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Russia building military base near Ukraine border
Russia has started to build a huge military base housing ammunition depots and barracks for several thousand soldiers near the Ukrainian border, a project that suggests the Kremlin is digging in for a prolonged stand-off with Kiev. …read more Source:...
Battered battleground: Federal leaders focus on vote rich Ontario heartland
OTTAWA – Battleground Ontario: starved for jobs, but swimming in votes.Hardly surprising, then, that the three main federal leaders found themselves using the province’s ailing manufacturing sector as a backdrop Wednesday for a one-day clash of economic visions.Stephen Harper, Justin Trudeau and Tom Mulcair all focused their campaigns...
Syrian refugee queries draws catcalls from Conservative supporters
OTTAWA — A Conservative supporter at a Stephen Harper campaign event heckled a reporter Wednesday who was asking about the government’s handling of the Syrian refugee crisis. The government’s response of the crisis is now front and centre in the federal election campaign. The catcalls came in Welland, Ont., as the Conservative leader...
Video: Canadian canine caregivers bring comfort to Ukrainian soldiers
A joint Ukrainian-Canadian project uses dog therapy to help rehabilitate Ukrainian soldiers who have returned from the frontline in the country’s east. Pavithra George reports. …read more Source: The Globe and...
At least 105 civilian deaths in Ukraine over past three months, UN says
The UN human rights office says at least 105 civilians were killed in violence-marred Ukraine between mid-May and mid-August, more than double the number of the previous three months in part because of shelling of residential areas. …read more Source: CTV...
Tories rack up challenges to logic
While the cynical among us have long since known that politicians are masters of deflection and distortion, over the past week the Harper Conservatives have taken things to a whole new level. First off, it was Foreign Affairs Minister Rob Nicholson blaming Russian President Vladimir Putin for the latest round of violence in Ukraine. This of...
Putin orders military manoeuvrs amid tension with West over Ukraine
Russian military units have been scrambled from their bases as part of snap drills ordered by President Vladimir Putin, the latest in a series of war games amid tensions with the West over Ukraine. …read more Source: Global...
Letters: Refugee crisis demands more than just words; and other views
Refugee crisis demands more than just words Re: Family of boys found on beach were trying to come to Canada, Sept. 3. Canada sees itself as a compassionate nation but its response to the refugee crisis says something quite different. There are an estimated 670,000 stateless people currently living in Europe with thousands more attempting to join...
Adam: Just how different would an NDP government be?
The last year or so has seen seismic electoral upsets in three major Canadian provinces, but if pollsters are to be believed, we may be on the verge of an all-time shocker in Canadian politics. The PQ’s crushing defeat in Quebec last spring, Kathleen Wynne’s improbable victory over Tim Hudak in Ontario a few months later, and New...
Five worth the drive to campus
Join the thousands heading back to campus this week – but forget early morning lectures, all-night essays, nerve-wracking exams or costly tuition. Peter Johansen found these credit-worthy campus outings, and reached them the way students do. By public transit. Horticultural Garden, Algonquin College An oasis at Algonquin. Just metres from busy...
