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NUUK -- As Ottawa looks to use military spending to build up infrastructure in the Far North, Inuit say they want Canada to take tips from Greenland -- where a Nordic social model adapted to local needs has built health, housing and education services deemed superior to anything in Canada's Arctic.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney is suspending travel to Halifax and Munich, Germany, following a deadly school shooting in British Columbia.
OTTAWA -- When International Criminal Court judge Kimberly Prost goes on vacation, she needs to phone hotels in advance to explain that she can't pay for a room with a credit card -- because she's been sanctioned by the Trump administration.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is heading to Germany later this week for the world's top security conference, as Canada works to update its own defence policy. Carney's office says he will leave for Munich Wednesday, and be in Germany until Sunday.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney is heading to Germany later this week for the world's top security conference, as Canada works to update its own defence policy.
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is calling on China to release Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai after he was sentenced to 20 years in jail today under a sweeping national security law. Canada joins numerous peers, including the United States and the European Union, in condemning Beijing for the sentence imposed under a law used to crack down on Hong...
OTTAWA -- Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is calling on China to release Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai after he was sentenced to 20 years in jail today under a sweeping national security law.
NUUK -- The flag was raised and dozens of people joined in a spontaneous version of O Canada as Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand officially opened the new consulate in Nuuk, Greenland, Friday.
Canada's new consulate in Greenland is officially open. The consulate has been operating quietly for several weeks but Gov. Gen. Mary Simon and Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand are in Greenland's capital Nuuk for the ceremonial opening today. Anand raised a Canadian flag at the consulate and people gathered spontaneously sang O Canada, while they waved both Canadian and Greenland...
NUUK -- Canada's new consulate in Greenland is officially open.
NUUK -- Canada's new consulate in Greenland is officially open.
NUUK -- Canada's new consulate in Greenland is officially open.
NUUK -- Canada is set to formally open its newest diplomatic mission Friday in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, to build on deep ties that precede the recent geopolitical crisis.
The launch of a new Canadian diplomatic mission in Greenland is sparking hopes for more collaboration on climate change, Inuit rights and defence in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump's annexation threats. Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is set to officially open the new consulate Friday in Greenland's capital Nuuk, where the Canadian consulate has been operating quietly for...
OTTAWA -- The launch of a new Canadian diplomatic mission in Greenland is sparking hopes for more collaboration on climate change, Inuit rights and defence in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump's annexation threats.
The MP overseeing foreign aid says Ottawa wants to focus its international assistance efforts on countries that can generate economic spinoffs for Canadians. "The first priority is focusing our development dollars in a trade and development nexus," Randeep Sarai, secretary of state for international development, told The Canadian Press. "Due to the new trade realities that the world is facing...
OTTAWA -- The MP overseeing foreign aid says Ottawa wants to focus its international assistance efforts on countries that can generate economic spinoffs for Canadians.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney is appointing his national security adviser and a former cabinet minister as Ottawa's top envoys to Paris and London — world capitals where his government is pursuing deeper economic, security and climate policy ties.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is appointing his national security adviser and a former cabinet minister as Ottawa's top envoys to Paris and London — world capitals where his government is pursuing deeper economic, security and climate policy ties. Former cabinet minister Bill Blair will resign his Toronto seat in the House of Commons in the coming weeks to take on...
OTTAWA -- Former cabinet minister Bill Blair will resign his Toronto seat in the House of Commons, to take on a new role as Canada's high commissioner to the United Kingdom.
OTTAWA -- Human rights activists say the RCMP should collect reports from members of the public on possible major crimes committed by Canadians on behalf of the Iranian regime.
OTTAWA -- Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says her government's approach to human rights and international law shouldn't be compared to that of her predecessors because of increased turbulence and economic threats.
OTTAWA -- As Canada warns travellers of food and electricity shortages in Cuba, experts say any move by the U.S. to overthrow the island's communist leadership would put Canada in a bind much worse than the aftermath of the American armed intervention in Venezuela.
As Canada warns travellers of food and electricity shortages in Cuba, experts say any move by the U.S. to overthrow the island's communist leadership would put Canada in a bind much worse than the aftermath of the American armed intervention in Venezuela. Two former ambassadors say they're confident Global Affairs Canada is preparing contingency plans for responding to the various...
OTTAWA -- As Canada warns travellers of food and electricity shortages in Cuba, experts say any move by the U.S. to overthrow the island's communist leadership would put Canada in a bind much worse than the aftermath of the American armed intervention in Venezuela.
OTTAWA -- The leader of the national organization representing Inuit says the federal government must bring them to the table when it makes its plans to surge defence spending in the Arctic.
Thousands of employees at Global Affairs Canada have been issued notices warning they may lose their jobs, months before a foreign policy review is completed to give the department updated priorities. Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said the department has the broad outlines of Canada's foreign policy which can shape staffing priorities, but the diplomats union says the cuts at...
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Canada's "principled pragmatism" in foreign policy will be on full display next week in Greenland when she opens Canada's new consulate in the Danish territory with Inuit representatives attending and a coast guard vessel in the background. "We will continue to be principled and we will be pragmatic at the same time," Anand told...
OTTAWA -- Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Canada's "principled pragmatism" in foreign policy will be on full display next week in Greenland when she opens Canada's new consulate in the Danish territory with Inuit representatives attending and a coast guard vessel in the background.
OTTAWA -- Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Canada's "principled pragmatism" in foreign policy will be on full display next week in Greenland when she opens Canada's new consulate in the Danish territory with Inuit representatives attending and a coast guard vessel in the background.
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Canada's "principled pragmatism" in foreign policy will be on full display next week in Greenland when she opens Canada's new consulate in the Danish territory with Inuit representatives attending and a coast guard vessel in the background. "We will continue to be principled and we will be pragmatic at the same time," Anand told...
OTTAWA -- Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says a Royal Canadian Navy patrol vessel will be on the scene when the federal government opens a new consulate in Greenland next week.
Mark Carney has been circling the globe on government aircraft since becoming prime minister -- part of his efforts to secure new trade links and investment to double non-U.S. exports in the next decade. In just the first month of this year, he visited France, China, Qatar and Switzerland. The Prime Minister's Office seldom confirms trips months in advance, and...
OTTAWA -- Mark Carney has been circling the globe on government aircraft since becoming prime minister -- part of his efforts to secure new trade links and investment to double non-U.S. exports in the next decade.
- Defence Minister David McGuinty says Canadians will never forget the sacrifices their troops have made for Americans and the NATO alliance in Afghanistan. McGuinty read a prepared statement to media Saturday afternoon on Parliament Hill has Liberal MPs meet to prepare for the looming sitting of the Commons. McGuinty did not mention U.S. President Donald Trump, who falsely claimed...
OTTAWA -- Defence Minister David McGuinty says Canadians will never forget the sacrifices their troops have made for Americans and the NATO alliance in Afghanistan, but won't say if U.S. President Donald Trump should apologize for downplaying their contribution.
China's envoy to Canada says the two countries "see eye to eye" on the need to support Greenland's territorial integrity and Beijing wants to play a productive role in the North -- even as analysts warn Moscow and Beijing are working together in the region. "China's consistent policy is to respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries. That...
OTTAWA -- China's envoy to Canada says the two countries "see eye to eye" on the need to support Greenland's territorial integrity and Beijing wants to play a productive role in the North -- even as analysts warn Moscow and Beijing are working together in the region.
OTTAWA -- China's ambassador to Canada is urging the government to make progress quickly on areas of collaboration both countries agreed to during Prime Minister Mark Carney's visit to Beijing last week.
OTTAWA -- China's ambassador in Ottawa says Prime Minister Mark Carney's claim that Beijing is about to lift its visa requirement for Canadians is not yet official, suggesting the move is still under consideration.
China's ambassador in Ottawa says Prime Minister Mark Carney's claim that Beijing is about to lift its visa requirement for Canadians is not yet official, suggesting the move is still under consideration. "I did notice that Prime Minister Carney made it public that the Chinese side told him that China is actively considering giving unilateral visa-free treatment to Canadian citizens,"...
OTTAWA -- China's envoy in Ottawa is casting doubt on Prime Minister Mark Carney's claim that Beijing is about to lift its visa requirement for Canadians, and he's suggesting the move is still under consideration.
China's ambassador to Canada is urging the government to move fast and make progress on areas of collaboration both countries agreed to during Prime Minister Mark Carney's visit to Beijing last week. "As long as both China and Canada have adequate sincerity, both sides will be able to translate the important outcomes into reality," Chinese Ambassador to Canada Wang Di...
OTTAWA -- China's ambassador to Canada is urging the government to move fast and make progress on areas of collaboration both countries agreed to during Prime Minister Mark Carney's visit to Beijing last week.
OTTAWA -- Canada has opened a high commission in Fiji more than three years after pledging to launch its first diplomatic mission in the Pacific Islands.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is heading to Qatar to drum up investment deals with a country known for both its brutal dictatorship and its growing diplomatic and economic influence. "Today, the epicentre of diplomatic, economic, financial and commercial power in the Middle East is in the Gulf," said University of Ottawa professor Thomas Juneau, an expert on the Persian Gulf...
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Qatar to drum up investment deals with a country known for both its brutal dictatorship and its growing diplomatic and economic influence.
The agreements Prime Minister Mark Carney brokered over the two days of his Beijing visit are the result of months of diplomatic work and cultural knowledge, international relations experts say. Carleton University international affairs professor Fen Osler Hampson said Carney "would have not gotten on the plane" without knowing first he had "something big, some big bacon to bring back...
OTTAWA -- The agreements Prime Minister Mark Carney brokered over the two days of his Beijing visit are the result of months of diplomatic work and cultural knowledge, international relations experts say.
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says her Chinese counterpart will visit Canada this year, a decade after Wang Yi berated a Canadian reporter. Anand met with Wang in Beijing today as part of Prime Minister Mark Carney's ongoing visit to China, the first by a sitting Canadian prime minister in eight years. Anand says she will work with Wang to...
OTTAWA -- Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says her Chinese counterpart will visit Canada this year, a decade after Wang Yi berated a Canadian reporter.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Beijing this week for meetings with President Xi Jinping and other officials. Upon arriving in China Wednesday, Carney said he was "ready to build a new partnership" with the country.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney left Tuesday for a nine-day trip that will see him circle the globe to drum up investment and trade in three places that have attracted the scrutiny of voters.
OTTAWA -- Ottawa police say they arrested someone on trespassing-related charges after Iran's shuttered embassy was defaced during an anti-regime protest Monday.
OTTAWA -- Iran's embassy in Ottawa has been defaced, and the national emblem removed from it's entrance in what appears to be an act of protest against the Iranian regime.
Prime Minister Mark Carney leaves Tuesday for a nine-day trip that will see him circle the globe to drum up investment and trade in three places that have attracted the scrutiny of voters. His visit to Beijing -- the first trip to China by a sitting prime minister in more than eight years -- will be followed by a stop...
OTTAWA -- Iran's embassy in Ottawa has been defaced, and a video posted to social media shows a protester behind a security fence removing Iran's national emblem from the building and prodding around a gated window.
OTTAWA -- As advocates warn the world is turning away from the suffering in Gaza, a Canadian charity is opening a relief hub to give traumatized children in the enclave access to basic mental health supports and education.
Federal officials briefing reporters ahead of Prime Minister Mark Carney's visit to China say there might be relief coming soon on Chinese tariffs, but not a total end to the dispute with Beijing. Carney is scheduled to leave Tuesday for a three-day visit to Beijing -- the first by a sitting prime minister in more than eight years. Over the...
OTTAWA -- Federal officials briefing reporters ahead of Prime Minister Mark Carney's visit to China say there might be relief coming soon on Chinese tariffs, but not a total end to the dispute with Beijing.