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Members of Canadian Forces more likely to die by suicide: report
Nov23

Members of Canadian Forces more likely to die by suicide: report

Canadian Army instructors discuss mechanized infantry defence tactics with their Ukrainian Armed Forces colleagues during Exercise RAPID TRIDENT in Starychi, Ukraine on June 30, 2016. (Joint Task Force Ukraine) OTTAWA – The Canadian military says 18 service members died by suicide last year. The findings are contained in a report published today...

The dawn of the strongman era is here
Nov23

The dawn of the strongman era is here

Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin to the G20 Summit. (Lintao Zhang/Getty Images) Nothing signalled the Trudeau government’s surprise at Donald Trump’s victory more clearly than the snap offer to open negotiations on NAFTA. “We’re ready to come to the table,” Canada’s ambassador...

Two Chinese companies plan to build solar power plants inside the Chornobyl exclusion zone
Nov22

Two Chinese companies plan to build solar power plants inside the Chornobyl exclusion zone

Two Chinese companies have put together plans to build massive solar capture plants inside the Chornobyl* exclusion zone — the area of Ukraine that’s still mostly uninhabited after the 1986 Chornobyl nuclear plant disaster in the town of Pripyat. “There will be remarkable social benefits and economic ones as we try to renovate the once...

Halifax conference ends on uncertain note as world awaits Donald Trump White House
Nov21

Halifax conference ends on uncertain note as world awaits Donald Trump White House

Canada’s Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan speaks to reporters during the Halifax International Security Forum, in Halifax, N.S., on Friday, November 18, 2016. (Darren Calabrese/CP) HALIFAX – After three days of discussion, the Halifax International Security Forum ended with a collective shrug as political thinkers from around the globe...

Halifax conference ends on uncertain note as world awaits Trump White House
Nov21

Halifax conference ends on uncertain note as world awaits Trump White House

HALIFAX — After three days of discussion, the Halifax International Security Forum ended with a collective shrug as political thinkers from around the globe expressed uncertainty about how the election of Donald Trump in the U.S. might affect the international order. Canadian politicians made it clear that whatever the president-elect’s...

Obama, Putin discuss Syria and Ukraine at summit in Peru
Nov20

Obama, Putin discuss Syria and Ukraine at summit in Peru

President Barack Obama spoke briefly with Russian President Vladimir Putin about Syria and Ukraine on Sunday as an economic summit got under way in Peru, in their first known conversation since Donald Trump was elected the next U.S. president. …read more Source: CTV...

Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin have quick chat in Peru over Ukraine, Syria
Nov20

Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin have quick chat in Peru over Ukraine, Syria

U.S. President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin spoke for around four minutes on Sunday at the APEC summit about Syria and Ukraine. …read more Source: Global...

Russian ambassador to Canada calls U.S. election ‘victory for common sense’
Nov20

Russian ambassador to Canada calls U.S. election ‘victory for common sense’

SOCHI, RUSSIA – OCTOBER 06: Russian President Vladimir Putin speeches during his meeting with Russian IWAS 2015 Worlds Games medalists on October 6, 2015 in Sochi, Russia. (Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images) OTTAWA – Russia’s ambassador to Canada says the U.S. election of president-elect Donald Trump was a victory for common sense and...

Obama, Putin have quick chat at APEC
Nov20

Obama, Putin have quick chat at APEC

President Barack Obama spoke briefly with Russian President Vladimir Putin about Syria and Ukraine on Sunday as an economic summit got under way in Peru, in their first known conversation since Donald Trump was elected the next U.S. president. …read more Source: CTV...

Russian ambassador to Canada calls Trump’s election ‘victory for common sense’
Nov20

Russian ambassador to Canada calls Trump’s election ‘victory for common sense’

OTTAWA — Russia’s ambassador to Canada says the U.S. election of president-elect Donald Trump was a victory for common sense and pragmatism. Alexander Darchiev told CTV’s “Question Period” that Trump’s presidency will provide a “promising opening for Russian-American relations,” which he acknowledged are...