Section: Macleans (Canada)
Putin wants to sit with G7 leaders again
(Alexander Nemenov/Pool Photo via Associated Press) Russia appears to be angling to make it the G8 once again and President Vladimir Putin suggests it’s something Prime Minister Stephen Harper will just have to accept. “I don’t want to offend anyone, but if the United States says Russia should be returned to the G8, the prime minister...
PM’s visit with Pope focuses on Ukraine, not residential schools
Vatican Pool/Getty Images VATICAN CITY, Italy – Prime Minister Stephen Harper raised the troubling findings of the residential schools commission Thursday during an unusually brief meeting with Pope Francis, but stopped short of inviting him to Canada to apologize. Instead, Harper referred to a letter sent earlier in the week to the Vatican by...
Stephen Harper begins Poland visit in Warsaw
Adrian Wyld/CP WARSAW, Poland — Prime Minister Stephen Harper is kicking off the next leg of his European travel today in Warsaw, Poland. Harper is to take part in a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. He then has meetings planned with Polish Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz and President Bronislaw Komorowski. Poland is a major...
Harper wanted Russia out of the old G8 even before Ukraine crisis
SCHLOSS ELMAU, Germany – Prime Minister Stephen Harper expanded at length Monday on why he feels such antipathy towards Russian President Vladimir Putin and why he wanted Russia kicked out of the old G8 even before it breached Ukraine’s borders. Harper said he doesn’t want Putin back because he simply doesn’t share the values of...
Harper pushes Canada-EU trade pact on first day of G7′ summit
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, second right, walks with G-7 leaders prior to a group photo at the G-7 summit at Schloss Elmau hotel near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany, Sunday, June 7, 2015. The two-day summit will address such issues as climate change, poverty and the situation in Ukraine. From left, Italian Prime Minister Matteo...
Maclean’s wins four National Magazine Awards
Maclean’s earned three golds, one silver and 15 honourable mentions at Friday’s National Magazine Awards gala. With its four wins, the magazine received the sixth most awards of any Canadian magazine, ranking behind The Walrus—which, with nine awards, placed first—and sister publication L’actualité, which earned eight, among...
New shelling in Ukraine as Harper arrives in Kyiv for G7
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) Prime Minister Stephen Harper started his visit to Kyiv today as Ukraine’s restive east continued to be rocked with violent attacks. While Harper...
Quadruplets born to 65 year old mother still in intensive care
BERLIN — Doctors say the week-old quadruplets born prematurely to 65-year-old Annegret Raunigk in Berlin are still in intensive care, but have been gaining a little weight and are being given their mother’s milk through feeding tubes. The babies were born during the 26th week of pregnancy at Berlin’s Charite Hospital on May 19. Five...
Firearms of the revolution: The Molotov cocktails of Kyiv
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Brian Mulroney announces expanded scholarship program
Justin Tang/CP Paying for university just got a whole lot easier, with former prime minister Brian Mulroney’s announcement of a $10-million endowment for high school students. Mulroney announced the new endowment in a hall crowded with dignitaries, including astronaut Chris Hadfield, Juno-award winning quartet the Tenors and Toronto Mayor...
