Section: National Newswatch (Canada)
Feds to pledge more in loans to Ukraine
The federal government will be announcing that it will provide Ukraine with a “substantial amount of money” in loans and loan guarantees to help stabilize its economy as it wages a battle with Russian-backed rebel forces in the east, CTV News has learned. Some of the money may also come from the International Monetary Fund, CTV’s Ottawa...
Lax safety allowed before scaffolding collapse
TORONTO – A man who survived a deadly scaffolding collapse in Toronto in 2009 has told his project manager’s trial that construction workers were allowed to get on a swing stage that day without everyone being attached to a safety lifeline.Shohruh Tojiddinov says he was among a crew making repairs to balconies at a high-rise apartment...
Fast arrives to talk free trade in Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine – International Trade Minister Ed Fast will be in Kyiv for two days of meetings as fighting intensifies between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists in the east of the embattled country.Fast, who arrived Sunday and has been to Ukraine twice is the last six months, is there to talk free trade his counterpart, Aivaras...
Ukraine rebel Zakharchenko ‘rejects truce talks’
The pro-Russian rebel leader in eastern Ukraine says his troops are on the offensive and he does not want truce talks with Kiev. Alexander Zakharchenko said his forces would push the front line back to the borders of Donetsk region. They are in control of the city of Donetsk. “Our side will not make any attempts at ceasefire talks any more,” he...
Winnipeg mayor breaks down in tears over racism
WINNIPEG – The mayor of Manitoba’s capital tearfully promised Thursday to fight racism and intolerance after his city was branded Canada’s most racist by a national magazine.Brian Bowman stood surrounded by dozens of aboriginal and community leaders and admitted that Winnipeg has a problem with racism. The city’s first...
Hillary Clinton says world must fight propaganda
WINNIPEG – Former U.S. secretary of state Hillary Clinton is calling on Canada to continue fighting the “ideology of hate” and extremist propaganda fuelling terrorism.Clinton told about 2,000 people at a Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce luncheon that the international community has to target material that is drawing radicals to the...
Baird declines invite for special Syria meeting at Davos that includes Iran
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird plans to take a pass on this week’s high-level meeting, chaired by his Norwegian counterpart, on the future of Syria at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland. However, Baird will attend separate sessions Thursday on the crisis in Ukraine and a meeting focused on the instability being caused by militants...
Baird declines invite for special Syria meeting at Davos that includes Iran
OTTAWA – Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird plans to take a pass on this week’s high-level meeting, chaired by his Norwegian counterpart, on the future of Syria at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland.However, Baird will attend separate sessions Thursday on the crisis in Ukraine and a meeting focused on the instability being...
HMCS Toronto returns home to Halifax
HALIFAX – A Canadian navy frigate returned home to Halifax today after a seven month deployment in the Mediterranean Sea.Dozens of people held yellow balloons and homemade signs as the ice-clad HMCS Toronto docked in Halifax harbour this morning.Master seaman Kurt Sheppard was the first off the vessel, waving a bouquet of red roses as he...
Feds spend $50,000 for flag’s 50th birthday
OTTAWA – The federal government has allotted $50,000 for celebrations for the upcoming 50th birthday of the iconic Maple Leaf flag.That’s compared to almost $4 million for a campaign marking the 200th anniversary of Sir John A. Macdonald’s birth, and $5.2 million spent on the bicentennial of the War of 1812.Canadian Heritage...
