Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Injured. 5. Motive. Islamic terrorism [1] The 2017 Edmonton attack was a stabbing and vehicle-ramming attack that occurred in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on September 30, 2017. Edmonton police constable Mike Chernyk [2] was hit and stabbed by 30-year-old Abdulahi Sharif, [3] who then struck four pedestrians with a rental truck during a police ...
Canadian Security Intelligence Service. A safe, secure and prosperous Canada, through trusted intelligence and advice. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS, / ˈsiːsɪs /; French: Service canadien du renseignement de sécurité, SCRS) is a foreign intelligence service and security agency of the federal government of Canada.
The Canadian Network for Research on Terrorism, Security and Society (TSAS), located at the University of Waterloo, is an academic research network purposed to form "multidisciplinary research on terrorist radicalization" and "the coordinated interaction of academic researchers with government officials." It was created in 2012 with funding ...
Amarjeet Sohi PC (born March 8, 1964) is a Canadian politician serving as the 36th and current mayor of Edmonton since October 26, 2021. Sohi previously sat as a Liberal member of Parliament (MP) and served in the federal Cabinet from 2015 to 2018 as the minister of infrastructure and communities, and from 2018 to 2019 as the minister of natural resources.
Organizations designated as terrorist by Canada are groups that have been listed by the Canadian government as terrorist organisations.. Since 18 December 2001, the Anti-terrorism Act has allowed for section 83.05 of the Canadian Criminal Code to be invoked by the Governor in Council to maintain a list of "entities" that are engaged in terrorism, facilitating it, or acting on behalf of such an ...
The Anti-terrorism Act, 2015 (French: Loi antiterroriste (2015)), introduced as, and referred to as Bill C-51, is an act of the Parliament of Canada passed by the Harper government that broadened the authority of Canadian government agencies to share information about individuals easily. It also expanded the mandate of the Canadian Security ...
ITAC is responsible for assessing and recommending the National Terrorism Threat Level, used by the Canadian government and law enforcement agencies to "mitigate the potential effects of terrorism incidents in Canada and abroad." [1] Administratively, ITAC functions as a component of Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and is subject ...
Integrated National Security Enforcement Teams (INSET; French: Équipes intégrées de la sécurité nationale, EISN) [1] are Canadian counterterrorist, counter- foreign interference, and counter-espionage units operating under the auspices of Public Safety Canada. These federal investigative teams were formed in 2002 in response to the ...