Section: Macleans (Canada)
All the federal budget speculation that’s fit to print
It’s the day you’ve been waiting for! (Probably.) At last, at long last, it is finally federal budget day. Let the debate – over everything from unemployment, to tax-free savings, to child care benefits, to stimulus – begin (and then we can hash it all over again tomorrow morning.) Wholesale trade numbers will also be out for Canada...
Canada’s turn as Arctic Council head to end at Iqaluit meeting
Canada will voice its concerns over what it calls Russia’s military aggression in Ukraine during a meeting of the eight nations that make up the Arctic Council this week. “Canada will use the Arctic Council ministerial meeting as an opportunity once again to deliver our tough message to Russia for their aggression against Ukraine,” said...
When the World Bank met the IMF
You know what they say about spring. When the daffodils are blooming and the skies are getting brighter, love is in the air – or at least, a reunion – between the IMF and the World Bank, who are in Washington for their spring meetings. Prepare for stories of slowing global growth, speculation over Greek debt, worries over quantitative easing and...
Canada to join international mission to train Ukrainian troops
An army ambulance destroyed in recent shelling between Russian-backed separatists and Ukrainian government forces. (AP file Photo/Petr David Josek, File) OTTAWA — Canada will send 200 military trainers to Ukraine, joining the U.S. and Britain in an international effort to shore up the eastern European country’s battered and bloodied combat...
Canada preparing to train Ukrainian troops
OTTAWA – Canada appears set to join a U.S.-led training mission to shore up the capabilities of the battered and bloodied Ukrainian military. A defence source says the Harper government is expected to announce the deployment of training troops – possibly over 100. Most of them are expected to be housed at an existing NATO training centre located...
Fighting gathers pace in eastern Ukraine after weeks of calm
DONETSK, Ukraine – Fighting has picked up in eastern Ukraine, after more than a month of relative calm, as diplomats gather in Berlin to discuss the Ukraine crisis. The military conflict between Russia-backed rebels and government forces has killed more than 6,000 but has largely subsided since the cease-fire was announced in February and at...
Harper shakes Castro’s hand at Summit of the Americas
PANAMA CITY – Stephen Harper shook hands Saturday with Cuban President Raul Castro at the Summit of the Americas, sending further signals of a change of heart between the prime minister and the communist nation. The two men exchanged a very brief greeting as they took their positions for a group leaders’ photo at the hemispheric summit in...
Six stories in Canada we’re watching
Darren Calabrese/CP PM HARPER OFF TO PANAMA FOR SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS Prime Minister Stephen Harper is attending the Summit of the Americas that starts today in Panama and Cuba will be on his radar. Cuban President Raul Castro is attending the summit, the first held since the U.S. agreed to move toward normalized relations. A government source...
Toronto church won’t allow performance by controversial pianist
TORONTO – A Ukrainian-born pianist barred from performing with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra who planned to perform at a north Toronto church tonight won’t be permitted to play there. Valentina Lisitsa posted on Twitter Thursday that she would give a free concert at Lawrence Park Community Church and that “everyone is welcome.” However,...
Toronto church says it won’t allow Ukrainian born pianist to perform
Ukraine-born classical pianist Valentina Lisitsa performs live on stage at the Royal Albert Hall in London on June 19, 2012. (Andrew Cowie/AFP/GettyImages) TORONTO — A Ukrainian-born pianist who has been barred from performing with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra says she’ll be giving a free concert in Toronto tonight. Valentina Lisitsa...
