Section: Ottawa Citizen (Canada)
Egan: Gang members often mentally ill, survivors of trauma, study finds
An in-depth study of gang members in Ottawa, based on jailhouse interviews that took two years, is full of surprises and shattered clichés. Carleton University sociologist Katharine Kelly spoke at length to 16 gang-involved young men. Their candour was striking. “They didn’t look like typical gang members that you find, particularly in the...
Gang members often mentally ill, survivors of trauma, study finds
An in-depth study of gang members in Ottawa, based on jailhouse interviews that took two years, is full of surprises and shattered clichés. Carleton University sociologist Katharine Kelly spoke at length to 16 gang-involved young men. Their candour was striking. “They didn’t look like typical gang members that you find, particularly in the...
U.S. to sending training units to Ukraine
American soldiers will deploy to Ukraine this spring to begin training four companies of the Ukrainian National Guard, writes Paul McLeary of Defense News. The number of troops heading to the Yavoriv Training Area near the city of L’viv — which is about 40 miles from the Polish border — is still being determined, however, Paul McLeary of...
Russian invasion of Ukraine no surprise to Baltic neighbours, Lithuanian minister says
The Russian invasion of Ukraine might have been a surprise to the West. For the countries that border Ukraine, it was anything but. “I hear people saying that what happened, and is still happening in Ukraine, was completely unexpected and unpredictable, that it was a kind of wake up call,” Lithuania’s Defence Minister Juozas Olekas told a...
Diplomatica
The Russian invasion of Ukraine might have been a surprise to the West. For the countries that border Ukraine, it was anything but. “I hear people saying that what happened, and is still happening in Ukraine, was completely unexpected and unpredictable, that it was a kind of wake up call,” Lithuania’s Defence Minister Juozas Olekas told a...
Trudeau touts need for provinces to have ‘partner in Ottawa’
LONDON, ONT. – Liberal leader Justin Trudeau all but accused the Conservative government of abandoning Canadians in hard-hit manufacturing regions as he kicked off a two-day caucus retreat in London, Ont. on Tuesday. “The people of southwestern Ontario are amazingly resilient and have demonstrated that moving beyond a manufacturing-based economy...
Eric Morse: Russia recruits wherever it can
About a day before the Hebdo Charlie terrorism incident monopolized international attention, an odd report appeared on the BBC that Russian President Vladimir Putin had signed a decree legalizing the employment of non-Russian citizens as “contract” (i.e, professional, not conscript) troops in the Russian armed forces. Apparently about 300 such...
HMCS Toronto returns to home port after seven month deployment
Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Toronto returned to her home port of Halifax, Nova Scotia today, after what the Royal Canadian Navy is calling a successful seven month-long deployment in the Mediterranean Sea on Operation REASSURANCE. That operation is Canada’s response to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine and Russia’s military...
Russia’s message to France – turn over Mistral-class warship or give us our money back
The French procurement office is declining to comment on a report that Russia has asked for a written statement on whether the Mistral class helicopter carrier will be delivered to Moscow, writes my Defense News colleague Pierre Tran. The Russian news agency RIA Novosti has reported that Russia officially sent a written request to France for an...
Chris Kilford: What’s next for Canada’s military
When the current mission in Iraq eventually ends it likely won’t be our last in the region. Then again, making predictions can be a risky business as I found out in 2006 as the acting director of a new future security analysis team in National Defence Headquarters. There were about 10 of us in all – civilian and military, with various...
