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International observers come under fire in eastern Ukraine
Dec27

International observers come under fire in eastern Ukraine

A team of international observers monitoring the shaky cease-fire in eastern Ukraine says it came under fire while inspecting a village. …read more Source: Global...

Observers come under fire in eastern Ukraine
Dec27

Observers come under fire in eastern Ukraine

A team of international observers monitoring the shaky cease-fire in eastern Ukraine says it came under fire while inspecting a village. …read more Source: CTV...

The 2015 Maclean’s Missed It List
Dec27

The 2015 Maclean’s Missed It List

More than 320 major motion pictures. More than 400 original scripted TV shows. Hundreds more new albums. You could be forgiven for feeling deluged by arts and culture in 2015, and that doesn’t even include the hundreds of thousands of new books published, the exhibits and galleries that opened, and more. So every year, the writers at...

Pope issues Christmas Day indulgence, praises those helping refugees
Dec25

Pope issues Christmas Day indulgence, praises those helping refugees

By Nicole Winfield, The Associated Press VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis issued a Christmas Day prayer that recent U.N.-backed peace agreements for Syria and Libya will quickly end the suffering of their people, denouncing the “monstrous evil” and atrocities they have endured and praising the countries that have taken in their refugees. Speaking from...

Photos: Canada’s military photographers chronicle land, air and sea operations
Dec23

Photos: Canada’s military photographers chronicle land, air and sea operations

Defence Watch makes use of the Canadian Forces Combat Camera/CF imaging technician photos. Here are some of the most interesting photos of the last little while, captured by the CF’s photographers during operations and exercises: Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship Moncton, a Kingston-class maritime coastal defence vessel, at anchor in Albert...

Diplomatica: New ambassador from the Ukraine wants costly Russian sanctions increased
Dec22

Diplomatica: New ambassador from the Ukraine wants costly Russian sanctions increased

The new ambassador of Ukraine believes the best way to get Vladimir Putin’s forces out of Ukraine is to make his expansion efforts so costly that the Russian leader has no choice but to retreat. “We want to make sure that at some point, this invasion is so costly for the Russians that they have to pull back,” Ambassador Andriy Shevchenko...

EU extends economic sanctions on Russia until mid-2016 over Ukraine
Dec21

EU extends economic sanctions on Russia until mid-2016 over Ukraine

The European Union has linked the lifting of the sanctions to full implementation of a peace deal in east Ukraine …read more Source: The Globe and...

Jenkins: There are plenty of empty cabins yet in the Canadian ark
Dec21

Jenkins: There are plenty of empty cabins yet in the Canadian ark

Canada’s major cities, for most of their lives, have been arks, with people from all over the world, borne on waves of immigration, coming aboard and attempting to live together in close proximity. As often as not, it has been a distant conflict that has propelled those waves. Initially at ports, and nowadays at airports, families and the...

Canada-linked website exposing pilots’ identities to extremists, Russians say
Dec18

Canada-linked website exposing pilots’ identities to extremists, Russians say

A Ukrainian website with links to Canada plans to continue to publish personal information about Russian pilots flying bombing missions in Syria, despite concerns such details are putting aircrews at risk from Islamist extremists. Russia has protested to the Canadian government about the website, which has its servers in Montreal, and has...

Ukraine’s rowdy parliament replaces deputies with children for a day
Dec18

Ukraine’s rowdy parliament replaces deputies with children for a day

The Ukrainian parliament, better known for its frequent fistfights, on Friday replaced its rowdy deputies with children — but only for one day. …read more Source: CTV...