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When Canada helped save London from the Nazis

Episode 242 – The Battle of Britain and Canadian airmen’s role in it If there is a battle which is iconic in world history it is the Battle of Britain. In the summer of 1940 the German Luftwaffe tried to destroy Britain’s air force in the lead-up to an invasion of England. The dogfights and […]

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December 19, 1974: IRA bombs department store in downtown London

On December 19, 1974 the IRA detonated a 100-pound car bomb exploded in a parked car outside Selfridge’s in downtown London, wounding nine people.

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London truck attack: 2 weeks later, what do we know now?

Phil Gurski talks with CKWR’s John Maciel about the London hit and run incident earlier this month.

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London truck attack: Why ”why” is hard to fathom

Quick hits 168 – How reliable witness statements are and why we often never determine the real reasons for violent events.

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Too early to say if London vehicle attack was terrorism

Not enough information is available yet to say with certainty the allegedly hate-motivated London vehicle attack was an act of terrorism.

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London truck attack: Murder, hate crime or terrorism?

Quick Hits 167 – Muslims in London, Ont., express shock, grief in wake of ‘planned’ hit and run

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April 30, 1980: Siege at Iranian embassy in London

On April 30, 1980 six gunmen seized the Iranian Embassy in London, taking 21 hostages, two of whom they killed

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February 7, 1991: IRA mortar attack in London

On this day in 1991 the IRA launched mortars at the offices of UK Prime Minister John Major in 10 Downing Street

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November 29, 2019: ISIS stabbing on London Bridge

Two people were killed and three injured by a knife-wielding man near London Bridge in November 2019 in an attack claimed by ISIS.

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The 2005 London terror attacks (July 7, 2005)

On this day in 2005, four Al Qaeda-inspired suicide bombers carried out attacks on the London Tube system, killing 52 people and wounding more than 700.