Section: Ottawa Citizen (Canada)
It’s time for the Liberals to show us their Arctic plan
During one of the 2015 election debates, Justin Trudeau accused Prime Minister Harper of lacking an Arctic policy, calling it “Big Sled, No Dogs.” The idea was that the Conservative government’s Arctic record was empty rhetoric on investment in northern communities and on security in the face of Russian expansion in nearby waters. Mr....
Dewar: Ditch the communism memorial and honour aboriginals instead
Let’s stop quibbling about the monument to victims of communism and ask the real question: Should we have such a monument in our capital? I think not. At a time when our country must focus on reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples, why not invest instead in the long-proposed National Aboriginal Centre on Victoria Island? The Liberal...
Life Story: Rose Cmikiewicz (1912-2015) — Lack of formal schooling didn’t hold back proud, independent woman
Rose Cmikiewicz Born: July 12, 1912, in Ottawa Died: Feb. 8, 2015, in Ottawa of natural causes By Betty-Anne Poaps Her mother named her, quite simply, Rose. She was part of a generation the likes of which we will likely not see again. Our Rose was the eldest of eight children born in Canada to young Ukrainian immigrants. The family led a hard...
Dion says re-engaging with Iran, Russia in Canada’s self-interest
Canada stands to gain by engaging with Russia and Iran, and will shoot itself in the foot if it doesn’t. That was Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion’s assessment Thursday, as he gave a sweeping preview of how the Liberal government plans to work with the rest of the world. Speaking at a foreign policy event hosted by the...
Adami: After long wait, ministry gives senior driver a pass
At 82, Norm Alexander really relies on his car, especially in winter because it allows him to get out a bit in the village of Russell, usually to the coffee shop to shoot the breeze with his pals. So when Ontario’s Ministry of Transportation suspended his driver’s licence just before Christmas for not doing his renewal review — he...
Sneak peek: aboriginal stories get their due in museum’s budding History Hall
Critics who predicted the Canadian Museum of History would focus on the military and the monarchy in its new $30-million History Hall may have to eat their words. Royalty and armaments were conspicuous by their absence during the Citizen’s exclusive look this week at the Gatineau museum’s 40,000-square-foot future centrepiece, billed...
Andrzej Caruk: Communism is not just a threat from the past
Considering communist North Korea’s “unduly harsh” life sentence last month to Canadian pastor Hyeon Soo Lim for his Christian missionary activities, and the recent provocative claim of a successful hydrogen bomb detonation, described by Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion as a “grave threat to international peace and...
Lt.-Col. Tim Arsenault assumes command of Joint Task Force-Ukraine from Lt.-Col. Jason Guiney
Lieutenant-Colonel Tim Arsenault assumed command on Sunday of Joint Task Force-Ukraine (JTF-U) from Lieutenant-Colonel Jason Guiney during a ceremony which took place at the International Peacekeeping and Security Centre in Starychi, Ukraine, as part of Operation UNIFIER, Canada’s military training mission in Ukraine. As commander of JTF-U,...
Canadian politicians condemn deadly attack; six Quebecers killed
Canadian politicians strongly condemned a bloody terror attack on a luxury hotel in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, that killed at least 28, including six Quebecers. In a statement, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said, “On behalf of all Canadians, we offer our deepest condolences to the families, friends and colleagues of all those killed and a speedy...
Adami: Court gives man reprieve on deportation to Ukraine
The good news from a jail manager came at a very low moment for Serhii Vakurov: In solitary confinement at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre, anticipating his scheduled deportation Friday to Ukraine where he says corrupt authorities are waiting to kill him for his property. About 90 minutes earlier, a priest dropped by Vakurov’s cell to...
