Section: US & Canada
A look at some of the victims of the Iran plane crash who had roots in Canada
Dozens of people with ties to Canada were among the 176 who were killed when Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 crashed after takeoff near Tehran, Iran. Here is a look at some of the victims with ties to Canada: NOVA SCOTIA Masoumeh Ghavi and Mahdieh Ghavi Ali Nafarieh, who teaches computer networking part time at Dalhousie and is...
Trump’s Myth About Adam Schiff
Never in the field of political conflict has so much been made by so many out of so little.Because the topic here is caricatured speeches, I hasten to add: Winston Churchill didn’t say that. As the Senate’s impeachment trial of Donald Trump begins, one of the more curious, and less enlightening, elements has been the focus by the...
The Show Trial Begins
The contrast could not have been starker. One picture showed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi smiling as she signed (with numerous pens) two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. She passed out the pens like souvenirs to fellow Democrats. They were embossed in gold with her signature and rested on silver trays. The other picture was...
Trump Impeachment Trial Begins with Debate on Rules
The impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump began in full Tuesday in the U.S. Senate, with the expectation of a spirited debate over the rules governing the third such trial in U.S. history over whether a president should be ousted from the White House for allegedly violating his oath of office.One of the first pieces of business for the...
LIVE VIDEO: Senate begins impeachment trial of President Trump with fight over the rules
The U.S. Senate will reconvene Tuesday and begin debating Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s proposed rules for the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. You can watch a live feed of the proceedings below. Should the Kentucky Republican’s proposal pass, arguments would begin Wednesday morning. However, Senate Democrats plan to...
Canada, Iran at Odds Over who Should Analyze Downed Plane’s Black Boxes
Iran said it had asked the U.S. and French authorities for equipment to download information from black boxes on a downed Ukrainian airliner, potentially angering countries which want the recorders analyzed abroad.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada, which lost 57 of the 176 people killed in the crash, said Iran did not have the ability to...
Belarus imports oil from Norway after Russia halts supplies
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Belarus started importing oil from Norway on Tuesday after Russia, its main oil provider, suspended supplies earlier this month amid stalled talks on further strengthening economic ties between two countries. Belarusian state-run oil company Belneftekhim said its subsidiary bought 80,000 tones of crude oil from Norway, which...
Democrats Accuse McConnell of Rigging Trump’s Impeachment Trial
Democrats on Tuesday accused the top Senate Republican of rigging U.S. President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial with proposed rules that would prevent witnesses from testifying and bar evidence gathered by investigators.Trump’s trial on abuse of power and obstruction of Congress charges begins in earnest in the Republican-controlled...
Report: Ukrainian Official Funded $10 Million Parnas Loan Before Trump Access
Ex-Giuliani friend Lev Parnas received significant financial help for a project he was working on from a Ukrainian official who attended the 2017 inauguration and met with President Trump, the Wall Street Journal reported. Former Ukraine tax chief Roman Nasirov reportedly helped fund a $10 million loan Parnas received for a real estate project...
Canada, allies push Iran to co-operate on Ukraine plane’s black boxes
Iran is co-operating with foreign experts in the investigation, but Foreign Affairs Minister Champagne also emphasizes the need for Iran to allow a thorough and credible international investigation. …read more Source:: Toronto...
