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Cabinet shuffle: Kenney becomes defence minister; Nicholson moves to foreign affairs; Poilievre to employment ministry
Prime Minister Stephen Harper shuffled his cabinet Monday, moving veterans Jason Kenney to defence and Rob Nicholson to foreign affairs, and giving Democratic Reform Minister Pierre Poilievre two extra portfolios: employment and social development, and responsibility for the National Capital Commission. Harper was forced to shuffle his cabinet...
Chemical plant explosion rocks eastern Ukraine city
An armed conflict between Russia-backed separatists and Ukraine government forces has killed more than 5,300 people and displaced more than a million. …read more Source: Toronto...
Merkel to brief Harper on Ukraine talks
OTTAWA – German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be in Ottawa later today to give Prime Minister Stephen Harper an update on her frenzied transatlantic shuttle diplomacy on the Ukraine crisis.Merkel will be in Washington earlier today for a previously scheduled meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama, amid reports of a rift between the U.S....
Explosion hits chemical plant in rebel-held Ukrainian city
A powerful explosion rocked a chemical plant and set it on fire Monday outside the separatist stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Global...
Kyiv says 1,500 Russian troops enter Ukraine; explosion hits chem plant
A powerful explosion rocked a chemical plant and set it on fire Monday outside the separatist stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. Rebels said the plant was hit by government shelling. …read more Source: CTV...
1,500 Russian troops enter Ukraine as explosion hits chem plant in rebel-held city
A powerful explosion rocked a chemical plant and set it on fire Monday outside the separatist stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. Rebels said the plant was hit by government shelling. …read more Source: CTV...
Ukraine conflict: Germany to oppose military aid for Ukraine
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is set to argue in Washington today against arming Ukraine in its conflict against Russian-backed rebels. …read more Source:...
Ukraine hopes for more help from Canada
Ukraine’s top diplomat in Ottawa says Canada “can do more” to help his country, as Western nations debate providing weapons and other “lethal” military aid to government forces fighting Russian-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine. In an exclusive interview with the Citizen, Ukrainian chargé d’affaires Shevchenko Marko thanked Canada for...
National Post View: If Putin is to be stopped, Ukraine must be armed
In recent days, the situation in Central Europe has moved from disturbing to alarming. Vladimir Putin, undeterred by Western sanctions, is escalating his country’s incremental invasion of Ukraine. When fighting first began last year, the Russians at least pretended to have no direct control over the heavily armed, well trained and...
EU presses peace plan for Ukraine, but hawks want Russian sanctions to stay
Leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France have agreed to meet in Belarus on Wednesday to try to broker a peace deal for Ukraine …read more Source: The Globe and...
