Shortly before midnight Eastern time on Saturday, Montreal resident Raquel Ohnona says she received a video call from her son, Alexandre Look, that would shatter her family forever. Look, 33, was calling from Israel, where he was vacationing with friends and had been attending a music festival about five kilometres from the border with Gaza.
Alberta’s Opposition NDP is moving ahead with town-hall consultations next week on the government’s proposal to have the province quit the Canada Pension Plan. NDP Leader Rachel Notley says more than 23,000 Albertans have already responded to her party’s survey, with more than 90 per cent rejecting the idea of ditching the CPP.Premier Danielle Smith
Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says flights will begin to help Canadians depart Tel Aviv, Israel, by the end of the week with the help of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). These flights will head to Athens, Greece, Joly said. Air Canada is partnering with the government to fly Canadians, their families and permanent residents
A mother in Tennessee has issued a heartbreaking warning to other parents after her seven-year-old daughter died early this month while playing with her birthday balloons. Alexandra Hope Kelly of Clinton, Tenn., celebrated her seventh birthday on Sept. 24. To ring in the festivities Alexandra’s mother, Channa Kelly, said she bought a 34-inch (over 86-centimetre)
A 33-year-old man was arrested on Monday after allegedly jumping into one of the reflecting pools at the 9/11 Memorial in New York City. Police told NBC New York that the incident occurred around 1:30 p.m. local time. The man was found injured inside the north pool — one of two memorial pools that mark
The United Nations’ human rights commission of inquiry says it is investigating “war crimes committed by all sides” of the rapidly escalating violence in Israel and Gaza following Saturday’s surprise attack by Hamas militants, which has ignited fears of a bigger regional escalation. Tuesday’s announcement from the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied
A second Canadian is confirmed to have died in Israel after a multifront attack by the militant group Hamas over the weekend. News of the death of Ben Mizrachi, from British Columbia, came Tuesday from a source close to the family, as well as social media posts from family members and his former high school.Global
Hamas is currently holding a “substantial” number of people hostage, according to Israel’s military, as fears grow that those could include foreign nationals from up to 12 different countries who are missing after the militant group’s unprecedented attack. Israel’s military said Saturday that the number taken hostage in a surprise attack launched by Hamas the
Vivian Silver’s son was anxiously texting with his mother on Saturday morning, as Hamas gunmen closed in on her home near Israel’s Gaza border. Her last message read: “They’re inside the house.” The 74-year-old Canadian-Israeli spent her adult life campaigning for peace and human rights for Palestinians, particularly those living in impoverished Gaza.Silver is now
Israel says more than 100 hostages are now being held by Hamas militants, with the country vowing to free every last one of them. And though Middle Eastern countries are offering to mediate a prisoner swap, Israel may also decide to use force to rescue those taken captive. Redmond Shannon explains why such an operation