A House of Commons committee will investigate how a man facing terror charges was admitted to Canada and obtained citizenship. Members of Parliament on the national security committee voted unanimously to launch a study on the terror suspects arrested in the Toronto area last month. Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi, 62, and his son Mostafa Eldidi, 26, were arrested in Richmond Hill, Ont., and face nine terrorism charges including conspiracy to commit murder on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. The RCMP announced the charges on July 31 and said the two men were "in the advanced stag

Punjab Congress Lok Sabha Member and former Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa has hit out at Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's government for granting a new parole of 21 days to Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim. Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa said that the surprise is that why the Bhagwant Mann government is not speaking on this issue, while the sentiments of the Sikh panth and the victims are being hurt due to the repeated parole of Sauda Saad and the atmosphere of Punjab. can be damaged Referring to the Assembly elections in Haryana, Randhawa has demanded that the Aam Aadmi Pa

Police in British Columbia's southern Interior say a single-vehicle crash on the Trans-Canada Highway east of Savona has killed one person. RCMP say they were called Sunday to respond to the crash involving two women from the Metro Vancouver community of Port Coquitlam. Police say their early investigation suggests the pickup truck hit the ditch, then rolled over into the opposite ditch after "overcorrecting." Both women were trapped inside, and police say firefighters helped get them free. They say the passenger was found dead, while the driver was taken to hospital with serious injuries. The

The Public Health Agency of Canada says a third person has died in a Listeria outbreak connected to Great Value and Silk plant-based milks. The agency says there are now 20 confirmed cases of listeriosis in Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and Alberta. The Ontario ministry of health previously confirmed the first two deaths happened in that province. It's not yet clear where the third death happened. The affected products include Silk brand almond milk, coconut milk, almond-coconut milk and oat milk, as well as Great Value brand almond milk with best before dates up to and including Oct. 4. Last w

Police on Vancouver Island are investigating a two-vehicle highway crash that killed one person over the weekend. Nanaimo RCMP say witnesses told police they saw the driver of a car cross the median on the Nanaimo Parkway and hit an SUV head on. Police say the driver of the SUV died of their injuries after being taken to hospital. The other driver has serious but non-life-threatening injuries. It happened at about 8:30 Saturday night and the Mounties say investigators, including a collision analyst, were at the scene most of the night. The crash occurred on the parkway between the Dunster Road

The recently appointed chief commissioner of the Canadian Human Rights Commission says he has agreed to resign today after an investigation into comments he made in the past related to Israel. The justice minister launched an investigation after Canadian Jewish organizations raised concerns about Birju Dattani's past activities. Dattani has previously denied allegations that he made anti-Israel statements, including what Conservatives characterize as a "justification of terrorism." Justice Minister Arif Virani told Dattani in a letter at the end of July that the results of the investigation ra

Congress leader and former cabinet minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu of Punjab's Ludhiana has been sent to jail in 14 days judicial custody by the Jalandhar court. He was arrested by the ED on August 1 in connection with the transport scam in the Food and Supplies Department. He was being interrogated continuously for the last 10 days. According to sources, ED has summoned around 5 people who are very close to Ashu. Some of them are also people whose involvement in the transport tender scam was found by the vigilance.

The Quebec Liberal Party is proposing that the province adopt its own constitution, a project it says will be "unifying." The idea was announced this morning by members of the party's policy commission Julie White and Antoine Dionne Charest, son of former Quebec Liberal premier Jean Charest. In a video released on social media they say a constitution would assert key elements of "who we are," including the province's language, the powers of the Quebec government and the distinct Civil Code used in civil litigation. Charest says the proposal is in response to polices of the governing Coalition

Experts from the navy were dispatched to a Vancouver Island thrift store to deal with what police are calling a "historical military explosive device." Mounties from the Sidney North Saanich detachment say employees from the store in Sidney, B.C., called them around 2:30 p.m. Saturday, reporting the device being dropped off there. RCMP say they evacuated the store and blocked the area as part of the safety measures while waiting for assistance from Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt. Explosive experts from the navy arrived at the scene around 5:30 p.m. Saturday and found the device to be a fake, p