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Ralph Goodale says Ukraine cyberattack caused ‘international anxiety’
Mar08

Ralph Goodale says Ukraine cyberattack caused ‘international anxiety’

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has asked his public safety minister to review all government operations to see if Canada is well protected against a possible cyberattack. This review comes on the heels of the cyberattack on Ukraine’s power grid last December that caused a blackout for hundreds of thousands of people. …read more Source:...

Ukrainian protesters demand that Russia release Savchenko
Mar08

Ukrainian protesters demand that Russia release Savchenko

A few hundred people marched to the Russian Embassy in Kyiv on Tuesday to demand that Russia free Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, whose cause also was taken up by the U.S. vice-president and supporters elsewhere. …read more Source: CTV...

Defence industry update: Airbus buys Waterloo-area firm, Canadians work on Type 26 combat ships
Mar07

Defence industry update: Airbus buys Waterloo-area firm, Canadians work on Type 26 combat ships

Esprit de Corps magazine, in its latest issue, has these details on developments in the defence and aerospace industry: Rolls-Royce announced that it had achieved a significant milestone for the Royal Navy’s new Type 26 Global Combat Ship program. At a recent ceremony in Bristol the company marked the completion of a successful factory...

Ukrainians rally to demand Russia release Savchenko, attack embassy
Mar06

Ukrainians rally to demand Russia release Savchenko, attack embassy

About 2,000 people have rallied on Independence Square in Kyiv to demand that Russia release Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko. …read more Source: Global...

What Ukraine needs now
Mar04

What Ukraine needs now

Two years ago, the people of Ukraine toppled the criminal and tyrannical regime of former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych after police opened fire on protestors in Kyiv’s Independence Square. Over 100 people were murdered for making one simple demand of their government — that Ukraine’s citizens be treated with dignity. Those...

High school whiz kid was 23-year-old Ukrainian man
Mar04

High school whiz kid was 23-year-old Ukrainian man

Artur Samarin stayed in the U.S. after his visa expired and spent four years as Asher Potts. …read more Source: Toronto...

Ukraine accuses rebels of using Grad missile launchers
Mar03

Ukraine accuses rebels of using Grad missile launchers

Ukraine accuses rebels of using Grad missile launchers …read more Source:...

Maurice Mierau wins 2016 Kobzar prize for ‘Detachment: An Adoption Memoir’
Mar03

Maurice Mierau wins 2016 Kobzar prize for ‘Detachment: An Adoption Memoir’

TORONTO — Winnipeg writer and editor Maurice Mierau is the winner of the 2016 Kobzar Literary Award for his book “Detachment: An Adoption Memoir.” Mierau received $20,000 and the book’s publisher, Calgary’s Freehand Books, received $5,000 for the award, which was presented at a gala dinner in Toronto on Wednesday night....

Lennon not Lenin: Ukraine renames street after late Beatle
Mar03

Lennon not Lenin: Ukraine renames street after late Beatle

It was only a minor tweak in the spelling but a historic change when a Ukrainian village on Wednesday renamed a street, which honoured Soviet founder Lenin, after The Beatles’ John Lennon. …read more Source: CTV...

Ukraine: 3 soldiers killed in explosion in the east
Mar02

Ukraine: 3 soldiers killed in explosion in the east

Ukrainian authorities say three soldiers have been killed and two wounded in the Donbas region in the country’s east as their car exploded. …read more Source: CTV...