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Apr
18
2024
By KYAWSOE OO
Police arrest six, seek three others linked to Canada’s largest gold heist

Police arrest six, seek three others linked to Canada’s largest gold heist

WORLD
POLICE in Canada and the United States have arrested six people and are seeking three others in connection with the theft of over C$22 million ($16 million) in gold and cash from an Air Canada cargo facility last year. In what authorities described as the largest gold heist in Canadian history, suspects including an Air Canada employee forged an airway bill to steal the cargo that had arrived in Toronto from Zurich in April 2023. The cargo contained 6,600 gold bars weighing 400 kilograms (882 pounds), worth over C$20 million, and C$2.5 million in foreign currency, the Peel regional police…
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Feb
24
2024
By The African Mirror
Canada pledges C$80.5 mln to back Kenya-led security mission to Haiti

Canada pledges C$80.5 mln to back Kenya-led security mission to Haiti

NEWS
CANADA announced C$123 million ($91 million) for Haiti, including C$80.5 million for the deployment of a Kenya-led multinational mission to support Haitian police combat criminal gangs as the Caribbean nation faces a humanitarian crisis. Canada's support "will contribute to pave the way to more meaningful interventions to protect the people of Haiti and encourage Haitian-led efforts to restore peace and prosperity in the country," Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said in a statement.
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Nov
08
2023
By The African Mirror
Canada investigates fatal embassy explosion in Nigeria, issues travel alert

Canada investigates fatal embassy explosion in Nigeria, issues travel alert

NEWS
CANADA is investigating an explosion at its embassy in Nigeria that killed two people, Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said, as Ottawa joined Washington and London in issuing a warning against nonessential travel to the West African nation. "We can confirm there was an explosion at our High Commission in Nigeria. The fire is out and we are working to shed light on what caused this situation," Joly said on X. "I send my heartfelt condolences to the families of the 2 people killed in this tragedy," she said. Nigerian President Bola Tinubu's spokesperson said that there were deaths and injuries…
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Oct
04
2023
By The African Mirror
Canada wants private talks with India to resolve diplomatic spat

Canada wants private talks with India to resolve diplomatic spat

WORLD
CANADA wants private talks with India to resolve a diplomatic dispute over the murder of a Sikh separatist leader, Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said, after a report said India had asked the country to withdraw 41 diplomats. India has told Canada that it must repatriate the diplomats by October 10, according to the Financial Times. Neither Joly nor Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responded when asked if the report was accurate. "We are in contact with the government of India. We take Canadian diplomats' safety very seriously and we will continue to engage privately because we think diplomatic conversations are best…
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Oct
03
2023
By NIVEDITA BALU
Couple killed in grizzly bear attack in Canada’s Banff National Park

Couple killed in grizzly bear attack in Canada’s Banff National Park

WORLD
A grizzly bear attacked and killed two people and their dog in Alberta's Banff National Park, according to Canadian park officials and a friend of the victims. Parks Canada said in a statement on Saturday night it had received an alert late Friday from a GPS device indicating a bear attack in the Red Deer River Valley west of Ya Ha Tinda Ranch in Banff National Park. The bear was later euthanized after it displayed aggressive behaviour, the agency said. The victims were a Canadian couple and their dog, according to Kim Titchener, the founder of Bear Safety and More…
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Sep
22
2023
By STEVE SCHERER and DAVID LJUNGGREN
Canada’s allies in a bind as tensions rise with India over Sikh leader’s murder

Canada’s allies in a bind as tensions rise with India over Sikh leader’s murder

WORLD
CANADA this week divulged it had intelligence possibly linking Indian government agents to the murder of a separatist Sikh leader, the kind of news that usually sparks uproar among democratic allies. Not this time. India is being courted by the United States and others as a counterweight to China, and Trudeau's rare attack just days after New Delhi hosted a G20 Summit is putting Western nations in an awkward position. "India is important in Western calculations for balancing China, and Canada is not," said Stephanie Carvin, a professor of international relations at Ottawa's Carleton University. "This really does put Canada offside among…
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Jul
16
2023
By ANNA MEHLER PAPERNY
Insight: She’s 47, anorexic and wants help dying. Canada will soon allow it.

Insight: She’s 47, anorexic and wants help dying. Canada will soon allow it.

WORLD
LISA Pauli wants to die. The 47-year-old has wrestled with the eating disorder anorexia for decades; she says she has had a warped relationship with her body since age 8. These days, Pauli says, she weighs 92 pounds and may go days without eating solid food. She says she is too weak to carry groceries home without stopping for breaks. "Every day is hell," she said. "I'm so tired. I'm done. I've tried everything. I feel like I've lived my life." Pauli cannot legally get medical help to die - yet. An expansion of the criteria for medically assisted death…
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Jul
12
2023
By The African Mirror
How an African collection of art in Canada is celebrated with care and community

How an African collection of art in Canada is celebrated with care and community

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
A significant collection of traditional African art has had a home in Canada for almost a hundred years. At Agnes Etherington Art Centre, we are working on new, more hospitable practices of care for this collection. This means that we are attentive to the unmet needs of the collection and are taking responsibility for responding to these in ways that encourage community access and inclusion. QANITA LILLA, Associate Curator Arts of Africa, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, Ontario We are located at Queen’s University, in Kingston, Ont., on the territories of the Anishinaabek, Haudenosaunee and Huron-Wendat, in a city…
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Jan
22
2023
By The African Mirror
Canada says Cameroon warring parties agree to enter peace process

Canada says Cameroon warring parties agree to enter peace process

NEWS
THE government of Cameroon and some separatist factions in the English-speaking regions of the country have agreed to enter into a process aimed at resolving a conflict that has killed over 6,000 people, Canada's foreign ministry said. "Canada welcomes the agreement by the parties to enter a process to reach a comprehensive, peaceful and political resolution of the conflict," foreign minister Mélanie Joly, said in a statement on Friday. The statement said Canada had accepted a mandate to facilitate the process and the parties have agreed to form technical committees to begin work on confidence-building measures. The armed conflict, which…
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