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The latest news on politics from Safe Travels Magazine, offering travellers and travel safety professionals information, news, advice and insights to help keep travellers safe.

Quick Read: Detention of Canadian in China likely unrelated to arrests of foreign teachers, students

News TeamJuly 15, 2019

A Canadian has been detained in eastern China, a government official confirmed Sunday, amid a deepening diplomatic row between Beijing and Ottawa. But the reaso...

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The latest aid worker news from Safe Travels Magazine, offering travellers and travel safety professionals information, news, advice and insights to help keep travellers safe.

Quick Read: Canadian aid worker Peter Dalglish jailed 16 years in Nepal for sexual assault of boys

News TeamJuly 9, 2019

In addition to the prison term, the court ordered Peter Dalglish to pay his victims the equivalent of US$5,000 each, Nader Hasan said. Dalglish, an Order of Can...

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Quick Read: U.S. says accused American spy’s health deteriorating in Russia jail

News TeamJuly 3, 2019

Moscow -- The U.S. Embassy in Moscow says the condition of an American man held on spying charges in Russia has worsened. The Embassy said on Twitter Monday that Russian authorities had rejected a request to send a doctor to examine Paul Whelan.... R...

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Quick Read: Canadian aid worker killed in car crash in Afghanistan

News TeamJune 27, 2019

Her family and the Canadian embassy in Kabul have been informed. Miriam Lindsay, 41, from Maple Grove, Que., was on her way home around midnight local time when...

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Quick Read: Chile police arrest two in murder of Canadian in Valparaiso

News TeamJune 26, 2019

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean police arrested two men suspected of killing a Canadian citizen last week during an attempted mugging while he strolled with his fa...

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Quick Read: Canadian man killed in Chilean tourist city Valparaiso

News TeamJune 24, 2019

Police officers of the homicide brigade inspect the place where a Canadian citizen was killed when he was walking with his family in a touristic hill of Valparaiso, Chile June 21, 2019.... Read the full article at the publisher's site: https://www.re...

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The latest abduction, kidnap, ransom and extortion news from Safe Travels Magazine, offering travellers and travel safety professionals information, news, advice and insights to help keep travellers safe.

Quick Read: Ghana security forces rescue Canadian women hostages

News TeamJune 13, 2019

Two Canadian women have been rescued after they were kidnapped last week by gunmen in Ghana's second city, Kumasi, a government minister has said. The two unnam...

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Quick Read: Abductions May Be Rising in Ghana

News TeamJune 12, 2019

Ghana's police are searching for two Canadian citizens kidnapped Tuesday from the West Africa country's second-biggest city, Kumasi. The incident has added to a...

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Quick Read: Sint Maarten shooting victim is Canadian tourist, flown out on Thursday

News TeamJune 7, 2019

PHILIPSBURG—The man shot in the Maho area in the vicinity of Driftwood Bar is a Canadian tourist vacationing on the island... Read the full article at the publisher's site: https://www.thedailyherald.sx/islands/88090-shooting-victim-is-canadian-to...

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Quick Read: Police arrest suspected kidnappers who abducted four expatriates, killed police escorts

News TeamJune 7, 2019

Operatives of the Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team, IRT, have arrested two members of an alleged kidnap gang, for abducting two American...

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Ghana: Two Canadian women abducted on Monday in Kumasi, Uber driver detained

News TeamJune 7, 2019

On Monday evening, two Canadian women aged 19 and 20 were abducted as they arrived at the Kumasi Royal Golf Club in Kumasi. The BBC reports that they were arriv...

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Quick Read: Scottish oil rig worker kidnapped in Nigeria has been freed after a month

News TeamJune 3, 2019

A Scottish oil worker held captive in Nigeria has been freed a month after armed men stormed his rig... Read the full article at the publisher's site: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nigeria-kidnapped-scot-oil-rig-worker-captive-john-hiddleston...

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Quick Read: 4 Americans, 1 Canadian die in small plane crash in Honduras

News TeamMay 20, 2019

Four Americans and a Canadian pilot were killed when a small plane went down off the coast of Roatan island in Honduras, officials said Sunday. Armed Forces spo...

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Quick Read: China says detained Canadians have been formally arrested

News TeamMay 16, 2019

People hold placards calling for China to release Canadian detainees Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig outside a court hearing for Huawei Technologies Chief Fin...

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The latest news on the Philippines from Safe Travels Magazine, offering travellers and travel safety professionals information, news, advice and insights to help keep travellers safe.

Quick Read: Travel advisory: Canadians urged to avoid all travel to parts of the Philippines

News TeamMay 9, 2019

The Canadian Government has issued a travel advisory for the Philippines due to a threat of terrorism and a high level of crime.... Read the full article at the publisher's site: https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/2019/05/07/philippines-travel-adviso...

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Quick Read: Canadian man hit Seattle’s tourist hot spots while infected with measles, health officials say

News TeamMay 9, 2019

Health officials in Seattle are warning about a Canadian traveler who passed through popular tourist spots in late April while infected with measles. The patien...

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Quick Read: China Sentences 6 Foreigners for Drugs; Canadian Gets Death

News TeamMay 1, 2019

BEIJING — A court in southern China handed down sentences Tuesday to at least six foreigners involved in an international methamphetamine operation, including a...

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Quick Read: Gunmen kidnap Canadian, Scottish oil workers from Nigerian oil rig

News TeamApril 29, 2019

YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Gunman kidnapped three oil workers from Canada, Scotland and Nigeria at a rig in Nigeria’s Delta region on Saturday, officials said - the second abduction in the area in less than a week. The attackers raided the rig owne...

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The latest news on Canada from Safe Travels Magazine, offering travellers and travel safety professionals information, news, advice and insights to help keep travellers safe.

Quick Read: Former hostage Joshua Boyle’s trial likely suspended — potentially for years

News TeamApril 26, 2019

The trial of former hostage Joshua Boyle has been adjourned until Friday morning, by which time his estranged wife's lawyer is expected to have filed an applica...

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Quick Read: Canadian tourist dies after Thailand zipline wire snaps

News TeamApril 16, 2019

Authorities in Chiang Mai say the 25-year-old man was on holiday with his girlfriend and a group of friends. The cable gave way soon after he was released from ...

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Quick Read: Canadian family drives home with father’s dead body in backseat ‘to avoid US healthcare costs’

News TeamApril 11, 2019

A Canadian family drove home from Florida with a father’s dead body in their car to avoid paying US healthcare and repatriation fees, it has been reported. Fernand Drapeau’s son and wife were stopped at the US-Canada border as they tried to enter Que...

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Quick Read: Islamic State claims killing of Canadian geologist in Burkina Faso

News TeamApril 3, 2019

CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamic State carried out the kidnapping and killing of a Canadian citizen in Burkina Faso in January, the group’s weekly newspaper Al-Naba sa...

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Quick Read: Detention of Canadian in China likely unrelated to arrests of foreign teachers, students

Quick Read: Canadian aid worker Peter Dalglish jailed 16 years in Nepal for sexual assault of boys

Quick Read: U.S. says accused American spy’s health deteriorating in Russia jail

Quick Read: Canadian aid worker killed in car crash in Afghanistan

Quick Read: Chile police arrest two in murder of Canadian in Valparaiso

Quick Read: Canadian man killed in Chilean tourist city Valparaiso

Quick Read: Ghana security forces rescue Canadian women hostages

Quick Read: Abductions May Be Rising in Ghana

Quick Read: Sint Maarten shooting victim is Canadian tourist, flown out on Thursday

Quick Read: Police arrest suspected kidnappers who abducted four expatriates, killed police escorts

Ghana: Two Canadian women abducted on Monday in Kumasi, Uber driver detained

Quick Read: Scottish oil rig worker kidnapped in Nigeria has been freed after a month

Quick Read: 4 Americans, 1 Canadian die in small plane crash in Honduras

Quick Read: China says detained Canadians have been formally arrested

Quick Read: Travel advisory: Canadians urged to avoid all travel to parts of the Philippines

Quick Read: Canadian man hit Seattle’s tourist hot spots while infected with measles, health officials say

Quick Read: China Sentences 6 Foreigners for Drugs; Canadian Gets Death

Quick Read: Gunmen kidnap Canadian, Scottish oil workers from Nigerian oil rig

Quick Read: Former hostage Joshua Boyle’s trial likely suspended — potentially for years

Quick Read: Canadian tourist dies after Thailand zipline wire snaps

Quick Read: Canadian family drives home with father’s dead body in backseat ‘to avoid US healthcare costs’

Quick Read: Islamic State claims killing of Canadian geologist in Burkina Faso

Ghana: Two Canadian women abducted on Monday in Kumasi, Uber driver detained

Travel Advice: State Department urges people to ‘reconsider travel’ to Burkina Faso due to terrorism, crime, and kidnapping

Travel Advice: FCO warns of terror threats against Western targets in Afghanistan, especially in Kabul

Travel Advice: State Dept warns militants in Afghanistan plan vehicle-borne bombings against American targets

Travel Advice: FCO warns visitors to Jamaica as states of emergency extended due to shootings

Travel Advice: Canadian Government updates travel warning regarding crime threat to visitors in Vietnam