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Author: Sidhartha Banerjee
Publication Date: January 8, 2026 - 16:01
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Homeless man with ties to al-Qaeda faces new charges as lawyer raises mental health concerns
January 8, 2026
A homeless man who had attended al-Qaeda training camps and is charged with allegedly threatening to bomb public transit in Montreal is now also accused of issuing a threat from jail to blow up Passport Canada offices.
Mohamed Abdullah Warsame, a 52-year-old Somali-born Canadian citizen, appeared at the Montreal courthouse via video conference on Thursday. Warsame’s lawyer, Leonard Waxman, told reporters after the brief hearing in Quebec court that his client has had numerous mental health struggles and had been recently diagnosed with schizophrenia.
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It’s not easy to escape the PWHL basement. Just ask the Ottawa Charge. Tied for the fewest points in the league entering play Friday, the Charge defeated the Vancouver Goldeneyes 4-2 at TD Place for its fifth consecutive victory. The win, in front of 7,889 fans, lifted Ottawa into a tie for the league’s fourth […]
January 9, 2026 - 22:08 | Don Brennan | Ottawa Citizen
A former Lethbridge elementary school principal is the latest STARS air ambulance patient to have a show home named in their honour.
January 9, 2026 - 21:17 | Justin Sibbet | Global News - Canada
'I basically knew when I moved over here, if I didn’t have the gates, because of the nature of what we sell, we would be robbed within a week,' Daniels said.
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