Lee Berthiaume
Reporter for The Canadian Press
About Lee Berthiaume
Chrystia Freeland signed a new NAFTA deal
Canada joined the United States and Mexico in heralding a new era of North American prosperity on Tuesday, December 10, 2019, as they formally agreed to changes to the new continental free trade deal.
Freeland in Mexico to complete new NAFTA revisions
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland is to meet American and Mexican officials in Mexico City on Tuesday, December 10, 2019, amid reports a deal to revise the new North American free-trade agreement is close to completion.
Trump calls Trudeau 'two-faced' after candid video
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau escaped an international summit with his relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump apparently intact in the wake of ill-timed comments that threatened to ignite tensions between the two leaders.
NATO ponders possibility of space war
The NATO military alliance looked to space, the final frontier, earlier this week as members formally recognized the cosmos as integral to their mutual security, agreeing to bolster ways to defend their satellites and other space-based infrastructure from enemy attacks.
Brewing battle over future of NATO creates minefield for Canada
A brewing battle over the future of NATO could have major implications for Canada, which for decades has relied on the military alliance as a cornerstone of its security, protection and influence in the world.
Metis veterans faced discrimination and neglect
A fiddle played the sombre strains of the Last Post and Amazing Grace during a special ceremony on Friday, November 8, 2019, to remember the contributions of Canada's Metis people during the Second World War as well as the discrimination that greeted them upon their return home.
Military families sacrifice for Canada. Remembrance Day honours that painful cost
Not only did Reine Samson Dawe's husband serve his entire career in the Canadian Armed Forces, but her four sons all followed in his footsteps. And while she is quick to point to the many ways military life has benefited her family, there have also been hardships — including the death of her youngest son, Capt. Matthew Dawe, in Afghanistan in 2007.
Can Justin Trudeau save NATO from 'brain death?'
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is defending NATO after France's president suggested a lack of U.S. leadership is causing the 70-year-old military alliance's "brain death."
Climate change driving African instability, says internal Defence Department analysis
Climate change is expected to play havoc with already fragile African countries, prompting more calls for help from the Canadian military, warns an internal Defence Department analysis.
Trudeau wore bullet-proof vest after threats of violence
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau took extraordinary safety precautions at a major election rally west of Toronto on Saturday, October 12, 2019, donning an armoured vest and appearing with a heavy security detail because of a threat.