An 18-year-old from Yorkton, Saskatchewan, is facing terrorism-related charges, CBC News reported Wednesday morning, marking one of the few such cases to surface in the Prairies this year.
Yorkton is a city of about 16,000 in east-central Saskatchewan. Public details of the case were still emerging Wednesday, with CBC’s headline index confirming the charges but little additional information immediately available about the specific allegations.
Terrorism-related charges in Canada can cover a wide range of offences under the Criminal Code, from facilitating terrorist activity to participation in the activity of a terrorist group. Police and court records typically clarify the precise counts at a first court appearance.
OTMedia will update this story as official details — including the charges as sworn and any statements from the RCMP or Public Prosecution Service of Canada — become public.
