Halifax

Tropical Storm Irma gradually rises above the eastern Atlantic and is expected to become a hurricane today or tomorrow, the US Hurricane National Center said.

Lindsay Hilton is a CrossFit extraordinaire and a full contact rugby player – she also happens to have been born without limbs. The 31-year-old from Halifax, Nova Scotia has never let a lack of arms and legs hold her back from achieving her sporting dreams. As a child she learnt to ski, swim and play rugby, which she continues to play to this day.

Yesterday was a very important day. It was both International Peace Day and Zero Emissions Day (ZeDay). It is like a day for everything that you could wish for about the world. 

Combined joint special forces operations against the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) in Syria and Iraq could be a possibility in the coming days, said John Allen, who has just handed over his position as the anti-ISIL coordinator for U.S. President Barack Obama, speaking at a security conference in Halifax, Canada on Nov. 21.

A Turkish Airlines plane flying from New York to Istanbul was diverted to Canada on Nov. 22 because of a bomb threat, but police said no explosives were found.
 
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said the plane, with 256 passengers and crew, landed at Halifax Stanfield International Airport early Sunday after being alerted to the bomb threat.
 

"The next wave of attack: Terror on the trains" is one of the topics scheduled to be discussed at the International Security Forum in Halifax, Canada, between Nov. 20 and 22.

Two Paris-bound Air France flights from the United States were diverted Nov. 17 and landed safely after the airline received anonymous bomb threats, the carrier said.

While I was looking for a place for myself at the breakfast hall to listen to retired General John Allen at the Halifax International Security Forum, I came across my acquaintance, an Afghan media magnate. He said to me:“I was with General Allen last night at dinner. You will notice that when you listen to him; he is a special person, very different from many American officials.”