Category Archives: war and peace
Second federal flight carrying Ukrainians bound for Canada lands in Montreal
MONTREAL — Dozens of well-wishers bearing balloons and flowers packed a Montreal airport on Sunday to welcome hundreds of Ukrainians fleeing the war in their home country and poised to begin rebuilding their lives in Canada. The second of three
Canada shipping 20,000 rounds of artillery ammunition to Ukraine
OTTAWA — Canada has purchased more than 20,000 rounds of artillery ammunition for Ukraine, Defence Minister Anita Anand said Tuesday. Anand, speaking at the Ukrainian Cultural Centre in Victoria, said the $98-million purchase will include the needed fu...
‘A light of hope’: first of three flights bringing Ukrainians lands in Winnipeg
WINNIPEG — Kseniia Zinenko stepped outside of the Winnipeg airport Monday evening after a nine-hour flight from Poland to Manitoba's capital city. The 30-year-old is one of more than 300 Ukrainian nationals who were on a federally chartered flight to b...
Russian troops planted mines in Ukraine’s fields to ruin harvest: Sajjan
OTTAWA — Russian troops have planted mines in Ukrainian fields to prevent farmers from cultivating their crops, International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan has been told. Speaking after a meeting of G7 development ministers in Berlin, Sajjan said...
Aeroplan-funded flights bringing Ukrainians to Canada expected to begin in June
OTTAWA — The first free commercial flights to Canada for Ukrainian refugees offered through a fundraising drive involving Aeroplan points won't be available until June. On April 20, U.S.-based organization Miles4Migrants said it had expected flights to...
‘It’s the only option’: Some Finnish people in Canada in favour of NATO bid
Some Finnish people living in Canada say they support Finland's recent historic decision to seek NATO membership after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The Finnish parliament resoundingly rubber-stamped the government's decision to seek membership on Tue...
Putin’s ex-wife not immune from Canadian sanctions: foreign affairs minister’s office
OTTAWA — Canada has not ruled out imposing sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin's ex-wife Lyudmila Ocheretnaya, says the foreign affairs minister’s spokesman. The Russian president's ex-wife, who divorced him in 2014, is the mother of his tw...
Dutch Princess Margriet honours Canadian general who liberated her nation in WWII
OTTAWA — Princess Margriet of the Netherlands paid tribute to the Canadian who negotiated the surrender of the Nazis in her country in 1945. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau greeted the princess with a fist bump at the National Military Cemetery in
Canadian helping reform Ukrainian military says she’s not surprised by its resilience
OTTAWA — Jill Sinclair has been wracked by a combination of anguish, sickness and anger as well as extraordinary pride as she has watched Ukrainians stand fast in the face of Russia’s invasion of their homeland. One thing she hasn’t
Trudeau pledges more troops to Latvia, but mum on permanent NATO presence in Baltics
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau emerged from a private huddle with his Latvian counterpart on Thursday with a promise to bolster Canada’s military presence by deploying more Canadian Armed Forces officers to the Baltic state. Trudeau did not, ho...