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Published: October 16, 2026 at 3:45p.m. EDTOne of the ringleaders of the thwarted Toronto 18 terror plot has been granted full parole after the Parole Board of Canada found he no longer showed “any signs of holding onto extremist beliefs or radical ideologies.”Zakaria Amara, who helped recruit members for a group that aimed to storm Parliament Hill and bomb several locations around Toronto, has been on day parole with multiple conditions for four years, and the board upgraded his release after reviewing his case last week. In a written decision issued Friday, the two-member panel says Amara, 41, undertook a process to deradicalize while incarcerated and has used his day parole “for its intended rehabilitative purpose,” demonstrating “positive change, both in attitude and in behaviour.”It says he was closely supervised while on day parole and his internet use, friendships and relationships were monitored, with no reported safety concerns or breaches.

PoliticsCanada has joined allies France, the U. K. and Australia in saying they "deeply regret" the postponement of Palestinian presidential and legislative elections. Holding elections was a condition for Canada's recognition of state of PalestineThe Canadian Press · Posted: Oct 13, 2026 1:51 PM EDT | Last Updated: October 14Listen to this articleEstimated 5 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is seen last month in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Palestinian elections set for next month have been delayed by a year. (Mahmoud Illean/The Associated Press)Canada has joined allies France, the U. K. and Australia in saying they "deeply regret" the postponement of Palestinian presidential and legislative elections. The votes were set to happen next month but Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has delayed them until September 2027.

On the morning of 11 September 2001, Perry Chalmers was running drills for the Royal Canadian Regiment’s specialised mortar platoon in New Brunswick when he heard the news: America was under attack. Word quickly spread across the base. “I went inside to watch the news,” the former corporal recalls. “And there was a huge feeling of – and you’re going to have to excuse me – holy shit. What the fuck just happened?” Chalmers called his wife, who informed him that, just before 10.30am, the second of the World Trade Center towers had fallen. With that, his battalion was put on notice: dispatched to nearby airports to assist in the forced landings of commercial aircraft after the shutdown of North American airspace. The Canadian troops went to retrieve their rucksacks and any other necessities, should they need to spring into action at a moment’s notice. As Chalmers recalls: “Things started to happen really quickly.”Perry Chalmers was called into action with his unit when the World Trade Center was attacked. Photograph: Peter Morgan/ReutersChalmers would deploy to Afghanistan, on a nine-month tour of combat duty, where he saw combat alongside US troops.