Section: National Newswatch (Canada)
Goodale rejects Iran’s offer to compensate Canadian victims of downed Ukraine plane
OTTAWA — Canada’s special adviser on the Iranian military’s downing of a passenger jet one year ago this week is rejecting Tehran’s offer to pay $150,000 to the families of those killed in the tragedy. Ralph Goodale, the former Liberal public safety minister, says Iran doesn’t have the right to offer compensation to...
Leaders talk vaccine roll out and Washington’s day of chaos: In The News for Jan. 7
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 7 … What we are watching in Canada … OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will convene a virtual First Ministers meeting today, with speeding up COVID-19 vaccinations...
Canadian troops test positive for COVID-19 in Latvia and Kuwait
OTTAWA — The Canadian Armed Forces is dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak in Latvia, where an unspecified number of troops have tested positive for the illness while guarding against Russian aggression in the region. The Department of National Defence confirmed on Tuesday that military personnel at Camp Adazi near the Latvian capital of Riga have...
Families of downed Ukrainian Flight 752 victims struggle with loss a year later
A broken cellphone and a muddied wallet were the only possessions Alireza Ghandchi received from Iran after his wife and two children were killed in a Ukrainian plane crash last year. “No luggage, no dolls, no anything,” he said. His son, Daniel, was eight-years-old and his daughter, Dorsa, was just three days shy of turning 16. The...
Rights group: 13 detained during rallies in Belarus
KYIV, Ukraine — A human rights group said that 13 people were detained in Belarus on Sunday during the traditional weekend protests against President Alexander Lukashenko, who won his sixth term in office in a disputed election. Local media reported that groups of people took part in small rallies scattered around Minsk, the capital, and in other...
New round of Trump clemency benefits Manafort, other allies
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday pardoned more than two dozen people, including former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Charles Kushner, the father of his son-in-law, in the latest wave of clemency to benefit longtime associates and supporters. The actions, in Trump’s final weeks at the White House, bring to nearly 50 the...
New round of Trump clemency benefits Manafort, other allies
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump pardoned more than two dozen people, including former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Charles Kushner, the father of his son-in-law, in the latest wave of clemency to benefit longtime associates and supporters. The actions, in Trump’s waning time at the White House, bring to nearly 50 the number of...
Moldova’s pro-Russian prime minister resigns after protests
CHISINAU, Moldova — Mouldova’s pro-Russian prime minister has resigned to, as he put it, pave the way for an early parliamentary election and “bring normalcy” to the tiny former Soviet state. Prime Minister Ion Chicu, who led a pro-Russian government since November 2019, tendered his resignation Wednesday, a day before the country’s...
Russian and Chinese bombers fly joint patrol over Pacific
MOSCOW — Russian and Chinese bombers flew a joint patrol mission over the Western Pacific Tuesday in a show of increasingly close military ties between Moscow and Beijing. The Russian military said that a pair of its Tu-95 strategic bombers and four Chinese H-6K bombers flew over the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea. The Russian Defence...
Pandemic forced Trudeau back to centre stage, improved his political fortunes
OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau always knew 2020 was going to be a difficult year, his first leading a minority Liberal government dependent on opposition party support for its survival. But that’s turned out to be the least of the prime minister’s worries as the country has lurched from one crisis to another. It started in early January with...
