Archive List for Canada

North America storm: Travel disrupted as arctic blast descends

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A powerful winter storm is making its way through the US and Canada, bringing with it massive amounts of snow and extremely low temperatures. It has been called a “once in a generation” event, and it is disrupting travel during one of the busiest times of the year. Climate scientists have said climate change has made storms such as this one more frequent and more powerful during the past 70 years. Al Jazeera’s @CaraLegg reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #UnitedStates #US #winter

Canada anti-Muslim attack: ‘It could have been any one of us’

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A vigil has been held in Canada in memory of a Muslim family killed when the driver of a pick-up truck ran them over. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called the attack on the Afzaal family in Ontario a “terrorist attack”. Police say the crime was motivated by anti-Muslim hate. A 20-year-old man, Nathaniel Veltman, was arrested and charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder. Al Jazeera’s Zein Basravi reports. – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/ – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera/ – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Canada #MuslimsLiveMatters #AfzaalFamily

Remains of 215 children found at Indigenous school site in Canada

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The remains of 215 Indigenous children have been found at a site of a former boarding school in British Columbia. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called the discovery “heartbreaking”. Al Jazeera’s Victoria Gatenby has more. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Canada #Children #School

Saudi Arabia overturns death sentences in Jamal Khashoggi killing

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Saudi Arabia has reduced the sentences of eight people involved in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey. Last year, five of them were given the death penalty for the killing, but that has been overturned. The court handed 20-year sentences to five people and three others were sentenced to between seven to 10 years, state media reported. The eight convicted were not identified. Al Jazeera’s Alexi O’Brien reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Khashoggi #SaudiArabia

Iran’s Zarif arrives for surprise G7 talks, no plan to meet US

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Iran’s top diplomat has arrived in France for surprise talks at the G7 summit, an official announced, as US President Donald Trump appeared to brush aside French efforts to mediate with Tehran. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif landed on Sunday in the French seaside town of Biarritz, where leaders of the G7 nations – the United States, Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy and Japan – are holding their annual gathering. French President Emmanuel Macron, the host of this year’s G7 summit, has been leading efforts to defuse tensions triggered by Trump’s decision to exit the internationally-brokered 2015 Iran nuclear deal and reimpose sanctions against Tehran. Al Jazeera’s […]

Canada’s Dark Secret | Featured Documentaries

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Canada’s Dark Secret | Featured Documentary In 1996, the last residential school in Canada was closed down, bringing to light horrifying stories about the methods used to sever indigenous children from the influence of their families and to assimilate them into the dominant “Canadian” culture. Over more than a century, tens of thousands of families were torn apart as children were kidnapped or forcibly removed from their homes Residential schools were part of an extensive education system set up by the Canadian government and administered by churches with the objective of indoctrinating Aboriginal children into the Euro-Canadian and Christian way of life. Bud Whiteye, a survivor of the Mohawk Institute […]