Lee Berthiaume

Reporter for The Canadian Press

434 Articles

Ottawa interim police chief Steve Bell speaks to reporters during a press conference in Ottawa, on Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022. File photo by The Canadian Press/Cole Burston

RCMP bolster Ottawa police numbers for motorcycle convoy arrival

The Ottawa police services board has approved the appointment of up to 831 RCMP officers to help municipal police, who are promising a heavy presence in the capital and zero tolerance for hate this weekend.

News, Politics | April 28th 2022

Defence Minister Anita Anand speaks to military personnel after getting a tour of the CC 177 Globemaster aircraft at Canadian Forces Base Trenton, in Trenton, Ont., on Thursday, April 14, 2022. File photo by The Canadian Press/Christopher Katsarov

Canadian commander says military training mission in Ukraine having an impact

The most recent commander of Canada's military training mission in Ukraine says the fact Russia has sanctioned him and several of his predecessors is proof of the mission's impact.

News, Politics | April 25th 2022

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III conducts bilateral meetings with Canadian Minister of National Defence, Anita Anand at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 17, 2022. Photo by U.S. Secretary of Defense/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

Canada's military hasn't done enough to stamp out racism, new report expected to say

Defence Minister Anita Anand will release a highly anticipated report this morning that is expected to take the military to task for not doing enough to address racism in the ranks over the past two decades.

News, Politics | April 25th 2022

Trudeau says Canada to send heavy artillery to Ukraine

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau revealed plans on Tuesday, April 19, 2022, to send heavy artillery to embattled Ukraine as Canada levied new sanctions against more than a dozen close associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin, including his two daughters.

News, Politics | April 20th 2022

Canadians in Ukraine: When death is a real possibility

On the evening before Russian forces crossed the border into Ukraine, Igor Volzhanin met up with a friend at a coffee shop at the centre of Kyiv.

News, Politics | April 17th 2022

Trudeau says genocide the right word for Russian conduct in Ukraine

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has weighed in on growing calls to declare Russia's actions in Ukraine as genocide, saying it is "absolutely right" that the term is being used given rampant allegations of war crimes and other human rights violations.

News, Politics | April 14th 2022

Royal Canadian Air Force personnel load non-lethal and lethal aid at CFB Trenton, Ontario on Monday, March 7, 2022. The cargo is bound for the Ukrainian via Poland. File photo by The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

Canadian troops fly to Poland to assist Ukrainian refugees

Members of the Canadian Armed Forces are set to depart from an Ontario military base today to help with the care, co-ordination and resettlement of Ukrainian refugees in Poland.

News, Politics | April 14th 2022

Budget 2022: Canada bows to NATO pressure and ups military spending

Officials also acknowledged that even with an additional $8 billion, Canada will remain far short of NATO’s spending target, even as other allies dramatically ramp up their own military investments following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

News, Politics | April 8th 2022

Trudeau hints Arctic will be part of defence spending increase

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is hinting that new investments are coming for Canada’s Arctic as tensions with Russia, and Moscow’s unpredictability, incite new fears of a potential attack from the north.

News, Politics | April 6th 2022

Going inside the room: How the Liberal-NDP confidence deal happened

The Liberals and New Democrats have been dancing around the idea of a deal to work together since the 2019 election first reduced the Trudeau government to a minority.

News, Politics | March 24th 2022