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Canada asks Iran to delay download of Flight 752 black boxes due to COVID-19
Apr13

Canada asks Iran to delay download of Flight 752 black boxes due to COVID-19

OTTAWA — The investigation into Iran’s downing of a commercial jetliner that killed dozens of Canadians in January has hit a snag due to COVID-19. Canada and other countries had been waiting months for Iran to hand over the flight recorders from the doomed Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 so their data can be downloaded and...

Canada asks Iran to delay downloading plane crash data due to coronavirus
Apr13

Canada asks Iran to delay downloading plane crash data due to coronavirus

Canada and other countries had been waiting months for Iran to hand over the flight recorders from the doomed Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 so their data can be downloaded and analyzed. …read more Source:: Global...

‘This is a war’: Military fight against COVID-19 will be anything but easy
Apr11

‘This is a war’: Military fight against COVID-19 will be anything but easy

OTTAWA — When 40 Canadian Rangers swung into action in northern Quebec this week to set up heated tents for COVID-19 screening and conduct other tasks in their local communities due to the pandemic, they formed the most visible military response to the crisis to date. The Rangers were mobilized in response to a request for assistance from...

‘This is a war’: Military fight against COVID-19 will be anything but easy
Apr11

‘This is a war’: Military fight against COVID-19 will be anything but easy

OTTAWA — When 40 Canadian Rangers swung into action in northern Quebec this week to set up heated tents for COVID-19 screening and conduct other tasks in their local communities due to the pandemic, they formed the most visible military response to the crisis to date. The Rangers were mobilized in response to a request for assistance from...

First Canadian troops return from Ukraine, in quarantine at Ontario base
Apr09

First Canadian troops return from Ukraine, in quarantine at Ontario base

Most of the returning troops, who are being housed at the same hotel as hundreds of Canadians repatriated from overseas, are from Edmonton. …read more Source:: Global...

Opinion: The Coronavirus Crisis Presents An Opportunity To End War In Ukraine
Apr06

Opinion: The Coronavirus Crisis Presents An Opportunity To End War In Ukraine

“Especially during a pandemic, it is insanity for Russian-led forces and Ukrainians to be killing each other,” write former U.S. envoys to Ukraine William B. Taylor, Steven Pifer and John E. Herbst.(Image credit: Evgeniya Maksymova/AFP via Getty Images) …read more Source::...

Ukraine battles forest fire near Chornobyl amid elevated radiation levels
Apr06

Ukraine battles forest fire near Chornobyl amid elevated radiation levels

Emergency teams in Ukraine on Monday continued battling a forest fire in the contaminated area around the Chornobyl nuclear power plant that has raised radiation fears. …read more Source::...

Ukraine continues to battle forest fire near Chernobyl
Apr06

Ukraine continues to battle forest fire near Chernobyl

Emergency teams in Ukraine on Monday continued battling a forest fire in the contaminated area around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant that has raised radiation fears. …read more Source:: CTV...

Ukraine battles forest fires near Chornobyl
Apr06

Ukraine battles forest fires near Chornobyl

MINSK, Belarus — Ukrainian firefighters laboured into Sunday night trying to put out two forest blazes in the area around the Chornobyl nuclear power station, which was evacuated because of radioactive contamination after the 1986 explosion at the plant. Ukraine’s emergencies service said one of the fires, covering about five hectares (12...

Families of Flight 752 victims report threats, acts of intimidation — and blame Tehran
Apr05

Families of Flight 752 victims report threats, acts of intimidation — and blame Tehran

Family members in Canada who have criticized Iran’s government after losing their loved ones in the downing of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 say they’re being targeted with threats and intimidation — and they blame Tehran. Global Affairs is aware of “reports” of victims’ families “being approached in Canada in...