Ukraine

Canada will continue as usual when it comes to sharing intelligence with allies, Justin Trudeau says, even as President Donald Trump is being accused of playing fast and loose with sensitive secrets.

Release of the Liberal government's new defence policy is delayed, setting up a potentially awkward meeting between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Donald Trump.

Western countries are presenting a high-stakes ultimatum to Russia: Allow regime-change in Syria and cut loose Bashar Assad, or remain a pariah moored on the fringes of the international community.

The Liberal government is extending Canada's military mission in Ukraine for another two years as it attempts to send a signal of continued solidarity with the eastern European country.

Canada sent about 200 troops to Ukraine in the summer of 2015 to help train government forces, but the mission is set to expire at the end of March.

The political class was sent reeling again this week with the shock of another apparent terrorist attack.

The prime minister flew into Lviv in western Ukraine before driving to a nearby military base for a look at the work of 200 Canadian soldiers who have trained the Ukrainian army since the summer.

Canada will co−ordinate with its allies in supporting Ukraine, said Trudeau, who said that the mission is giving "significant support" to the Ukrainian military as it seeks to reclaim lost territory.

Members of Alberta's Wildrose Opposition compared the NDP government's carbon tax to a famine caused by Soviet government policies in Ukraine during the 1930s that killed millions of people.