Section: Ottawa Citizen (Canada)
Provost marshal defends military police after scathing report
The military’s top police officer is defending his detectives following a scathing report that identified significant mistakes in three separate investigations of an Afghan veteran’s suicide. Provost Marshal Col. Robert Delaney says Canadians “can stand confident and proud” of the military police, and that it is “unfortunate” the...
Ridings to watch in the 2015 federal election, according to Stephen Harper’s travels
Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s travels inside Canada over the last six months are indicative of which ridings and regions the Conservatives believe will be critical to winning the 2015 election. About half of Harper’s stops outside Ottawa since last fall have been in the Greater Toronto Area, including a number of ridings he visited...
U.S. to send drones and Humvees to Ukrainian military
U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden told Ukraine’s president Wednesday the U.S. will send more aid to the country, the Associated Press writes. U.S. officials said that will include small drones and armoured Humvees. Here is the rest of the Associated Press article: The White House said in a statement that Biden delivered the news in a call to...
John Baird to quit Commons seat on March 16
Ottawa West-Nepean MP John Baird is officially resigning his seat in the House of Commons on March 16. Baird made the announcement Wednesday afternoon in less than 140 characters on his Twitter account. “After 20 great years representing my community I will be stepping down as MP on March 16. It has been an honour to serve,” Baird wrote. After 20...
Jason Kenney under fire for tweet about Muslims and for approving release of special forces photos
Defence Minister Jason Kenney has come under fire for his decision to allow the release of photos potentially identifying Canadian special forces in Iraq and his tweeting of a picture he suggested was of Muslim women put in chains by Islamic extremists but was actually from a religious ceremony. The photo of the Muslim women in black burkas and...
Trudeau gambles Canadians will oppose Harper’s campaign of ‘fear’ and ‘prejudice’ against Muslims
Liberal leader Justin Trudeau this week made perhaps the boldest move of his political career — one that could rally Canadians to his side in the upcoming election, or merely solidify the support that Prime Minister Stephen Harper is counting on for re-election. In an evening speech to a Toronto audience on Monday, Trudeau accused Harper of...
5 detained in Nemtsov killing, one admits guilt
MOSCOW — A Russian court on Sunday charged two men in the killing of leading opposition figure Boris Nemtsov and ordered three other suspects to remain in jail pending a decision on whether to file charges. Russian news agencies said one of those charged has admitted involvement in the crime. Judge Nataliya Mushnikova said that Zaur Dadaev made a...
Russia-Canada war of words turns hostile amid Nazi accusations
A 93-year-old Quebec beekeeper accused of being a Nazi war criminal has become the latest salvo in an increasingly hostile war of words between the Canadian and Russian governments. The two countries have been slinging insults and accusations at each other on Twitter and other social media since Russia annexed Crimea and began providing military...
U.S. troops to head to Ukraine – 300 to be in place by March
The U.S. military is ramping up for a deployment to Ukraine. The US Army is preparing to send approximately 300 troops at a time to train Ukrainian forces in western Ukraine, writes my Defense News colleague Paul McLeary. He is citing documents posted on a government contracting site. More from Paul McLeary’s article: A solicitation posted...
Ukraine unable to stop Russian advance, even with NATO aid, says general
Gen. Philip Breedlove, the head of the US European Command and allied commander of NATO, gave U.S. lawmakers earlier this week an update on the situation in Ukraine. It is an interesting assessment in light of the news that the Conservative government is looking at sending Canadian training troops and other support to Ukraine. “In the current...
