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Has the “Islamic Revolutionary Force” been planting glass and needles on Canada’s beaches? Brad Hammond lives on the waterfront at Kirby’s Beach in Ontario, and he had never seen anything like it: glass shards and sewing needles had been deliberately planted at intervals along the beach, leading to the beach being closed for the first time in his memory. Another beach area, Bracebridge Bay Park, was closed as well. For the first time, but not likely the last, jihad had come to the beaches of Ontario. There is no doubt that the glass and needles had been placed on the...

The man who opened fire in Canada's Parliament building has been identified as Michael Zehaf-Bibeau: The gunman was described as "dressed all in black with a scarf over his face" when he killed the officer. The person who attacked the officer reportedly opened fire just before 10 o'clock this morning. Authorities believe he was driving this car: The gunman then opened fire in the Parliament building. He was eventually killed by the sergeant-at-arms, Kevin Vickers.

OTTAWA - Israel's embassy in Canada said on Friday that a Canadian had confessed to planning attacks in North America on behalf of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, prompting an angry Ottawa to say it would reprimand the Israeli ambassador. Canadian officials said they were also unhappy with the way Israel had responded to complaints about how 23-year-old Palestinian-born Jamal Akkal was being interrogated and were unaware of any confession he might have made. Israeli Ambassador Haim Divon told reporters that Akkal confessed at a court hearing on Thursday that he been recruited by Hamas "to carry out terrorist attacks"...

(CP) - The father of a Canadian terrorist suspect who was killed in a shootout with Saudi police said Friday his son was a "perfect teenager" but fell prey to extremist groups that valued his western passport, fluent English and North American education. "They tricked him," Mansour Jabarah said in a phone interview with The Canadian Press from Kuwait City. Only two hours earlier, he had received word from the Canadian Ambassador in Kuwait that his son, Abdul-Rahman Jabarah, was among the dead after Saudi police stormed a house in the town of Suweir, 900 kilometres northwest of the capital...