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Feds offer $15M, water bombers on top of G7 help to fight Amazon wildfires
BIARRITZ, France — The federal government is spending $15 million and offering up the use of Canadian water bombers to help fight the wildfires currently ravaging the Amazon rainforest, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday as he wrapped up several days of meetings with G7 world leaders in France. Canada is also reaching out to the government...
Trudeau government outlines five-year, $148-million plan to attract more foreign students to Canadian universities
Concerned that more than half of the international students in Canada come from just two countries, China and India, the federal government has pledged nearly $30-million over the next five years to diversify global recruiting efforts in the postsecondary sector. The government is targeting countries with a large and growing middle class that may...
Giuliani says he met with Ukrainian official to discuss Biden
Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday that he had spoken with a Ukrainian official about Joe Biden’s possible role in that government’s dismissal of a prosecutor who investigated Biden’s son. The move shows the former New York mayor is making a renewed push for the country to investigate President Donald Trump’s political enemies....
Unifor aligns with Liberal foreign policy instead of international solidarity
Chrystia Freeland and Unifor President Jerry Dias Inviting Chrystia Freeland to address this week’s Unifor convention undermines the union’s claims of international solidarity. As Foreign Affairs Minister, Freeland has pursued staunchly pro-corporate and pro-US policies. She has been bad for workers and their families around the...
Homophobia grows in European countries where same-sex marriage isn’t legal: research
Acceptance of gay and lesbian people decreased in Russia, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine over a 14-year period. …read more Source: Global...
In Alaska, a 50-year-old message in a bottle from a Soviet navy captain washes ashore
Russian reporters had gotten wind of the bottle and by the end of the week, they had tracked down its author: Capt. Anatoliy Botsanenko, now 86 and living in Crimea. …read more Source: Toronto...
Putin, Macron to meet for French-Russian talks before G7
French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin are meeting in southern France to discuss the world’s major crises, including Ukraine, Iran and Syria, and try to improve Moscow’s relations with the European Union. …read more Source: CTV...
Hunky Bill, B.C. perogy pioneer, restaurateur, PNE mainstay, dies at 88
VANCOUVER — Bill Konyk, a legendary Vancouver businessman who fought a human rights battle to maintain his nickname Hunky Bill, has died. He was 88. His youngest son, Mark Konyk, says his dad will be remembered as a man who opened the West Coast to good Ukrainian food, adding he was a pioneer in educating people in B.C. about how to eat and make...
Ukraine’s president offers citizenship to Russian political refugees
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy signed a decree on Tuesday offering citizenship to Russians suffering political persecution and to foreigners who fought on Kyiv’s side in the conflict in Eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Former Obama White House Counsel Greg Craig Goes On Trial For Ukraine Work
The trial of Greg Craig, who worked for two Democratic presidents, opens in Washington, D.C., on Monday. The case against Craig stems from former special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.(Image credit: Zach Gibson/Getty Images) …read more Source:...
