Section: National Newswatch (Canada)
Classified ad seeking to connect woman with father who doesn’t know she exists
CALGARY — A classified ad is seeking to connect a daughter with a father who doesn’t know she exists. “Is your name Gary?” the ad begins. “Were you in Regina, SK on business in 1969?” The ad is accompanied by a decades-old photo of a smiling, petite blond woman and an even blonder little girl with poker-straight...
Gen. Jonathan Vance welcomes Liberal review of defence policy
Canada’s top general welcomes the Liberals’ promised review of the country’s defence policy but said the military must remain robust and equipped to handle a variety of threats in a world of “continuous conflict.” Gen. Jonathan Vance, the chief of defence staff, said events over the last year highlight the varied demands placed...
More Canadian police trainers wanted in Ukraine as country on the edge of reform
OTTAWA — Ukraine’s newly appointed chief of the national police is asking Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government for more help in establishing and training a professional security force. Khatia Dekanoidze made the pitch to both RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson and Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion in separate meetings over the last two...
Is Ukraine’s power deficit leaving Crimea open to the Russian bear’s embrace?
Over the last six months or so Crimea hasn’t been in the news that much. Then a few electrical pylons on Ukrainian soil carrying electricity throughout the peninsula were toppled by several well-placed bombs. The next day the entire peninsula and part of Ukraine, were cut off from electricity. More than three quarters of Crimea’s 2.2...
Italy and Canada to discuss joint police training mission in Iraq: Dion
BRUSSELS — The scope of the Trudeau government’s reconfigured mission in Iraq will be broader than just the military and could include a sizable police training contingent, Canada’s foreign affairs minister said Wednesday. Stephane Dion found himself repeatedly buttonholed in the polished hallways of NATO headquarters over the last...
U.S. expects NATO allies to step up fight against Islamic State: Kerry
BRUSSELS – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has delivered a tough, unambiguous message to NATO members, including Canada, saying the United States expects them to do more in the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant.The blunt talk on Wednesday was particularly significant for Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government,...
NATO eager to size up Trudeau government as ISIL threat emerges in Libya
BRUSSELS – Stephane Dion hasn’t even arrived yet in Brussels, but a lineup is already forming to meet Canada’s new foreign affairs minister.Canadian staff at NATO headquarters are fielding requests from alliance members keen to size up the new Liberal government’s point man on the evolving confrontation with Russia and the...
Trudeau to take part in Quebec tribute at Bataclan to Paris terror victims
PARIS – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau paid tribute this morning to victims of this month’s terrorist attacks in Paris with a visit to the Bataclan concert hall, the scene of the worst carnage on Nov. 13.A Quebec delegation organized the memorial ceremony at the site where 90 of the 130 victims died when Islamic-inspired terrorists...
Remember Russia’s record, says Ukraine as West embraces Putin in ISIL fight
OTTAWA – Ukraine’s deputy foreign minister says in the stampede to co-operate in the war against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, the West should not forget who it is dealing with in Russia.Vadym Prystaiko, who until last year was Kyiv’s ambassador to Canada, says his country is concerned that President Vladimir...
Justin Trudeau tells Russia’s Putin to end ‘interference’ in Ukraine
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered a blunt message during a brief chat with Russian President Vladimir Putin: back off Ukraine. Trudeau said the two leaders had a brief conversation on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Antalya, Turkey. …read more Source: National...
