Section: Ottawa Citizen (Canada)
Russian faceoff part one – U.S. considers installing missiles in Europe to improve ability to attack Russian targets
The Obama administration is weighing a range of aggressive responses to Russia’s alleged violation of a Cold War-era nuclear treaty, including deploying land-based missiles in Europe that could pre-emptively destroy the Russian weapons, the Associated Press writes. Here is the rest of the Associated Press article: This “counterforce” option...
Russia to build its own carriers similar to France’s Mistral-class vessels
The ongoing saga about the Mistral-class amphibious/helicopter carriers continues. Russian military industry officials now say Russia will build its own carriers to replace the ones that France is refusing to deliver because of the situation in Ukraine. “We have these types of ships planned but we will build them a bit differently,” Oleg...
Canada bars Russia from meeting about weapons of mass destruction
Russia has promised to retaliate for Canada’s “hostile actions” after a Russian delegation was blocked from attending an international conference in Ottawa this week aimed at stopping the spread of weapons of mass destruction. The Conservative government was not immediately commenting on its decision to bar the two Russian officials, which...
Antiques: Junior Gibson mandolin is no child’s play
Q: This Gibson mandolin belonged to my mother, who received it as a young girl in the 1920s. She was quite good and played in the Mandolin Orchestra in Lethbridge, Alta., and also in Toronto at the Ukrainian Labour Temple. It’s 66 centimetres long and the label inside reads “Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Co. Kalamazoo, Michigan, The Gibson Junior...
Letters: Memorials and hospitals
Memorials that evoke In a leafy wooded area just by Gander Lake, Newfoundland, stands a bronze sculpture of an American serviceman. On either side of him a small child holds his hand. This poignant little group is a memorial to the 248 American soldiers who perished in a plane crash on December 12, 1985, just after takeoff. They were going home...
Melnyk stable and improving in hospital after liver transplant
Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk was smiling and waving at visitors to his Toronto hospital room Wednesday, less than a day after receiving a life-saving liver transplant, said team president Cyril Leeder. “He is stable and he is not talking, but he is responsive, so when people talk to him he understands,” said Leeder. “His colour is...
Estonian choir brings taste of the power of music to Canada
Norman Reintamm witnessed the real-world power of music when he left Canada to work in the National Opera House in Estonia, just before the fall of the Soviet Union. During the late 1980s, the declining empire was still throwing its weight around and the Estonians, who wanted to become free of Moscow, did not want to “raise arms against the...
U.S. should buy Mistral-class ships that were built for Russia
Defence analysts Gene Germanovich and Noel Williams have an interesting commentary at the War on the Rocks website: they argue that the U.S. should purchase the Mistral-class ships that France built for Russia (and will not deliver because of Russia’s actions in Ukraine). “An American purchase of these assets would relieve a key NATO ally...
Russia to France – deliver warships or give us a refund
It looks like Russia wants France to finally make a decision on the Mistral-class amphibious ships. Here is what the Associated Press is reporting: The annulment of a contract for France to deliver a warship to Russia wouldn’t strain ties between the countries, the Kremlin said Friday. President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry...
Meet some of the people who want to give Eugene Melnyk part of their liver
About 1,000 people have contacted and Ottawa Senators about becoming a living donor to team owner Eugene Melnyk. The Citizen spoke to two people who took the next step and filled out the 11-page form and faxed it in: Dr. John Kershman, 60, forwarded his information the University Health Network to be considered as a liver donor to Eugene Melnyk....
