Sudanese refugee foster families offer hope and a home to lone children
Dozens of refugee families in eastern Chad are caring for orphaned and unaccompanied children amid what the UN is calling the world’s largest child displacement crisis
Facing grief and hunger, Sudanese refugees in Chad hope the world will not forget them
Hadji Al Nour Sar has a simple wish: to change her clothes. The 30-year-old mother of six has worn the same tattered dress for over a year since she and…
Fighting for her dreams: female Afghan judoka builds a new life in Canada
Nigara Shaheen was only an infant when her parents were forced to flee Afghanistan to escape a ravaging civil war in 1994. In complete secrecy, they trekked through dangerous mountain…
Remembering my fallen colleagues
On November 11, 2001, I survived an ambush that killed three of my colleagues. Johanne Sutton, Pierre Billaud and Volker Handloik were killed when the group of Northern Alliance soldiers…
U.S. Coast Guard to send icebreaker through Northwest Passage with Canada’s consent
The U.S. Coast Guard is working with the Canadian government to send its medium icebreaker Healy through the Northwest Passage in late summer as part of Washington’s strategy to expand…
Bombardier Recreational Products suspends delivery of aircraft engines used on military drones
Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP) says it has suspended the delivery of aircraft engines to "countries with unclear usage" in the wake of reports that some of those engines are being…
Armenia claims it found Canadian tech on downed Turkish drone
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan urged the international community today to follow Canada's example by suspending exports of military technology to Turkey — after his defence officials claimed they had…
Trudeau warns of ‘climate reckoning’ in UN address, urges shake-up of global establishment
Global system that emerged after WWII has faltered over last few decades, PM tells UN assembly Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned world leaders on Friday of an impending “climate reckoning”…
Appointment of U.S. Arctic co-ordinator may signal more muscular American policy
The appointment of James DeHart as the U.S. co-ordinator for the Arctic signals the region's growing importance to Washington as an arena of geopolitical competition with Russia and China, say…
Russia accuses Canada and the U.S. of violating Open Skies treaty
Russia is claiming Canada and the United States have violated a key international accord designed to build trust and prevent wars between former Cold War adversaries — and accuses Washington's…