Section: Ottawa Citizen (Canada)
Prime Minister Stephen Harper to make announcement at NDHQ Tuesday morning – troops headed for Ukraine
Prime Minister Stephen Harper will be at National Defence Headquarters Tuesday morning to make an announcement. That will be followed by a press conference by Defence Minister Jason Kenney and Chief of the Defence Staff General Tom Lawson. No details yet but I’m wondering if this could be the much expected announcement that a contingent of...
Canada can hold its own on Arctic defence, Fantino says
Associate defence minister Julian Fantino says he’s confident Canada can hold its own when it comes to defending the Arctic in the face of any threats from Russia. Canada launched Operation Nunalivut 2015 on April 1, an exercise involving a little more than 200 personnel. It runs until April 22 and takes place around Cambridge Bay, Nunavut....
Homes calendar April 11 to 17
This weekend Fibre art: Get warm and fuzzy at the annual Fibre Fling Show and Sale put on by more than 40 artists from Out-of-the-Box. Find quilting, felting, stitchery, rug-hooking and more Friday and Saturday at Kitchissippi United Church, 630 Island Park Dr. Hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. A $5 admission...
Canada giving Ukraine satellite data despite its own ‘critical shortage’
The Conservative government says providing Ukraine with satellite imagery won’t have any adverse effects even though government documents show Canada is facing a critical shortage when it comes to acquiring such surveillance data for its own use. The government received a request from Ukraine last year for imagery from Canada’s...
Trudeau’s travels: Liberal leader intensely focused on GTA and Montreal
The road to victory for Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau in the upcoming federal election goes through ridings in and around Toronto and Montreal, judging by his travels over the past six months. Trudeau, a Montreal MP, also made multiple stops and participated in several events in the Vancouver area and southwestern Ontario, other regions with a...
Pope leads Easter service in rain-lashed Vatican square with tens of thousands of faithful
VATICAN CITY — In an Easter peace wish, Pope Francis on Sunday praised the framework nuclear agreement with Iran as an opportunity to make the world safer, while expressing deep worry about bloodshed in Libya, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Nigeria and elsewhere in Africa. Cautious hope ran through Francis’ “Urbi et Orbi” Easter message, a kind of...
Vatican’s official English-language translation of Pope’s ’Urbi et Orbi’ Easter message
VATICAN CITY — The following is the Vatican’s official English-language translation of Pope Francis “Urbi et Orbi” Easter message, which he delivered Sunday in Italian from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica: “Jesus Christ is risen! Love has triumphed over hatred, life has conquered death, light has dispelled the darkness!...
Cost to fight ISIL in Syria and Iraq declared secret by Conservative government
Parliament may have approved a year-long extension to the country’s combat mission in Iraq and Syria, but the Harper government is once again refusing to say how much it will cost taxpayers, Murray Brewster of the Canadian Press writes. Here is the rest of Murray Brewster’s article: Nor will it reveal the estimated pricetag for...
Q and A: Canada’s seemingly unshakeable ‘nice’ image
“You made me proud to wear the Canadian flag all over the world.” — Written anonymously in the book of condolence for Pierre Trudeau. Parliament Hill, Oct 1, 2000. At any given moment, thousands of Canadians are following a generations-old tradition of travelling abroad with a visible Maple Leaf pin or decal attached to their backpacks or...
Ukraine world’s top security issue, Chris Alexander says
Conservative cabinet minister Chris Alexander says the situation in Ukraine is the biggest security issue facing the world today, even as his government debates expanding its military actions in the Middle East. Alexander’s comments, made to Ukrainian Canadians during a speech in Toronto Feb. 22, are being shared on the internet as the...
