Canada prime minister to visit Ukraine

Canada's prime minister is headed to Ukraine as the first leader among the Group of Seven nations to visit the eastern European nation since pro-Western demonstrators drove out its government last month.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper will meet new Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk on Saturday.
The trip comes a few days before G-7 nations hold an emergency meeting on the sidelines of a nuclear security summit.
Russia in recent days has moved military forces into the Crimean Peninsula, backed a referendum in which the Crimean people overwhelmingly voted to join Russia and annexed the strategically important region.
The G-7 includes the United States, Britain, Germany, Japan, France, Italy and Canada.

Canada is home to more than 1 million people of Ukrainian descent.