The Calgary Police Service is asking the public to help identify a suspect alleged to have started a fire and assaulted two staff members at a Catholic church last Friday. On May 19 at around 2:30 a.m., emergency crews were called for reports of a “deliberately set fire” at the St. Mary’s Cathedral located at…
Police Looking for Suspect After Calgary Church Set on Fire
The Calgary Police Service is asking the public to help identify a suspect alleged to have started a fire and assaulted two staff members at a Catholic church last Friday. On May 19 at around 2:30 a.m., police were called about a “deliberately set fire” at the St. Mary’s Cathedral located at 219 17 Avenue…
2021 Church Fires: A Burning Desire for Revenge, or Terrorism?
Commentary To assert that Canada has had a less than stellar record of relations with our First Nations fellow citizens is nothing new. Whether we are talking about residential schools, relegation to inhospitable land areas, or the seizure of territory, we have treated these people terribly. We appear to have acknowledged this history to some…
Whatever Happened to Investigations Into 2021 Church Arsons?
In the wake of a church-burning on New Year’s Eve in rural Alberta, The Epoch Times followed up with police on the status of investigations into the fire as well as the torching of multiple churches in Canada in the summer of 2021. The fire investigator has determined that arson was the cause of a…
Woman Sentenced to 4 Years for Burning Down Coptic Orthodox Church in BC
A woman has been sentenced to four years in prison for burning down a Coptic Orthodox church in British Columbia last year following the discovery of unmarked graves at residential schools. Kathleen Panek, 35, pleaded guilty to two counts of arson in relation to the burning of the St. George Coptic Orthodox Church in Surrey’s Whalley neighbourhood on July…
Church Burnings Could Be Deemed Acts of Terrorism, Says Former CSIS Specialist
A former security intelligence specialist says the recent spate of fires that demolished or partially damaged churches across the country are likely deliberate, which could constitute acts of terrorism under Canadian criminal law. “As somebody who worked in counterterrorism in Canada for the better part of 15 years—I’ve written six books on the topic—a very…
Two More Catholic Churches Burn in B.C.’s Southern Interior, Chief Says
CAWSTON, B.C.—Mounties are investigating after they say two more Catholic churches in British Columbia’s southern Interior were destroyed in early−morning fires. RCMP say the Princeton detachment got a report at 3:52 a.m. that St. Ann’s Catholic Church on Upper Similkameen Indian Band land, near Hedley, B.C., was on fire. Another report came in to the…
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