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PM defends military spending in face of new U.S. calls for allies to pony up
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is doubling down in his defence of the amount of money that Canada spends on its military in the face of fresh pressure from the United States. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has given all NATO allies until May to come up with a plan for increasing the amount they spend on defence to two per cent of...
Ukrainian security official dies in car explosion
A Ukrainian officer died in Mariupol, an area where Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed separatists have clashed for three years. …read more Source: Toronto...
Why is Canada so weak on Russia?
Sharifulin Valery/TASS/CP In the largest and most raucous protests against Russian strongman Vladimir Putin since the rigged elections of 2012, tens of thousands of demonstrators poured into the streets of at least 80 towns and cities across Russia over the weekend. From Vladivostok on the Pacific coast, through major cities like Novosibirsk and...
Embassies of France, Turkey share their homelands’ tastes with Ottawa
In diplomatic circles, it’s sometimes said that the easiest way to win hearts and minds is through the stomach. We’re lucky to see lots of culinary diplomacy in Ottawa, where there are 130-odd embassies and high commissions, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. Just one vivid and tasty example was a casual dinner reception at the Italian...
Some facts about war criminals in Canada
Lubomyr Luciuk, in a March 9 opinion piece defending Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland from criticism because her grandfather had Nazi ties, attacks the effort to bring Nazi war criminals in Canada to justice. He writes: “just after the war’s end, Jewish Canadians were alarmed at the prospect of ‘Ukrainian Nazis’ escaping...
Paul Manafort offers to talk to House panel on Russia
Former Trump Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort talks to reporters on the floor of the Republican National Convention at Quicken Loans Arena, July 17, 2016, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, a key figure in investigations into the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia, has...
Paul Manafort wants to talk to intelligence committee
(AP Photo/Matt Rourke) WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, a key figure in investigations into the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia, has volunteered to be questioned by lawmakers as part of a House probe of the Kremlin’s alleged meddling in the 2016 election. Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., chairman of the...
Official says trained Russian agent killed exiled Kremlin critic in Ukraine
An adviser to Ukraine’s interior minister says Pavel Parshov, 28, had been trained in Russia by Russian security services. …read more Source: Toronto...
Russia, Ukraine at odds over singer’s Eurovision performance
GENEVA — Eurovision song contest organizers say they have taken the unprecedented step of offering to let Russia’s contestant perform via satellite after authorities in host Ukraine banned her from entering the country — a proposal that was immediately rejected by a Russian state broadcaster. The European Broadcasting Union says it’s...
Ukraine official says Russian agent killed Kremlin critic
A senior Ukrainian official says the killer of Kremlin critic Denis Voronenkov, who was gunned down in Kyiv, was a Russian agent. …read more Source: CTV...
