Canadian woman who married ISIS fighter pleads guilty to terrorism charge

A woman from Squamish, B.C., who married an ISIS fighter and moved to Syria over a decade ago has pleaded guilty to a terrorism charge. Kimberly Polman spent nearly four years in a Syrian detention camp before she was repatriated to Canada in 2022. In 2024, she was charged with “leaving Canada to participate in the activity of a terrorist group” and “participation in the activity of a terrorist group.” On Thursday, she pleaded guilty to the first charge, one month before her trial was set to begin. The maximum sentence for such a terrorism offence is 10 years in...