AG TuEspAY, JUNE 25, Princess Annes planned trip cancelled ST. JOHN'S, N.L. An injury has forced Princess Anne to cancel a trip to Newfoundland this week- end to mark the 100th anniversa- ry of the unveiling of the en War Memorial in St. John’s Aspokespescae nein: Palace confirmed Monday morn- ing that aaah slated for June 30 ani been called off af- ter the p1 ncess was injured when she was out walking on Sunday evening. The 73-year-old sister of King Charles sustained minor injuries and a concussion on the Gatcombe Park estate in Glouces- tershire, England, saida statement from Buckingham Palace on Mon- day Neither the statement nor the spokesperson provided any de- tail about what happened, but the statement said Anne was expected to make a full recovery. “The King has been kept closely informed and joins the whole Roy- al Family in sending his fondest love and well-wishes to the prin- cess for a speedy recovery,” the statement said. Anne was scheduled to arrive in Canada on June 30, ahead of the centennial ceremony in St. | John’s the following day. The July 1 anniversary will be particularly poignant, as the remains ofan un- identified First World War soldier from what was then known as the Dominion of Newfoundland, will be entombed on the plateau of the memorial. Newfoundland and Labrador | Premier Andrew Furey said he was saddened tolearn that Anne could no longer attend the event. “On behalf of all Newfoundland- ers and Labradorians, I wish her | a quick and healthy recovery,” he | said in a statement Monday. The Canadian Press, with additional | reporting from The Associated Press 2024 STRATFORD BEACON HERALD i Canada's Foreign Minister Melanie Joly arrives to attend an informal meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs at Czernin Palace in Prague, Czech Republic, on May 31. micHAL CIZEK/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES ISRAEL-HEZBOLLAH WAR Feds working to evacuate Canadians from Lebanon Government says it is ‘actively engaged’ and ‘strategically planning’ STUART THOMSON OTTAWA The government says it is “actively engaged” and “strate- gically planning” in response to questions about whether is plan- ning an evacuation of Canadian citizens from Lebanon in the event of a full-scale war between Israel and Hezbollah. “Canada has been actively en- gaged and strategically planning from the outset; we remain vigi- lant about the escalating tensions in the region,” said Jean-Pierre J. Godbout, a spokesperson for Glob- al Affairs Canada, in an email. Godbout was responding to questions from the National Post inthe wake of Israelimediareports about a “tense conversation” be- tween Foreign Minister Melanie Joly and her Israeli counterpart Israel Katz about the escalating tensions in the region. Global Affairs didn’t specifical- ly confirm Israeli media reports sho evacuating 45,000 Cana- dians from the region, but said Canada remains vigilant amid “sustained and escalating violence between Hezbollah and Israel” and has been devising an evacuation plan since hostilities broke out. The government also warned that Canadians in Lebanon shouldn’t solely rely on Canada to assist them in leaving the country if the situation deteriorates fur- therand that they should consider leaving “by commercial means” if possible. “The government of Canada’s limited,” said Godbout. “There is no guarantee the Canadian gov- ernment will evacuate Canadians in acrisis situation.” Joly told Katz that Ottawa had already sent “military forces” to the region in preparation for a potential evacuation, according to the Israeli media reports. On Oct. 20, in the immediate wake of the October 7 attacks by Hamas terrorists on Israeli civil- ians, Ottawa confirmed that Cana- dian military officials were in Leb- anon, Israel, Cyprus and Greece to prepare for a civilian evacuation if it was needed. Israeli media also reported that Katz asked Joly to put pressure on Iran to “rein in” Hezbollah, say- ing the “window of opportunity is closing. About 60,000 Israelis remain displaced from northern Israel ee rockets continue to rain n from Lebanon and for fear that een would be inspired to carry out a similar attack to Hamas’s October 7 assault. A similar evacuation from Leb- anon in 2006 was marred by “cha- otic scenes,” widespread confusion and angry evacuees. The evacuation of almost 15,000 people, including some Americans, Brits and Australians, during the 2006 Lebanon War soon caused an uproar in Canadaanda: fen bout “convenient Canadians” who held a passport cae didn’tlive in the country. A Conservative MP kicked off a firestorm in 2006 with a blog post ae if “someone who does not Canada or pay taxes here (should) be rescued by the taxpay- ers of Canada just Deceit they have dual citizenshij Theincident: see changes to the Citizenship Act. bout 7,000 evacuees immedi- ately went back to Lebanon when the 34-day war ended, according to media reports at the time. The operation cost $85 million. National Post stthomson@postmedia.com 2 Play. Smart