Section: Ottawa Citizen (Canada)
Adam: Algonquin has every right to teach in Saudi Arabia
Isolation or engagement? The question has confounded governments and policy makers throughout history when faced with rogue countries or leaders whose behaviour is beyond the pale. Apartheid South Africa, China, Cuba, Iran and others have faced the pain of isolation with varying degrees of success, and now some have set their sights on Saudi...
Adami: Man facing deportation to Ukraine fears he will be killed by corrupt officials
Serhii Vakurov is living a nightmare as he awaits deportation to Ukraine where he says he will be killed by corrupt authorities who are after huge natural gas reserves on property he owns back home. Canada Border Services Agency says the 36-year-old businessman, who came to Canada in 2011 to study English at Algonquin College, is being kicked out...
Supervisor’s prison sentence for scaffold deaths sends message to Ontario employers
In the first case of its kind in Ontario, a Toronto project manager who oversaw a construction crew involved in a deadly scaffolding collapse in 2009 has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years prison. Vadim Kazenelson was found guilty last June on four counts of criminal negligence causing death and one count of criminal negligence causing bodily harm....
New rotation of Canadian soldiers left today for training mission in Ukraine
A flight with over 100 Canadian soldiers took off for Ukraine earlier today from Jean-Lesage International Airport in Quebec, according to the Canadian Forces. Eventually some 200 CF members, the majority from the Québec City area, will be sent to Ukraine in order to take part in Operation UNIFIER. These members, who will form Joint Task Force...
Garrison Petawawa troops to come home from Ukraine mission within two weeks
Canadian troops from Garrison Petawawa, and other military installations, who are in Ukraine on Operation Unifier should be back home by mid-January. Up to 200 Canadian Forces personnel are in Ukraine as part of the training mission that is to run until early 2017. Lt.-Col. Jason Guiney, commander of the training task force, told Defence Watch...
Orthodox Christmas for thousands in Ottawa
Thursday was Christmas for thousands of Ottawa residents who belong to the Orthodox Church, and a two-hour liturgy service at Christ the Saviour Orthodox Church was one of the city’s celebrations. Father Maxym Lysack estimates there are probably more than 25,000 Orthodox Christians in the city, divided among Greek, Antiochian, Coptic,...
Petawawa troops wrapping up training mission in Ukraine
Troops from the Ottawa area have trained some 600 Ukrainian soldiers who are now on the front lines in that country’s battle with separatists. Up to 200 Canadian Forces personnel are in Ukraine as part of the training mission that is to run until early 2017. The bulk of those are from Garrison Petawawa in the Ottawa Valley although there...
U.S. Navy commander says nuclear force key to U.S. survival
Robert Burns of the Associated Press has this article of interest: In his blueprint for a stronger Navy, the sea service’s new top boss, Adm. John M. Richardson, is blunt about what he thinks matters most: nuclear punch. Battling terrorists is today’s problem, but in looking toward a farther horizon, Richardson wants a Navy built to...
Sensitivity key for Canadian foreign service, says religious freedom envoy
Canada’s ambassador for religious freedom says the explosive rift between Saudi Arabia and Iran highlights religion’s growing influence on global affairs — and a potential “blind spot” for Canadian diplomats. In an exclusive interview, Andrew Bennett said Canadian foreign service officers and other government officials need more...
Islamic State will focus on attacks outside Middle East, intelligence forecast predicts
Stratfor, the geopolitical intelligence firm that provides strategic analysis and forecasting to individuals and organizations around the globe, has outlined some of the trends it sees for 2016. Some of the scenarios make sense or might seem obvious but the report makes for interesting reading nonetheless. In its annual forecast Stratfor noted...
