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Oct 19 2023 — Evan Dyer — CBC — A large number of Canadian diplomats left India overnight, CBC News has learned. The departures followed two weeks of negotiations between India and Canada after India issued a demand for “parity” in the number of diplomats present in the two countries, a source with knowledge of the situation told CBC News. That demand was part […]
Sep 21 2023 — Evan Dyer — CBC — The Canadian government has amassed both human and signals intelligence in a months-long investigation of a Sikh activist’s death that has inflamed relations with India, sources tell CBC News. That intelligence includes communications involving Indian officials themselves, including Indian diplomats present in Canada, say Canadian government sources. The intelligence did not come solely from Canada. […]
Sep 19 2023 — Evan Dyer — CBC — Canada’s Five Eyes allies showed little inclination Tuesday to wade into an escalating row between Ottawa and New Delhi over allegations that Indian agents were involved in the assassination of Canadian citizen Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, B.C. on June 18. Most opted to treat the allegation as a matter still to be investigated — […]
Sep 8 2023 — Evan Dyer — CBC — No one expected Vladimir Putin to show up in New Delhi for this weekend’s G20 summit. He didn’t go to the G20 last year in Indonesia, either. He didn’t even risk showing up in South Africa for the recent BRICS summit, despite his friendly relationship with the ruling African National Congress. That’s life under an […]
Jul 30 2023 — Evan Dyer — CBC — The tears Rechie Valdez shed as she took the oath as minister of small business in this week’s federal cabinet shuffle marked a breakthrough for her — and for the Filipino community she represents. “It was a profound moment for me to know that I was representing the close to one million Filipinos now here […]
Jul 20 2023 — Evan Dyer — CBC — Since midnight Wednesday, Moscow time, Russia has been warning the world that any ship approaching a Ukrainian port “will be regarded as potential carriers of military cargo.” This obvious threat to sink commercial shipping appears to be an attempt to prevent ships from taking on Ukrainian grain. This week, Russia unilaterally ended talks on renewing […]
Jun 3 2023 — Evan Dyer — CBC — Dozens of Russian officials have travelled to Cuba in recent months — and some former Cuban government insiders are warning that Russia might plan to again use the island as a forward base on the United States’ doorstep. This week, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel went on the Spanish-language version of Russia Today to insist on […]
May 21 2023 — Evan Dyer — CBC — Thirteen Montrealers say they’ve been targeted by a campaign of harassment launched by the Cuban government to keep them from protesting against one-party rule on the island. A social media account which — according to a Cuban defector — is being run by Cuba’s state security has been spreading detailed allegations against the 13 men […]
May 8 2023 — Evan Dyer — CBC — Port-au-Prince is as violent as it has ever been, but for two weeks now the fear has also flowed in a different direction — thanks to a phenomenon known as “Bwa Kale.” “Bwa Kale” literally means “peeled wood” in Haitian Creole. It’s also a metaphor for an act of swift justice. While gang members continue […]
Apr 8 2023 — Evan Dyer — CBC — Another delay in the delivery of Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected vehicles (MRAPs) to Haiti means that Haitian police will have to wait even longer for the vehicles they desperately need to protect their dwindling force from Haiti’s ruthless and well-armed gangs. The manufacturer has confirmed for CBC News that the earliest potential delivery date is May 3 […]
Jan 30 2023 — Evan Dyer — CBC — The looming return of alleged ISIS members to Canada has brought trauma, worry and fear to people who were invited to Canada as a safe haven after the terrorist group all but destroyed their ancient community in northern Iraq. “When I first heard the news, I felt the strength leave my body,” Huda Ilyas Alhamad […]
Dec 16 2022 — Evan Dyer — CBC — Canada has recognized Dina Boluarte as the new president of Peru and has sent its ambassador in Lima to convey a message of support to the new government in person — putting Ottawa firmly on one side of a crisis that has split the hemisphere into two rival blocs. In a media statement, Peru’s new […]
Dec 15 2022 — Evan Dyer — CBC — The Trudeau government will be sending more armoured vehicles to Haiti and imposing new sanctions on individuals, says Canada’s ambassador to the UN Bob Rae, who recently returned from a fact-finding mission to the island nation. Canada is also planning to send three experts to work with the Haitian National Police and make a needs […]
Dec 11 2022 — Evan Dyer — CBC — Pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian groups in Canada don’t agree about much, but the coalition government now being formed by Benjamin Netanyahu has both sides worried about the future. The arrival of Israel’s most right-wing government ever will also challenge the Trudeau government — which has pursued the same pro-Israel course as Stephen Harper, albeit with less […]
Dec 5 2022 — Evan Dyer — CBC — The Canadian branch of Amnesty International was the target of a sophisticated cyber-security breach this fall — an attack forensic investigators believe originated in China with the blessing of the government in Beijing. The intrusion was first detected on October 5, the human rights group said Monday. The attack showed signs of being the work […]