Section: Ottawa Citizen (Canada)
HMCS Fredericton arrives in Portugal, HMCS Toronto to be back in Canada in late January
The Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Fredericton arrived Tuesday in Lisbon, Portugal to join Standing NATO Maritime Forces as part of Operation REASSURANCE, according to the Department of National Defence. Op REASSURANCE is Canada’s contribution to NATO-led assurance measures under way because of Russian actions in the Crimea. More details...
Letter: Canada’s role in the world
Re: Canada on sidelines as UN arms treaty comes into effect, Dec. 27. It seems like the Conservative government is being duplicitous in its foreign policy with regard to the sale of arms. Prime Minister Stephen Harper is proud of how much he is helping the people in the Ukraine stand up to Russian supported invaders and how our airforce is...
Canadian firms hurt by Ukraine crisis – exports to Russia plummet as Moscow strikes back against Canadian sanctions
Canadian exporters stung by Russia’s currency crisis and its retaliatory sanctions against the West wonder what 2015 will hold for a market filled with promise less than 12 months ago, writes Andy Blatchford of the Canadian Press. Here is the rest of Andy Blatchford’s article: Companies from farm-equipment manufacturers to pork...
Russia hopes to swap military aircraft for beef and wheat
Russia and Argentina are eyeing a deal under which Moscow would lease 12 Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer aircraft to Buenos Aires in return for beef and wheat, my Defense News colleagues Jaroslaw Adamowski and Andrew Chuter write. They are citing a report in the London-based paper Sunday Express. Imports of Argentinian food and goods are viewed as an attempt...
Ronald Crelinsten: Fighting terrorism in 2015
2014 has seen its share of dramatic and shocking events: the Russian annexation of Crimea, the festering insurgency in eastern Ukraine, including the shooting down of a Malaysian Airlines plane, the Hamas-Israel war, the mass kidnappings of girls by Boko Haram in Nigeria, and the continuing horrors of the Syrian civil war. That last conflict took...
Gormley: In defence of outrage
The latest trend in Internet outrage is to be outraged by outrage, and its target may as well be me. Me, along with everyone else who writes about outrageous things for a newspaper, or shakes their fist while reading about the outrageous things described in newspapers. There are lots of us out there: people irritated by irritating things. Maybe...
The federal firmament: Stars to watch in 2015
Some are rising stars; others struggle with unexpected fame; yet others appear tottering on the edge of their political pedestals. Here are some people to watch on the federal scene in 2015: NPD House Leader Nathan Cullen rises following question period in the House of Commons, Thursday, December 6, 2012 in Ottawa. Nathan Cullen The NDP MP for...
Photos: Celebrating Christmas with a swim, in hot and cold
From the frigid waters of Germany and Britain, to the balmier climes in Monaco and Australia, swimmers donned their best red and white santa hats and celebrated Christmas with a dip. In London, England’s Hyde Park, swimmers took part in an annual race held in the Serpentine Lake since 1864. In South Korea and France, scuba divers dressed as...
Harper government selective on Russians being sanctioned – Putin’s inner circle untouched
By David Pugliese Defence Watch It seems the Harper government has left off a few key Russians from its sanctions list and questions are being asked why? As readers know, Prime Minister Stephen Harper pretty much compared Russian leader Putin’s actions in Ukraine to those of Adolf Hitler just before the Second World War. To punish this new...
Canada under pressure to strengthen Ukraine crisis response
The Conservative government is under pressure over its refusal to provide “lethal” military aid to Ukraine or to sanction three Russians tied to both Vladimir Putin and Canadian businesses. The government announced economic sanctions and travel bans against 11 additional Russian officials and nine Ukrainian separatist leaders last week in...
