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Canada faces new Cold War in Europe and hot war against ISIL in Iraq in 2015
OTTAWA – It could very well be that 2014 is remembered as the year when Canada traded one shadow war for possibly two others.The flag was barely folded and put away in Kabul, marking a formal end to more than 12 years of counter-insurgency war against the ghostly Taliban, before CF-18s were dispatched to begin pounding extremist targets in...
Federal polls show race is tightening but can’t explain the reasons why
OTTAWA – A spate of public opinion surveys this autumn has prompted the usual end-of-year parsing of political fortunes and chin-stroking prognostications about a federal election that may still be 10 months in the future.Stephen Harper’s Conservatives are up. Justin Trudeau’s Liberals are down. Tom Mulcair’s New Democrats...
Federal polls show race is tightening—but it’s not clear why
OTTAWA — A spate of public opinion surveys this autumn has prompted the usual end-of-year parsing of political fortunes and chin-stroking prognostications about a federal election that may still be 10 months in the future. Stephen Harper’s Conservatives are up. Justin Trudeau’s Liberals are down. Tom Mulcair’s New Democrats are...
Putin says Russia won’t be intimidated over Crimea
Russia will not be intimidated over its actions in Ukraine and Crimea, President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday as his foreign ministry warned that it was preparing to retaliate against fresh Western sanctions. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Exits: Who stepped out of the spotlight this year?
Dylan Martinez/Reuters SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE: It was the lost cause of Scottish dreamers, last gathered in a state of their own in 1707, and the subject of a campaign focused on social media. Support for national independence was surging in the polls in early September. Unfortunately for the Scottish nationalists, the referendum wasn’t held...
Russia Says It Won’t ‘Cave In’ To New Western Sanctions
The reaction comes after President Obama signed an executive order on Friday slapping economic sanctions on Crimea, a day after the EU approved similar measures.» E-Mail This …read more Source:...
Russia dismisses new U.S. sanctions, declares ‘historic’ right to Crimea
Obama has prohibited U.S. companies and individuals from exporting or importing any goods to the annexed region …read more Source: The Globe and...
Russia dismisses new U.S. sanctions, declares historic rights to Crimea
Russia on Saturday dismissed new U.S. sanctions as useless and said it was poised to wait as long as it takes for the U.S. to recognize its historic right to the Crimean peninsula. …read more Source: CTV...
Ukraine crisis: Obama orders ban on Crimea trade
US President Barack Obama has ordered a ban on the export of goods, technology and services to Crimea. The executive order also imposes new sanctions on Russian and Ukrainian individuals and companies. Mr Obama said the move showed the US would never accept Russia’s annexation of Crimea in March. Similar measures agreed by the European...
Canada imposes new sanctions as Russia’s economy teeters
Canada is joining its allies in tightening the screws on Russian President Vladimir Putin, with new trade sanctions meant to put further pressure on Russia’s teetering economy. The new measures are in retaliation for Russia’s annexation of Crimea and its support for separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine. The measures target 20 Russians...
