Mike Blanchfield
Reporter with The Canadian Press
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Canada encourages G7 to seize and sell frozen Russian assets
The federal government is working with G7 allies to craft new legislation that would allow for not just the freezing of sanctioned Russian assets, but seizing them on behalf of Ukrainian war victims.
More COVID variants will emerge without higher global vaccine rates
With pandemic restrictions easing across Canada, a House of Commons committee was warned on April 25, 2022, that disruptive new variants of COVID-19 will continue to emerge every few months unless the low vaccination rate in poorer countries rises.
Russia passes sanctions on Canadian premiers, journalists, military, political staff
Russia targeted 61 Canadians — from politicians to journalists — with fresh sanctions on Thursday, April 21, 2022, over Canada's actions against the country for its invasion of Ukraine.
Foreign minister Mélanie Joly implores China to help end war on Ukraine
Canada and China disagree on many things but Beijing's buy-in is essential on one key issue — helping end the Russian war on Ukraine, says Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly.
RCMP on the ground in Ukraine collecting possible war crime evidence
The investigation by the Mounties has been launched through the federal war crimes program to ensure important information and evidence is gathered from Ukrainians who wish to provide it upon arrival.
Foreign Minister Joly in Finland where calls are mounting for Russian war crimes trial
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is condemning Russian attacks on Ukrainian civilians as abhorrent and senseless and says new Canadian sanctions are coming against Russia as a result.
International war crimes probe needed for Russia, Canadian ministers say
Russia's blocking of humanitarian aid to Ukraine and its bombing of medical facilities should be the subjects of an international war crimes investigation, says Canada's international development minister.
More RCMP sent to investigate possible war crimes by Russia in Ukraine
Canada is sending additional RCMP officers to assist the International Criminal Court investigation into possible war crimes by Russia in its invasion of Ukraine.
Canada sanctions Russian oligarch Abramovich as Trudeau leaves Europe amid war
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced new sanctions on Friday, March 11, 2022, against Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, a major shareholder in Evraz, a British multinational manufacturing company that operates a steel mill in Regina.
Trudeau, Zelenskyy talk ahead of German meetings in Berlin
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has issued a standing invitation to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to address Canada's Parliament one day.