strict gun laws following what he said was “menacing” encounter with two young men in a Calgary park. Walt Wawra of Kalamazoo, Michigan detailed his account of a chance meeting in Nose Hill Park in a letter…
Canada backs off plan to deport undocumented Portuguese man who lived there 32 years
Canada’s immigration ministry on Wednesday rescinded a deportation order for a Portuguese man living in the country for 32 years. A crackdown on immigration fraud had unwittingly snared Jose Pereira, 58, who said he was ordered out over an administrative gaffe. Married to a Canadian woman, he had four children…
Tropical butterfly discovered in Quebec a sign of warming
Caterpillars belonging to a species of butterfly previously unknown as far north as Canada have been discovered in Montreal, in a sign that this country’s cool climate is warming, researchers said Monday. The city’s botanical garden and insectarium said the giant swallowtail butterflies (Papilio cresphontes Cramer) were recently found for…
Canada to appeal ruling that legalized assisted suicides
Canada’s attorney general announced Friday that he will appeal a lower court ruling that has cleared the way for assisted suicides. “The government is of the view that the Criminal Code provisions that prohibit medical professionals, or anyone else, from counseling or providing assistance in a suicide, are constitutionally valid,”…
Canada to ban key substance in ‘bath salts’ drug
MONTREAL — Canada said it was moving to ban the main substance used to make “bath salts” — the drug linked to a grisly attack in the United States in which a man almost killed another by chewing his face. The drug — which as its name suggests resembles regular…
Green groups block websites to protest Canada oil
MONTREAL — Hundreds of environmentalists and other activists in Canada made their websites go dark to protest planned measures to facilitate oil pipeline construction. The groups accuse the Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper of trying to silence opponents of exploitation of Alberta’s tar sands, the third-largest oil reserves…
Global hunt for Canada ‘body parts’ murder suspect
A global manhunt was under way Friday for a Canadian porn star suspected of dismembering his boyfriend and mailing the body parts, after a video of the grisly killing surfaced online. Interpol posted the picture and profile of Luka Rocco Magnotta, 29, who is being hunted across Canada over the…
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