Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Carrie Tait
Publication Date: June 13, 2025 - 11:39
Security at G7 summit aims to keep delegates safe and protests far
June 13, 2025
The world’s most powerful leaders are scheduled to converge in Kananaskis, a tiny Alberta tourist village in the Canadian Rockies, for a three-day summit starting Sunday, testing security services tasked with keeping everyone safe. Airspace restrictions kick in Saturday. Royal Canadian Air Force helicopters have been flying low-level nighttime missions in the area for a week now. And this spring, more than 200 local kids picked buffaloberry bushes around Kananaskis, to keep the bears away.
Unpublished Newswire
Ottawa’s foreign ministry said it erred when it issued a public statement Friday advising all Canadians in the Middle East to leave if possible as a conflict between Israel and Iran escalates.The Department of Global Affairs in a Saturday statement instead told Canadians to consult its official travel advisories for countries and other areas in the region, which currently warn Canadians to “avoid all travel” to Israel, the West Bank, Gaza Strip, as well as Iran, Iraq, Syria and Yemen.
June 14, 2025 - 19:54 | Steven Chase | The Globe and Mail
On the final day before G7 leaders gather in Kananaskis, Alta., a wide range of activists and community groups converged in downtown Calgary to hold a "people's forum" aimed at challenging the priorities of the summit.
June 14, 2025 - 19:51 | | CBC News - Canada
Wildfire conditions are proving favourable for areas in the province and communities have lifted evacuation orders, allowing people to finally return after weeks away from home.
June 14, 2025 - 18:55 | Gates Guarin | Global News - Canada
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