Section: CBC (Canada)
Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Stephen Harper to sign Canada-Ukraine trade deal Tuesday
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his Ukrainian counterpart will sign a free trade agreement Tuesday at a meeting in Chelsea, Que., near Harper’s summer cottage at Harrington Lake, CBC News has learned. …read more Source:...
Canadian embassy used as safe haven during Ukraine uprising, investigation finds
Canada’s embassy in Kyiv was used as a haven by anti-government protesters during the uprising that toppled the regime of former president Viktor Yanukovych, yet the Harper government never fully acknowledged — during the upheaval or since — the depth and extent of the security breach. …read more Source:...
Russia rebukes push for justice tribunal on MH17 downing
Malaysia has asked the UN Security Council to set up an international tribunal to prosecute those suspected of downing a passenger airliner last year in eastern Ukraine, but Russia dismissed the move on Thursday. …read more Source:...
Russia arms buildup ‘destabilizing’ and ‘dangerous,’ NATO warns
Russia’s military will add over 40 new intercontinental ballistic missiles this year alone that are capable of piercing any missile defences, President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday in a blunt reminder of the nation’s nuclear might amid tensions with the West over Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ukraine fighting intensifies
Ukraine’s president warns his military to prepare for a possible ‘full-scale invasion’ by Russia. …read more Source:...
Harper renews attack on Putin over Ukraine
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has renewed his condemnation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, even as the G7 summit seemed to balk at Ukraine’s plea for weapons in its struggle with Russian-backed separatists. …read more Source:...
Harper uses G7 summit to push for Canada-EU free trade agreement
Prime Minister Stephen Harper used Sunday’s opening of the G7 summit to push European leaders to ratify the comprehensive Canada-EU free trade agreement. Harper’s office said he talked up the trade pact at the G7’s first working session of the day on the fragile global economy. …read more Source:...
G7 protesters fail to breach security perimeter at summit in Germany
With aching muscles, 400 protesters are making their way back down the mountain after failing to breach the security perimeter around the German alpine hotel where G7 leaders are holding their annual meeting. …read more Source:...
G7 protesters fail to breach security permiter at summit in Germany
With aching muscles, 400 protesters are making their way back down the mountain after failing to breach the security perimeter around the German alpine hotel where G7 leaders are holding their annual meeting. …read more Source:...
G7 summit gets underway in Germany
U.S. President Barack Obama said Group of Seven (G7) leaders meeting in the Bavarian Alps on Sunday would discuss standing up to Russian aggression in Ukraine amid an upsurge in violence there that monitors have blamed on Moscow-backed separatists. …read more Source:...
