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Abdullah Khadr at large: Brothers were caught in Afghanistan, father is wanted for aiding Osama bin Laden The federal government released secret intelligence documents yesterday revealing that an al-Qaeda training camp in eastern Afghanistan was under the command of a Scarborough man whose two brothers are captives in the war on terrorism. Abdullah Khadr, 22, is described in a Privy Council Office intelligence report as a suspected al-Qaeda member who is thought to have "commanded an extremist training camp in Lowgar Province in Afghanistan." He is the fourth member of the Khadr family to come to the attention of Canadian...

North Bay, Ont. — Prime Minister Jean Chrétien dropped hints of an early retirement last night, telling his Liberal colleagues he is counting the weeks, not the months, until he leaves, and vowing to be the third Canadian Prime Minister whose successor wins the next election. As Paul Martin, his heir apparent, mouthed "Bravo," Mr. Chrétien said he will do "everything to make sure that the new leader will have the best conditions possible to win a fourth consecutive Liberal majority government." Relaxed, and at times speaking with a catch in his throat, Mr. Chrétien addressed his Liberal caucus for...

In your article "The British wrest defeat from the jaws of victory" you make two important points about the presence or absence of WMD in Iraq. One - the capability to produce WMD is as important if not more important than the fact of production of these armaments. Secondly, the majority of the governments of the Western nations have been privy to the same intelligence information related to WMD. It is useful to bear these points in mind as we listen to purported leaders speak. In Canada, our Prime Minister gloats about there being no evidence of WMD, that rogue...

TORONTO (AP)--The number of probable SARS cases in Canada's largest city could be 60 or more, a leading figure in Toronto's efforts to contain the disease said Thursday. Dr. Donald Low said health officials were likely to designate more patients as probable cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome when they apply a broader definition of the diagnosis to a new outbreak first noticed last week. Officials worry the World Health Organization could issue another warning against travel to the city, like one on April 23 that was lifted a week later. Dr. Colin D'Cunha, the Ontario commissioner of public health,...

This year, Canada can't win for losing. Another exotic disease strikes our country, this time imperilling not our health but our economy. And once again, Ottawa is in the unenviable position of having to balance between the twin dangers of underreaction and panic. Jean Chrétien faces an exquisitely difficult balancing act in the days and weeks ahead, one he has shown himself ill-equipped to handle in the past. But handle it he must. Because the consequences of inaction or misdirection are vast. There is no underestimating the short-term impact of the discovery that mad-cow disease was diagnosed in an Alberta...

Former US President Bill Clinton was tricked Wednesday into thinking he might get a chance to play his saxaphone on stage during his visit to Montreal next week. A radio show host pretending to be Prime Minister Jean Chretian told Clinton during a prank phone call he would be welcome to join the band when the two men attended a concert next Friday night.