Category Archives: conflict
Biden’s planned U.S. pullout from Afghanistan to use Sept. 11 anniversary as deadline
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden started the clock Wednesday on the long-awaited, long-promised withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, setting the 20th anniversary of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, as the deadline for ending "America's longest war...
Biden’s planned U.S. pullout from Afghanistan to use Sept. 11 anniversary as deadline
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden started the clock Wednesday on the long-awaited, long-promised withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, setting the 20th anniversary of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, as the deadline for ending "America's longest war...
Italian-Canadians to get formal apology for treatment during Second World War
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will issue a formal apology next month for the treatment of Italian-Canadians during the Second World War. The government said in a news release that 600 Italian-Canadian men were interned in camps in Canada after...
Italian-Canadians to get formal apology for treatment during Second World War
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will issue a formal apology next month for the treatment of Italian-Canadians during the Second World War. The government said in a news release that 600 Italian-Canadian men were interned in camps in Canada after...
Former PM Stephen Harper sees new Cold War, this time between U.S. and China
OTTAWA — Former prime minister Stephen Harper says the world order has returned to a kind of Cold War between two superpowers, this time between the United States and China. And while middle-power countries like Canada are part of the rivalry,
No place for abusive behaviour in military, acting defence chief says
OTTAWA — The acting chief of the defence staff says the Canadian Armed Forces, grappling with allegations of misconduct at high levels, has no place for abusive and discriminatory behaviour. Witnessing hateful acts and doing nothing means being complic...
Canadian soldier found dead in his quarters in Afghanistan: military
OTTAWA — A member of the Canadian Armed Forces has died in Afghanistan. The Defence Department says Master Warrant Officer Guy Adam Law was found dead in his quarters at the Canadian Embassy in Kabul on Feb. 25. A statement says
UN, rights watchdogs urge Canada to save its ‘arbitrarily detained’ children in Syria
OTTAWA — A United Nations rights advocate and Human Rights Watch Canada say the Trudeau government isn't living up to its new international campaign against arbitrary detention because it is abandoning 25 Canadian children trapped in northern Syria. Fi...
New video marks Canada’s contributions to first Gulf War on 30th anniversary
OTTAWA — Petty officer Richard Austin was sitting at his position on board HMCS Athabaskan when he heard a clang. It was 1991, and the Canadian destroyer was traversing an Iraqi minefield in the Persian Gulf, on its way to
Ottawa pledges financial aid to Juno Beach museum battered by COVID-19 pandemic
OTTAWA — The federal government is promising to provide financial aid to Canada's only Second World War museum in Europe, which has been battered by COVID-19. Following months of discussions, Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay announced on Thu...