Section: National Newswatch (Canada)
Blacklisted in U.S., Russian Railways head boasts of Canadian connections
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia – One of the most influential members of Russia’s business elite says the reason he’s not on the Harper government’s sanctions list is likely that Canadians, unlike others, are not “masochists.”Vladimir Yakunin, the powerful head of Russian Railways, made the comment to The Canadian Press...
US to store heavy weapons in Poland under Nato plan
The US will take a decision soon to store heavy weapons including tanks and infantry fighting vehicles in Poland, the Polish defence minister says. Tomasz Siemoniak said he had discussed such US military deployments last month with US Defence Secretary Ash Carter. The US military has been conducting massive drills with Nato allies in Eastern...
Analysis: Harper’s European trip has domestic political overtones
VATICAN, Vatican City – As Prime Minister Stephen Harper was being shepherded around the Vatican’s inner corridors for his meeting with Pope Francis on Thursday, a mild kerfuffle broke out over the giving of gifts.A Vatican reporter noted that Harper did not come bearing one. His staff went to pains to email journalists travelling...
Harper gets 10-minute papal visit, focuses on Ukraine not residential schools
Prime Minister Stephen Harper raised the troubling findings of the residential schools commission during his unusually brief meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican Thursday, but appeared to have stopped short of inviting him to Canada to apologize. Instead, Harper referred to letter sent earlier in the week to the Vatican by his aboriginal...
Harper raises residential schools commission during papal visit: PMO
VATICAN CITY, Italy – Prime Minister Stephen Harper raised the troubling findings of the residential schools commission with Pope Francis at the Vatican Thursday, but appeared to have stopped short of inviting him to Canada to apologize.Instead, Harper referred to letter sent earlier in the week to the Vatican by his aboriginal affairs...
Pope Francis, Canadian PM Stephen Harper meet at Vatican
Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen met with Pope Francis today at the Vatican, although it wasn’t immediately known what Canada’s prime minister and the head of the Roman Catholic Church discussed. Harper was expected to raise the issue of Russian aggression in Ukraine, a day after Pope Francis met with Russian President Vladimir...
AFN urges PM Harper to seek apology on residential schools during papal visit
Prime Minister Stephen Harper was planning to raise Russia’s aggression in Ukraine in his meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican today. But government officials were unable to tell The Canadian Press whether Harper would raise the residential schools issue with the Pope. Harper goes into the meeting facing calls to use the occasion to...
Britain gets cold shoulder with Canada’s talk of joining NATO force
The Harper government is considering joining NATO’s rapid reaction force, but doing so could mean spurning a traditional ally whose been courting Canada to be part of its formation. Defence Minister Jason Kenney has acknowledged the government is discussing whether to become part of the alliance’s high-readiness force, casting the...
Harper sees Russian ships in Baltic Sea while sailing on HMCS Fredericton
GDYNIA, Poland – A Canadian warship carrying Stephen Harper in the Baltic Sea was shadowed by two Russian frigates on Wednesday, giving the prime minister a front-row seat in the naval chess game between the West and Russia.There was never any danger, but the incident provided some unexpected drama after Harper and his wife, Laureen, spent...
Russian Warships Approach Canada Frigate With Harper Aboard
Two Russian warships came within seven nautical miles of HMCS Fredericton as it carried Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in the Baltic Sea Wednesday, according to the frigate’s captain. Jeff Murray, speaking to reporters after the ship docked in northern Poland, said encounters with Russian ships and warplanes in the Baltic are common...
