Marc Garneau

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Canada is formally invoking a treaty on pipelines with the United States in a bid to prevent Michigan from turning off the taps to Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline. File photo by Dale G Young / The Associated Press

Canada invokes pipeline treaty with U.S. in dispute over Line 5

Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau said in a statement Monday that the transit pipeline treaty “guarantees the uninterrupted transit of light crude oil and natural gas liquids between the two countries.”

By Mia Rabson | News, US News, Energy | October 4th 2021

Friba Rezayee, who was one of Afghanistan's first two female Olympians in 2004, poses for a photograph in Vancouver, on Wednesday, September 1, 2021. File photo by The Associated Press/Darryl Dyck

Afghanistan's first female Olympian urges Canada to help refugees quickly

Shortly after Afghanistan fell to the Taliban, Friba Rezayee's phone started lighting up with messages from women and girls pleading for help.

By Amy Smart | News, Politics | September 10th 2021

Families begin to board an American military aircraft during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sgt. Samuel Ruiz/U.S. Marine Corps via AP

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.

By Mike Blanchfield | News, Politics | August 25th 2021

Refugees from Afghanistan and Canadian Citizens board a bus after being processed at Pearson Airport in Toronto, on Tuesday, Aug 17, 2021, after arriving indirectly from Afghanistan. File photo by The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

Ministers forced to explain evacuation efforts in Afghanistan amid dire security challenges

Canada airlifted another 121 people from strife-ridden Afghanistan on Saturday, August 21, 2021, including Canadian citizens and family members as well as Afghan nationals accepted for resettlement by Ottawa and its allies, officials said on Sunday, August 22, 2021.

By Jim Bronskill | News, Politics | August 23rd 2021

Taliban fighters stand guard inside the city of Ghazni, southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Friday, Aug. 13, 2021. Photo by The Associated Press/Gulabuddin Amiri

Canada commits to help fleeing Afghans

The Trudeau government is promising to resettle 20,000 refugees who have already fled Afghanistan even as months of frustration turn to outright fear over the fate of hundreds of former interpreters and their families still stuck in the country.

By Lee Berthiaume | News, Politics | August 14th 2021

Jim Nickel speaks at an event held in connection with the announcement of the sentence for Canadian citizen Michael Spavor at the Canadian Embassy in Beijing, on Aug. 11, 2021. Photo by The Associated Press/Mark Schiefelbein

China sentences Michael Spavor to 11 years in case tied to Huawei

A Canadian entrepreneur was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Wednesday, August 11, 2021, in a spy case linked to Beijing's effort to push his country to release an executive of tech giant Huawei, prompting an unusual joint show of support for Canada by the United States, Japan and 23 other governments.

By Joe Mcdonald & Ng Han Guan | News, Politics | August 11th 2021

Afghan women and children travel in a motorcycle cart during fighting between Taliban and Afghan security forces in Herat province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021. File photo by The Associated Press/Hamed Sarfarazi

Afghan refugees who supported Canadian military mission begin to arrive

The first planeload of Afghan refugees who supported the Canadian military mission in Afghanistan has arrived in Canada.

By The Canadian Press | News, Politics | August 5th 2021

Flags of Canada and China are placed for the first China-Canada economic and financial strategy dialogue in Beijing, China, Monday, Nov. 12, 2018. Photo by: The Canadian Press/Jason Lee/pool photo via AP

Canada blames China for widespread attack on email servers

By Lee Berthiaume | News | July 19th 2021

Baggage stacks up from delayed travellers in the baggage claim area in Denver International Airport on Wednesday, June 16, 2021, in Denver. File photo by The Associated Press/David Zalubowski

Canada looking to strengthen your right to flight refunds

The federal government is proposing new rules that would strengthen passengers' right to flight refunds, ensuring reimbursement following cancellations made for reasons outside the airline's control.

Coronavirus in Canada

By The Canadian Press | News, Politics | July 3rd 2021

A person holds a sign with photographs of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, as people gather for a rally in support of Hong Kong democracy, in Vancouver on Aug. 16, 2020. File photo by The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

'Two Michaels' have hearings Friday and Monday, says Garneau

Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, the two Canadians detained by China in 2018 as part of a high-stakes trilateral stalemate with the United States, are facing separate court hearings in the next week.

By James McCarten | News, Politics | March 18th 2021

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