Category Archives: armed conflict
Parents calling on Canada to evacuate children stuck in the Gaza Strip
OTTAWA — When Mahmoud Khalaf's wife and two children travelled from Canada to visit extended family in the Gaza Strip in April, they couldn't imagine they would end up stranded there during a deadly war between Israel and Hamas. Khalaf, an
Canada welcomes ceasefire ending 11-day war in Gaza, Israel that killed hundreds
OTTAWA — Canada welcomes a ceasefire ending the 11-day war between Israel and Hamas that left hundreds of people dead, Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau says. In a statement posted on his Twitter account Thursday night, Garneau said Ottawa urges I...
Singh calls for halt on Canadian arms sales to Israel as violence escalates in region
OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is calling on the federal government to halt arms sales to Israel amid escalating violence in the region. At a news conference Wednesday, Singh said Canada must apply pressure to ratchet down the spiralling conflict
Armenian diaspora in Canada says Ottawa must act to prevent a second genocide
MONTREAL — The ongoing conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan is physically and emotionally distant to most Canadians, but for Montrealer Talar Chichmanian, the war is the second time since the 1990s her family has taken up arms. Her husband left Mont...