Thursday, October 19th, 2023
RCMP tells owners to turn in guns after banned fully automatic model sold in Canada
Hundreds of firearms were misidentified as semi-automatic and sold commercially in Canada The RCMP has told owners to turn in what the force is calling fully automatic military surplus firearms after hundreds were misidentified and allowed into Canada for commercial sale. The Mounties say the registrar of firearms immediately froze records relating to the 245 prohibited guns after discovering the issue to prevent further sale or transfer of the firearms. The registrar believes three firearm businesses imported and registered the guns as semi-automatic Tavor X95s that are classified as restricted firearmsRead more
Judge grants more freedom to repatriated Canadian who married notorious ISIS fighter
Judge orders curfew, releases Dure Ahmed from house arrest The Ontario Court of Justice has granted more freedom to a Canadian woman repatriated in April from northeastern Syria who was married to a notorious ISIS militant. Dure Ahmed, who is now living in the Toronto area, was married to El Shafee Elsheikh, a member of an ISIS militant group known to its hostages as “the Beatles” because of their British accents. Elsheikh is serving multiple life sentences in an American supermax prison for his role in a hostage-taking scheme that ledRead more