HALIFAX — Defence Minister is defending the Liberal government's plan to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees by the new year.
Dozens of other Sikh pilgrims would arrive by air in Pakistan from different countries and then leave for Hasan Abdal town in Punjab province's Attock district.
Noemie Cimon-Mattar says Maxime Carrier-Legare was in the hotel but is now safe.
"I am confident that these experienced and hardworking individuals will help us tackle the important challenges facing America, and I am grateful for their service. I look forward to working with them," Obama said
An Indian-origin student has been awarded a presidential scholarship in a US college for outstanding academic merit and an exceptional commitment to the field of culinary arts.
The U.S. government has increasingly been using "Daesh" as its preferred name for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the murderous militant group also known as ISIS, ISIL and the Islamic State. Some facts: