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Gen. Jon Vance, new chief of defence staff, takes military reins in Ottawa
Jul17

Gen. Jon Vance, new chief of defence staff, takes military reins in Ottawa

OTTAWA – There will be a changing of the guard for the Canadian military today.Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Tom Lawson formally steps down and will be replaced by a former combat commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Jonathan Vance.The changeover is happening as the military conducts combat operations against the Islamic State in Iraq and the...

Inquiry into downed Malaysia Airlines jet closes in on cause, suspects
Jul17

Inquiry into downed Malaysia Airlines jet closes in on cause, suspects

Families of the almost 300 people who were killed when a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet was shot down over eastern Ukraine a year ago attend a sombre memorial service today. They are still looking for answers, Susan Ormiston reports. …read more Source:...

Ceremonies mark anniversary of Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash
Jul17

Ceremonies mark anniversary of Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash

Ukraine – Residents of the Ukrainian village where a Malaysian airliner was shot down with 298 people aboard a year ago joined a procession to the crash site on Friday. …read more Source: Global...

Ukraine, Australia mark sombre anniversary of Malaysian jet’s downing
Jul17

Ukraine, Australia mark sombre anniversary of Malaysian jet’s downing

Residents of the Ukrainian village where a Malaysian airliner was shot down began a procession to the crash site on Friday, while the Australia remembered the “savagery” of the disaster by unveiling a plaque that’s set in soil from the place where the plane went down. …read more Source:...

Australia and Ukraine mark deadly MH17 anniversary
Jul17

Australia and Ukraine mark deadly MH17 anniversary

Residents of the Ukrainian village where MH17 was shot down a year ago began a procession to the crash site on Friday while in Australia, officials gathered to unveil a plaque paying tribute to the victims. …read more Source: CTV...

Australia unveils memorial for victims of Malaysian plane shot down over Ukraine
Jul17

Australia unveils memorial for victims of Malaysian plane shot down over Ukraine

Tearful relatives of several Australians who were flying on the Malaysian jetliner that was shot down over eastern Ukraine a year ago gathered for a memorial service Friday that included the unveiling of a plaque set in soil from the place where they died. …read more Source: CTV...

All eyes on new commander as military faces significant challenges
Jul17

All eyes on new commander as military faces significant challenges

When Jonathan Vance formally takes over as Canada’s top military commander, one of the first things he will be forced to address is sexual misconduct in the ranks. The Conservative government tapped Vance to replace Gen. Tom Lawson as chief of defence staff three days before a scathing report that found an “underlying sexual culture” in the...

Harper’s tight-lipped strategy could hurt him on trade and TPP
Jul16

Harper’s tight-lipped strategy could hurt him on trade and TPP

Last week I wrote that the Conservative Party’s allergy to the news media has gone past silly and become self-destructive. This week offered more evidence of the same. The Prime Minister met with the leader of Ukraine, but would take no questions from reporters. Not everyone agrees with Stephen Harper when it comes to Russia and Ukraine,...

Fishing ban in Arctic
Jul16

Fishing ban in Arctic

Canada, the United States, Russia and other Arctic nations signed an agreement on Thursday to bar their fishing fleets from fast-thawing seas around the North Pole, an agreement delayed more than a year by tensions over Ukraine. …read more Source: The Toronto...

One year on, MH17 evidence against Russian-backed separatists appears overwhelming
Jul16

One year on, MH17 evidence against Russian-backed separatists appears overwhelming

The biggest pieces of wreckage have vanished, hauled away to the Netherlands for analysis, and green stalks of grass are poking through the burnt ground where the centre section exploded. But a year after Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 was destroyed above eastern Ukraine, the shadow of death still hangs over Petropavlivka, Grabovo and Rosipnoye,...