Section: National Newswatch (Canada)
Better crash probes and more care for families needed, Goodale says in PS752 report
OTTAWA — Canada’s special adviser on the federal response to Iran’s January shootdown of a Ukraine International Airlines jetliner says changes are needed in international aviation rules to allow for “more credible” crash investigations. In a lengthy report released Tuesday, former Liberal cabinet minister Ralph Goodale...
Better crash probes and more care for families needed, Goodale says in PS752 report
OTTAWA — Canada’s special adviser on the federal response to Iran’s January shootdown of a Ukraine International Airlines jetliner says changes are needed in international aviation rules to allow for “more credible” crash investigations. In a lengthy report released Tuesday, former Liberal cabinet minister Ralph Goodale...
Hunter Biden subpoena seeks documents on dealings with former employer Burisma
A subpoena seeking documents from Hunter Biden asked for information related to more than two dozen entities, including Ukraine gas company Burisma, according to a person familiar with a Justice Department tax investigation of President-elect Joe Biden’s son. The breadth of the subpoena, issued Tuesday, underscores the wide-angle lens...
Over 300 detained in Belarus during protests against leader
KYIV, Ukraine — More than 300 people were detained in the Belarusian capital on Sunday, where crowds of people took to the streets for the 18th consecutive weekend, demanding the ouster of the country’s authoritarian leader who won a sixth term in office in an election widely seen as rigged. Thousands of people Sunday took part in dozens of...
Belarus president plans to leave job under new constitution
KYIV, Ukraine — The president of Belarus said Friday that he would not remain in the post he has held for more than 26 years if his country adopts a new constitution. However, President Alexander Lukashenko did not describe the amendments he is seeking or give a timeline for when a new constitution might be adopted. Lukashenko has repeatedly...
Trudeau duped by Russian pranksters pretending to be Greta Thunberg
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is the latest leader to be pranked by Russian YouTubers Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexey Stolyarov, who are also known as Vovan and Lexus. Earlier today, the prankster tandem released an animated video on Youtube of a telephone conversation they had with Trudeau last January, days after Ukraine International Airlines...
Belarus pensioners march demanding leader’s resignation
KYIV, Ukraine — Large crowds of retirees staged a protest in the Belarusian capital on Monday to demand the resignation of the country’s authoritarian leader who won his sixth terms in office in a disputed election. Over 2,000 pensioners marched down a central avenue in Minsk in what has turned into a regular Monday rally, carrying red and...
A rusty Giuliani returns to the courtroom on Trump’s behalf
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Representing a client inside a courtroom for the first time in nearly three decades, Rudy Giuliani showed some rust as he tried to make the case that President Donald Trump has been robbed of re-election. The former federal prosecutor and New York City mayor, who has taken over Trump’s efforts to overturn the election...
Lighting bridge in colours for anti-abortion group ‘polarizing’, Edmonton lawyers say
EDMONTON — Lawyers representing the City of Edmonton say the city decided not to light a bridge in colours requested by an anti-abortion group because it risked polarizing the community, a judge heard Friday. The Alberta March for Life Association asked a judge last year to review the city’s decision to cancel lighting the High Level Bridge...
Lighting bridge in colours for anti-abortion group ‘polarizing’, Edmonton lawyers say
EDMONTON — Lawyers representing the City of Edmonton say the city decided not to light a bridge in colours requested by an anti-abortion group because it risked polarizing the community, a judge heard Friday. The Alberta March for Life Association asked a judge last year to review the city’s decision to cancel lighting the High Level Bridge...
