Mike Blanchfield
Reporter with The Canadian Press
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UN envoy Bob Rae urges Canada to share extra vaccines with world
Canada's envoy to the United Nations says Canada needs to share more of its COVID-19 vaccine surpluses with less fortunate countries.
Last Canadian military flight leaves Afghanistan, hours before Kabul airport attack
Canada's military mission in Afghanistan ended Thursday, hours before suicide bombers attacked crowds at Kabul airport, killing several American marines, and leaving an unknown number of Canadians and their families trapped.
Canadian military will leave Afghanistan before Aug. 31, as Monsef appeals to Taliban
The Canadian military will begin wrapping up its mission at Kabul airport in the coming days ahead of the Aug. 31 deadline the United States set for full withdrawal, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan said Wednesday.
Biden won't commit to U.S. extension in Afghanistan, as Trudeau, G7 leaders offer to stay
Canada is one of a dozen allied countries taking part in the evacuation of people facing Taliban reprisals from Kabul's chaotic airport, which American-led forces have secured for the time being.
NDP leader’s visit to unmarked graves focuses campaign on Indigenous hardships
Jagmeet Singh made the campaign's first stop in an Indigenous community with a visit to the Cowessess First Nation in Saskatchewan, which announced in June a preliminary finding of 751 unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school.
Taliban checkpoints, bureaucratic hurdles stifle hope as military arrives in Afghanistan
Ongoing complaints about roadblocks in Kabul and bureaucratic hurdles in Ottawa tempered any sense of relief on Thursday, August 19, 2021, after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau revealed on the campaign trail that the Canadian military has arrived back in Afghanistan to help with evacuation efforts.
Canada scrambled to get travellers home when pandemic hit
The fever struck Gary Lyon days after he and his wife, Sue, reached their Toronto home early last April, ending what was to have been their 40th wedding anniversary dream vacation.
Tories win all-party support for Uighur genocide motion in House of Commons
The federal Liberal cabinet will abstain from the Conservative party's motion to have Parliament declare a genocide against ethnic Muslim Uighurs in China's Xinjiang province.
Trudeau pledges more money as G7 leaders discuss COVID vaccine distribution
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will host Justin Trudeau and their G7 counterparts for a virtual leaders' summit today, February 19, 2021, aimed at bringing renewed momentum to COVID-19 vaccine distribution.
Canada and Britain place sanctions on Myanmar officials for abuses in military coup
Canada and Britain have joined forces once again, this time to impose new sanctions on Myanmar after its military toppled its elected government in a coup.