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Three Theses on Canadian Foreign Policy
Apr26

Three Theses on Canadian Foreign Policy

Despite immense progress in global equality and development over the course of the past seven decades, the world today is characterized by uncertainty and apprehension. This international context is defined above all else by a liberal order in crisis. Non-Western powers are beginning to assert their norms and values – ones that tend to privilege...

New photos: Petawawa troops in snowy Alberta for Exercise Rugged Bear
Apr25

New photos: Petawawa troops in snowy Alberta for Exercise Rugged Bear

Some 3,000 Canadian Army soldiers from 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group from Petawawa, Ontario are in Alberta for Exercise RUGGED BEAR. They are at the Canadian Manoeuvre Training Centre in Wainwright, Alberta. The Ottawa area is getting rain. In Alberta it is still snowing. The purpose of Exercise RUGGED BEAR is for the Canadian Army to...

US F-35 fighters to train near Russia
Apr25

US F-35 fighters to train near Russia

The US Air Force is sending its newest fighter jets to Russia’s doorstep as part of a program set up after Russia annexed Crimea from the Ukraine in 2014, a US official tells CNN. F-35A stealth Joint Strike Fighters will fly from the United Kingdom to NATO-ally Estonia in the coming days, the official said. Estonia, a former Soviet...

Young Entrepreneurs Find Funky Niche In Products ‘Made In Ukraine’
Apr24

Young Entrepreneurs Find Funky Niche In Products ‘Made In Ukraine’

Startups and boutique designers make up a small part of Ukraine’s economy. But they’re making everything from socks to streetwear — and are gaining skills essential for the country’s development.(Image credit: Lucian Kim/NPR) …read more Source:...

American monitor killed in Ukraine when mine hits vehicle
Apr23

American monitor killed in Ukraine when mine hits vehicle

An American member of the OSCE’s monitoring mission in eastern Ukraine died Sunday and two others were wounded when their vehicle was blown up by a mine in the separatist Luhansk region. …read more Source: CTV...

Canadian jets intercept Russian bombers for the first time since 2014
Apr22

Canadian jets intercept Russian bombers for the first time since 2014

OTTAWA – Canadian fighter jets have intercepted Russian bombers off Canada’s northern coast for the first time in more than two years, as relations between Moscow and the West continue to worsen. Two CF-18s were scrambled on Thursday after North American early-warning air defences spotted two TU-95 Bear bombers approaching Alaskan and...

Canadian jets intercept Russian bombers, first time in two years: Norad
Apr22

Canadian jets intercept Russian bombers, first time in two years: Norad

OTTAWA — Canadian fighter jets have intercepted Russian bombers off Canada’s northern coast for the first time in more than two years, as relations between Moscow and the West continue to worsen. Two CF-18s were scrambled on Thursday after North American early-warning air defences spotted two TU-95 Bear bombers approaching Alaskan and...

Russia flying over, photographing Canadian military bases this week
Apr20

Russia flying over, photographing Canadian military bases this week

OTTAWA — Russia is using a post-Cold War agreement to conduct an aerial surveillance mission over Canadian military facilities this week, even as relations between the two countries remain frosty. The five-day mission started Tuesday and involves an unarmed Russian aircraft flying to different parts of the country to take photos of Canadian...

Harjit Sajjan a Sikh nationalist? The Defence Minister responds
Apr20

Harjit Sajjan a Sikh nationalist? The Defence Minister responds

Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan’s visit to his native India this week has been controversial, at least in the Indian news media. Amarinder Singh, the top elected official in India’s Punjab province, accused Sajjan of being a Sikh nationalist. “I’m not going to meet him,” Singh told Indian TV before adding that there are other...

UN court rejects Ukraine request to block rebel funding
Apr19

UN court rejects Ukraine request to block rebel funding

The International Court of Justice has rejected Ukraine’s request for measures aimed at blocking Russian support for rebels in eastern Ukraine, but imposed measures to rein in discrimination by Moscow against ethnic Tatars and other minorities in Crimea. …read more Source: CTV...