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Federal government resists calls to end Ukraine visa requirements
OTTAWA — The federal government is resisting calls to follow the European Union’s lead and begin lifting visa requirements for Ukraine. Representatives from Canada’s largest and most influential Ukrainian lobby group made the request during a meeting with Immigration Minister John McCallum this month, arguing that visa-free travel for...
U.S. flies F-22s to Romania as show of strength to Russia
The U.S. Air Force on Monday flew in two F-22 Raptor fighter jets to Romania as a show of strength to deter Russian intervention in Ukraine. …read more Source: CTV...
3 people killed in eastern Ukraine amid renewed fighting
The Ukrainian government says three troops have been killed in the volatile eastern Ukraine over the past 24 hours. …read more Source: CTV...
Ukraine children eat food tainted by Chornobyl radiation
After the Ukrainian government cancels a local school lunch program, rural families must resort to contaminated food. …read more Source: Toronto...
Gardening events: Science of plants and bee attraction revealed
National Garden Days are looking for local participants to share or organize activities for your garden, garden centre or in the community over three days on the Father’s Day weekend, June 17 to 19. Register your activity at www.gardendays.ca. Garden design for evolving realities with the master gardeners of Ottawa-Carleton, April 23, 8:30...
Ukraine children eat food tainted by Chornobyl: AP
Rural families in Ukraine are resorting to milk and produce from land still contaminated by fallout from the world’s worst nuclear accident three decades ago. …read more Source: CTV...
Obama’s royal holiday: Lunch with queen, dinner with princes
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh wave to well-wishers during her 90th birthday celebrations in Windsor, Britain, 21 April 2016. (ANDY RAIN/EPA/Getty Images) LONDON — Most people send a card, call, or post on Facebook for someone’s birthday, but President Barack Obama has gone the extra mile —...
The Fallacy of Focusing on Islamic Radicalization
There are Jihadists from dozens of countries who have joined ISIS. What do they all have in common? The official answer is radicalization. Muslims in Europe are “radicalized” by alienation, racism and unemployment. Neglected by governments, Muslim youth band together and become terrorists. Muslims in Israel are responding to the “despair and...
The Iran-Iraq war, continued
September 1980, Abadan, Iran – An Iraqi soldier watches as the Iranian Abadan refinery, located near the Iraqi border, burns. The Abadan oil refinery was under constant fire from the Iraqi air force during the Iran-Iraq conflict. (Henri Bureau/Sygma/Corbis) Few events in the 20th century were as large and remain as poorly understood by outsiders...
Watchdog: Press freedom declines around the world
WASHINGTON — Media freedom around the world has suffered a “deep and disturbing decline” due to by pressure from governments and businesses, an international media watchdog said Wednesday. The Paris-based Reporters Without Borders said in an annual report that many of the world’s leaders have developed “a paranoia” about journalism and are...
