Japan’s Indo-Pacific vision is a template for Canada
Since the Abe administration, Japan’s Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) vision continues to evolve as conditions demand but at its core it stresses the pursuit of a rules-based order in the region, including the maritime security domain. It also aims to contribute to the ...
Quarantines crushing air travel are getting longer and lonelier
Even as vaccines embolden countries to plot paths to reopening, authorities around the world are tightening the screws to stop COVID-19 mutations from slipping through quarantine.
Xinjiang genocide vote pressures Trudeau to take harder line on China
The nonbinding declaration from lawmakers represents a clear signal that they want Trudeau to maintain pressure on Beijing over human rights.
With health authorities restricting public gatherings and other social activities, many Canadians are embracing an old winter tradition — the backyard ice rink. "We are in our family bubble, we respect the public health rules and we have fun at the same time," Felix Rheaume ...
For Hong Kongers, Canada is beaten path out of China’s grip
With recent pro-democracy protests virtually snuffed out and Beijing enshrining control last year via a national security law, bags are being packed once more.
On the brink: Canada care workers struggle to make ends meet in pandemic
Personal support workers (PSWs) have long wrestled with housing insecurity in expensive Canadian cities, but the pandemic has worsened the situation for many.
Wuhan or Wu-Tang? Canadian diplomat's T-shirt logo angers China
Canada said it regretted a "misunderstanding" after China lodged a formal complaint over a diplomat's order of a custom T-shirt displaying the word Wuhan, the city where the COVID-19 pandemic first emerged, over the emblem of hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan. The logo of the American ...
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime estimated that Tse Chi Lop's drug syndicate earned as much as $17 billion from trafficking drugs in 2018.
Biden speaks with Canada's Trudeau in first foreign leader call as U.S. president
In his first call to a foreign leader as U.S. President, Joe Biden spoke with Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau Friday on a number of topics and made plans to continue the conversation next month, Ottawa and Washington said in separate statements. During the conversation, which ...
Travelers from Japan face more restrictions amid new virus strain fears
At least 73 countries are tightening their border control measures for travelers from Japan, where cases of the mutated virus have been detected.
The NHL anticipates the league's Canadian teams will be able to play games in their home venues when the season starts on Jan. 13. "On the basis of our discussions (with provincial health authorities) in the past week, as well as our exchange of correspondence ...
These two jailed Canadians deserve your Christmas wishes
Hopefully, the buildup of publicity of people sending Christmas cards to the imprisoned Canadians will put moral pressure on China, causing it to abandon its practice of hostage diplomacy.
