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Evening Update: Top civilian Mountie rebukes RCMP Commissioner for ‘appalling’ behaviour at behest of federal government
Lia Scanlan, director of strategic communications for the Nova Scotia RCMP, testifies at the Mass Casualty Commission inquiry into the mass murders in rural Nova Scotia, in Truro, N.S. on June 8, 2022.
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Canada to emerge from the NATO summit with two goodies – military alliance, climate and tech centres
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Flags wave outside the Alliance headquarters ahead of a NATO Defence Ministers meeting, in Brussels, Belgium, October 21, 2021. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo/File Photo
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Trudeau defends Canadian military spending ahead of NATO summit as new report projects decline
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wearing a face mask arrives to give a press statement at Elmau Castle, southern Germany, at the end of the G7 Summit, on June 28, 2022. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP) (Photo by JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images)
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Turkey agrees to lift objections to Sweden, Finland joining NATO
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan meets with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Finland's President Sauli Niinisto and Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson ahead of a NATO summit in Madrid, Spain June 28, 2022. Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Turkish Presidential Press Office/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.
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NATO to boost number of high-alert soldiers eightfold to 300,000 to protect eastern flank from Russia
A photo taken on June 15, 2022 shows North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) logos at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. (Photo by Valeria Mongelli / AFP) (Photo by VALERIA MONGELLI/AFP via Getty Images)
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NATO to pledge aid to Baltics and Ukraine, urge Turkey to let in Nordics
FILE PHOTO: Flags of the Netherlands and Denmark are seen as a meeting to prepare for the upcoming Madrid summit of the alliance is held, in The Hague, Netherlands June 14, 2022. REUTERS/Eva Plevier
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Erdogan to meet with leaders of Sweden, Finland before NATO summit
FILE PHOTO: Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan holds a news conference during the NATO summit at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium June 14, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman/Pool/File Photo
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For Biden, shoring up alliance against Russia is top of mind as he embarks on trip to Europe
President Joe Biden boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Saturday, June 25, 2022. Biden is traveling to Germany to attend a Group of Seven summit of leaders of the world's major industrialized nations. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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NATO confronts new security world order with war-monger Russia and rise of China at Madrid summit
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Romanian President Klaus Johannis, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa and Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins attend a press conference after a meeting to prepare the upcoming Madrid summit of the alliance, in The Hague, Netherlands June 14, 2022. REUTERS/Eva Plevier
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Biden announces new $1-billion in security assistance for Ukraine
The Ukrainian flag is seen as demonstrators gather to protest Russias invasion of Ukraine outside the Russian Embassy in Washington, DC, on February 27, 2022. - Tens of thousands of Ukrainians have fled their country since Russian President Vladimir Putin unleashed a full-scale invasion on Thursday. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Mexican President slams NATO’s policy on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, calls it ‘immoral’
FILE PHOTO: Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks during a virtual U.S. global climate summit, at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico, April 22, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Romero/File Photo
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Turkey has ‘legitimate concerns’ over terrorism, NATO chief says
Finland's President Sauli Niinisto meets with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, left, shake hands at a press conference during Kultaranta Talks, at the presidential summer residence Kultaranta in Naantali, Finland, Sunday June 12, 2022. (Markku Ulander/Lehtikuva via AP)
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Sweden to seek constructive progress with Turkey over bid to join NATO
Swedish Minister of Foreígn Affairs Ann Linde poses for photographers as she signs Sweden's application for NATO membership at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Stockholm, Tuesday, May 17 2022. Sweden's decision to seek NATO membership follows a similar decision by neighboring Finland, a historic shift for the countries, which have been nonaligned for generations. (Henrik Montgomery/TT News Agency via AP)
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Politics Briefing: Canada would need to spend $75-billion over half a decade to reach NATO defence spending target
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., Thursday, April 14, 2022. The parliamentary budget officer says the federal government would need to spend an additional $75.3 billion on defence over the next five years for Canada to reach NATO’s target of two per cent of GDP. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
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Evening Update: Bank of Canada warns high household debt, elevated home prices pose risks to economy
Governor of the Bank of Canada Tiff Macklem speaks at a press conference in Ottawa on Thursday, June 9, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
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Canada would need to spend $75B more over half a decade to reach NATO defence spending target, report says
FILE PHOTO: Canadian troops of NATO enhanced Forward Presence battle group attend meeting with Canadian Defence Minister Anita Anand in Adazi, Latvia February 3, 2022. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File Photo
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Sweden 'really prepared' to defend crucial island
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Baltic minister seeks Canada’s support to free Odesa port, boost NATO presence
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis speaks at a news conference as he meets Melanie Joly, behind, Minister of Foreign Affairs and her counterparts from the Baltic region, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia Eva-Maria Liimets, left, and Zanda Kalnina-Lukasevica, centre, of Latvia‚ Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thursday, June 2, 2022 in Quebec City. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
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Around two thirds of Danish voters want back into EU’s common defence policy, exit polls suggest
Danes vote on defence reservations in a referendum on the EU-defence opt-out at Viborg Stadium Hall, in Viborg, Denmark, June 1, 2022. Ritzau Scanpix/Bo Amstrup via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. DENMARK OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN DENMARK.
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Turkey’s Erdogan still opposes Finnish, Swedish NATO bids
FILE PHOTO: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of his ruling AK Party (AKP) during a meeting at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey May 18, 2022. Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Presidential Press Office/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MANDATORY CREDIT/File Photo