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French sporting world mourns top athletes who died in helicopter crash in Argentina
PARIS Olympic gold medallist Camille Muffat had retired from swimming to focus on her personal life, boxer Alexis Vastine had some unfinished business after two disappointing Olympics, and the beloved sailor Florence Arthaud was a pioneer for women in her sport. The three athletes were among 10 people who died as two helicopters filming a...
Ten dead after helicopters crash while filming reality TV show
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Two helicopters carrying French sports stars filming a popular European reality show crashed in a remote part of Argentina, killing 10 people, including two Olympic medal winners and a sailing champion, authorities said. The helicopters apparently collided in midair Monday near Villa Castelli in La Rioja province, about...
Ukraine crisis: Poroshenko confirms rebel weapons moved
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says pro-Russian rebels in the east have withdrawn a “significant” amount of heavy weapons. Speaking on TV, Mr Poroshenko said his government forces had also pulled back “the lion’s share” of their rocket and heavy artillery systems. Under a ceasefire reached in February both sides were due to pull back...
Putin and the politics of isolation
A quarter century ago, as the Soviet Union lurched toward dissolution, one of the people chronicling its fall was Russian journalist Artyom Borovik. His television show Vzglyad — which mocked Mikhail Gorbachev’s government — was watched by as many as 100 million people a week. Fluent in English — the result of a childhood spent in New York...
Trudeau says Harper government deliberately stoking prejudice against Muslims
OTTAWA – Justin Trudeau is accusing the Harper government of deliberately stoking fear and prejudice against Muslim Canadians.The Liberal leader says Conservatives are employing the same kind of rhetoric that led to some of Canada’s most shameful displays of xenophobia: the internment of Ukrainian, Japanese and Italian Canadians...
German ambassador says Obama agreed not to send lethal aid to Ukraine
President Barack Obama agreed last month not to send lethal defensive aid to Ukraine, a top German diplomat said Monday, as lawmakers from both parties continued to press the president to shore up Ukraine’s beleaguered military in its fight against Russian-backed separatists. …read more Source: CTV...
Photos March 9: Top images from around the world
The day’s best photos, as selected by editors at Postmedia News, are a stunning collection of the greatest images from around the world. A polar bear cub, and its mother Flocke spend time outdoors at the Marineland animal exhibition park in the French Riviera city of Antibes. VALERY HACHE/AFP/Getty Images A keeper feeds saltwater crocodile...
Would the Conservative party have violated C-51? Maybe(?)
Last week, the Conservative party posted an image and excerpt from Al-Shabaab’s threat against the West Edmonton Mall, the party apparently hoping to solicit support for C-51, the Anti-Terrorism Act. Press Progress, the media wing of the Broadbent Institute, subsequently wondered if this would’ve amounted to a transgression against...
Putin reveals secret deal to annex Ukraine
Vladimir Putin said that he met with security officials in February to make plans for saving Ukraine’s then-President Viktor Yanukovych. …read more Source: Toronto...
How a fog of war, blowing from Moscow, clouded the truth in Crimea
A year ago, the Russians denied its troops had moved beyond their bases in Crimea; now, Putin boasts about Russia’s intervention. What will Moscow be saying a year from now about eastern Ukraine? …read more Source: The Globe and...
