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A woman whose daughter is a former resident of a Nova Scotia safe house for survivors of sex trafficking is raising concerns about the involvement of a man at the organization who is charged with sex offences. Kevin MacLeod, 64, was charged in October with two counts of sexual assault and three …
Read More »Construction workers safe after huddling in shipping container as wildfire raged around them
The superintendent of a construction crew that sheltered in a shipping container as an out of control wildfire closed in around them says they’re lucky to be alive. The 19-person crew — with all but one hailing from communities across Manitoba — had been working at a job site near Sandy Lake …
Read More »Wife of detained Palestinian Columbia student says she was naive to believe he was safe from arrest
Two days before U.S. agents arrested Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University student and Palestinian activist asked his wife if she knew what to do if immigration agents came to their door. Noor Abdalla, Khalil’s wife of more than two years, said she was confused. As a legal permanent resident of …
Read More »In Ukraine, expect to see more ground drones on the battlefield to keep soldiers safe
Ukraine has been throwing everything it can at Russia as its all-out invasion nears the three-year mark. The latest weapon in the military’s arsenal? Ground drones. Other types of drones have already proven critical to Ukraine during the war, and it has used them to take the fight to the enemy …
Read More »Former Canadian soldier David Lavery ‘safe’ in Qatar after release from Afghanistan, Joly says
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canadian Armed Forces veteran David Lavery is “safe” in Qatar — months after a network that supports vets expressed concern that he went missing in Afghanistan and was possibly detained by the Taliban government. In a social media post on Sunday, Joly said she “just spoke with David …
Read More »LAPD says Hannah Kobayashi found safe, a month after family reported her missing
Hannah Kobayashi, the missing Hawaii woman whose disappearance prompted a massive search and a missing persons investigation in Los Angeles, has been found safe, police said Wednesday. Kobayashi vanished last month in Los Angeles. She missed her connecting flight and planned to explore the city the next day. But subsequent text …
Read More »A huge hack of U.S. phone companies means your text messages may not be safe
At least eight U.S. telecom firms and dozens of countries have been impacted this week by what a top White House official called a Chinese hacking campaign that has also raised concerns about the security of text messaging. At a media briefing Wednesday, U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Anne Neuberger shared details …
Read More »Freeland says Canada’s borders are ‘safe and secure’ following Trump’s election win
Canada’s borders are “safe and secure,” Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said Friday as she sought to address fears that U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s vow to deport millions of undocumented immigrants could send a wave of migrants north. RCMP officials have said they’ve been preparing for months for the possibility of increased …
Read More »New bylaw keeps public safe and protects homeless people: Guelph mayor
Descrease article font size Increase article font size City council in Guelph has passed an enforcement bylaw limiting the number of encampments in public spaces. Council voted 10-3 in favor of the decision, which was passed at Wednesday night’s council meeting. Mayor Cam Guthrie said encampment setup in most areas …
Read More »Amber Alert cancelled for Quebec boy after being found safe in Ontario
Descrease article font size Increase article font size An Amber Alert that was issued for both Quebec and Ontario for a five-year-old boy on Tuesday has been cancelled after the child was found safe. The boy had initially gone missing at around 6 p.m. Monday from Brossard, a community in …
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