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Ukraine’s president fires governor, sets stage for political unrest
Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko dismissed the billionaire governor of an eastern region Wednesday following a rancorous dispute pitting the tycoon against the government. …read more Source: CTV...
Must-see QP: How legal are Canadian airstrikes in Syria?
Adrian Wyld/CP Maclean’s is your home for the daily political theatre that is question period. If you’ve never watched, check out our primer. Today, QP runs from 2:15 p.m. until just past 3. We livestream and liveblog all the action. The must-see moment Stephen Harper once dissed Vladimir Putin and then showed off that he told another...
Putin says Russia’s military drills will continue
President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that a recent Russian military exercise has marked the beginning of a series of such drills this year, a show of force that comes amid a bitter strain with the West over Ukraine. …read more Source: CTV...
Femen and the theory of toplessness as protest
Neda Topaloski briefly interrupted the business of the House of Commons yesterday—forever entered into history as “[disturbance in gallery]“—when she yelled out from the visitors’ gallery with her objections to Bill C-51, the government’s anti-terrorism legislation. Protests in the galleries are an occasional occurrence, but...
U.S. House passes resolution urging Obama to send weapons to Ukraine
The House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved a resolution urging President Barack Obama to send lethal weapons to Ukraine in its fight against Russian-backed rebels. …read more Source: Global...
NATO secretary general tells Canada and allies to keep Russia in check
Effort to deter aggression ‘will take years,’ but Secretary-General leaves decision to arm Ukraine up to individual countries …read more Source: The Globe and...
Clashes rage in Ukraine coastal town, threatening ceasefire
Government and Russian-backed separatist forces face off in daily gun and artillery battles across an unseen line cutting through the town of Shyrokyne, Ukraine. The enduring unrest arouses deep anxieties that the conflict could flare up again across the entire 450-kilometre front line. …read more Source:...
Second Mistral-class ship completes first sea trial but no delivery to Russia
The Sevastopol, the second of two Mistral-class helicopter carriers built for Russia, returned to harbor Friday after a first sea trial, writes my Defense News colleague Pierre Tran. Here is more of what Pierre Tran writes: The next sea trial is due in a few weeks and will last a week, the spokesman said. Meanwhile, on the first ship, the...
Harper meets NATO chief to talk about war against ISIL, crisis in Ukraine
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg met today to discuss the war in Iraq and the crisis in Ukraine. The meeting just comes days ahead of the planned introduction of a motion to extend and expand Canada’s combat mission against extremists in Iraq — and possibly Syria. Stoltenberg, a former prime minister...
Stephen Harper talks Ukraine, Islamic State with NATO chief
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Stephen Harper and NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg met today to discuss the war in Iraq and the crisis in Ukraine. The meeting just comes days ahead of the planned introduction of a motion to extend and expand Canada’s combat mission against extremists in Iraq — and possibly Syria. Stoltenberg, a former prime...
