Violent Extremism

• Canada lists 4 new terrorist entities, including online extremist groups

  The move marks the first time any country has listed one of those IMVE groups, 764, as a terrorist organization, a statement from Public Safety Canada said Wednesday.

  Canada

  Dec 10, 2025
  
• RCMP arrests stun small towns near Quebec City where 2 suspects live

  Residents of two rural communities near Quebec City were stunned by the dawn RCMP tactical squad arrests amid allegations that militiamen with weapons and ammo lived among them.

  Canada

  Jul 9, 2025
  
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• New Zealand to tighten counter-terrorism laws after supermarket stabbing attack: Ardern

  A bill awaiting passage criminalizes planning and preparation that might lead to a terror attack, closing what critics have said has been a loophole allowing plotters to stay free.

  World

  Sep 4, 2021
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• New Zealand police shoot, kill ‘violent extremist’ who stabbed 6 in supermarket

  Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the suspect, a Sri Lankan national inspired by the Islamic State, was well known to the nation’s security agencies and was being monitored.

  World

  Sep 3, 2021
• Anti-Semitic incidents in Edmonton under investigation by police hate crimes unit

  EPS has called on its Hate Crimes and Violent Extremism Unit to investigate after "two homes were approached and anti-Semitic rhetoric was used."

  Crime

  May 17, 2021
• Trudeau, King of Jordan to meet in Ottawa

  The Prime Minister's Office says the two will discuss the partnership between Canada and Jordan and efforts to promote diversity and counter violent extremism.

  Canada

  Nov 18, 2019
• NATO chief, New Zealand PM say they’re united in stopping extremism

  Stoltenberg, making a two-day trip to New Zealand, visited Christchurch, where 51 Muslim worshippers were killed in the attacks on two mosques by a suspected white supremacist.

  World

  Aug 5, 2019
• ISIS may be defeated on battlefield but ideology ‘alive and well’: Canadian commander

  "The ideology has in no way at all been defeated," says a former Canadian commander in Iraq.

  Canada

  Jun 9, 2019
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• Mayor Matt Brown to talk NAFTA, countering violent extremism during trip to U.S.

  Mayor Matt Brown will travel to Washington Tuesday six other Canadian mayors.

  Canada

  Jan 23, 2018
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• Feds give $4M to Edmonton police and violence prevention group to fight radicalization

  The federal government announced Friday that two organizations will receive money to help address radicalization to violence in Alberta.

  Crime

  Jan 19, 2018