VANCOUVER, British Columbia - A rusting cargo ship crammed with hundreds of Tamil asylum-seekers from Sri Lanka docked at a Canadian navy base yesterday after a grueling three-month journey. The ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — A rusting cargo ship crammed with hundreds of Tamil asylum seekers from Sri Lanka docked at a Canadian navy base Friday after a three-month journey. The government ...

TORONTO – TORONTO (AP) — Canadian authorities said Wednesday that they will intercept a ship of asylum seekers from Sri Lanka before it reaches the coast because the passengers may include people ...

Sri Lanka on Wednesday summoned the Canadian envoy to formally protest the opening of a Tamil Genocide Monument in Brampton, Ontario, the foreign ministry said. Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath ...

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After Human Rights Watch released a report on the extortion of members of the Tamil diaspora by the militant Sri Lankan rebel group the LTTE (also known as the Tamil Tigers), the Canadian government ...

TORONTO (Reuters) - The Canadian government added the World Tamil Movement to its list of terrorist groups on Monday, describing it as a front organization that raised funds for the rebel Tamil Tigers ...

Ottawa's Sri Lankan community is rallying to raise funds to support their homeland, which has been struck by a devastating cyclone.

Sri Lanka’s population of nearly 20 million consists of roughly 74 percent predominately Buddhist Sinhalese, 18 percent mostly Hindu Tamils, and some 7 percent Muslims. The great majority of the ...