Section: Macleans (Canada)
Ukraine PM ‘adamant’ on striking deal with creditors
OTTAWA — Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk delivered a warning Tuesday to private bond-holders that the government “will do everything” in order to ease its massive debt burden. But at the same time he touted a newly minted free trade deal with Canada as a sign the country is open for business. His remarks came at the end of a whirlwind...
10 stories in Canada we’re watching
(Justin Tang/CP) Seven stories in the news today, July 15 from The Canadian Press: ALL EYES ON THE CENTRAL BANK The Bank of Canada is set to make its latest rate announcement this morning and update its outlook for the economy. Several economists from Canada’s big banks expect the central bank to cut its key rate, but a drop from the...
Trade, Russia, up for discussion as Harper meets Ukraine’s PM
Andrew Kravchenko/Pool/Reuters CHELSEA, Que. – Stephen Harper is set to send another signal of support to the embattled government of Ukraine as he meets with that country’s prime minister. Harper and Arseniy Yatsenyuk are expected to sign a trade deal, although details of the agreement have not yet been divulged. A spokesman for the prime...
11 stories in Canada we’re watching
Sean Kilpatrick/CP UKRAINE PM TO VISIT OTTAWA Ukraine’s prime minister arrives in Ottawa today for what’s likely to be the last visit by a foreign government leader ahead of this fall’s federal election. Prime Minister Stephen Harper will be meeting with Arseniy Yatsenyuk to sign a trade deal, following Yatsenyuk’s visit...
How Canada’s embassy in Ukraine was used as pawn in 2014 uprising
A protester throws a Molotov cocktail during clashes with police in central Kyiv, Ukraine, early Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014. Canada’s embassy in Kyiv was used as a haven for several days by anti-government protesters during the revolution that toppled the regime of former president Viktor Yanukovych. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP Photo/Sergei Grits...
Ukrainians clamour for Canadian TV content and hardware
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko at the Presidential administration building in Kyiv, Ukraine on June 6, 2015. (The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld) KYIV, Ukraine – “The Littlest Hobo,” “Anne of Green Gables,” maybe even “Flashpoint” could find a new lease on life in Ukraine as the country’s...
Canadian military closer to starting Ukraine mission
(AP Photo/Pavlo Palamarchuk) Legal and diplomatic obstacles to deploying Canadian military trainers in Ukraine have largely been cleared away, Defence Minister Jason Kenney says. He was scheduled to tour the multi-national centre at Yavoriv, near the Polish border, on Saturday where the roughly 200 combat instructors will set up shop in the...
Youth will serve: Poland’s young mobilize into militias
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Ukraine’s other war: The fight to heal soldiers’ bodies and minds
Adriana Luhovy Sergey, a 23-year-old Ukrainian soldier, is resting in a drab, grey, Soviet-era military hospital on the outskirts of Kyiv. Asked about his recent combat experience, he says, “I just wish that nobody would ever have to see war.” Sergey (who asked that his last name not be used for privacy reasons) suffered massive head trauma...
Midnight in the presidential library with Putin: An exercise in control
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia – When the heads of the world’s major news agencies sat down a year ago with Vladimir Putin at a St. Petersburg palace, they were treated to a long, sumptuous meal of Crimean flounder, a dish evidently chosen not only for its delicacy but for the political statement. This year it was tea and caviar at the stroke of...
