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Has Vladimir Putin Just Overplayed His Hand?
Dec16

Has Vladimir Putin Just Overplayed His Hand?

The Russia leader was riding high at home this year with the successful Winter Olympics and his annexation of Crimea. Now he’s staring at a recession and has alienated Western nations that could help.» E-Mail This …read more Source:...

Robin Williams tops Google Canada’s searches of 2014 list
Dec16

Robin Williams tops Google Canada’s searches of 2014 list

TORONTO – The death of a beloved actor, quadrennial sporting events, a new smartphone, and a deadly outbreak topped Google Canada’s annual list of the most popular trending search queries.After excluding routine searches that are entered by users every day of every year — most commonly for Facebook, Google itself, and YouTube — Robin...

Robin Williams, World Cup, iPhone 6 top Google searches of 2014
Dec16

Robin Williams, World Cup, iPhone 6 top Google searches of 2014

TORONTO – The death of a beloved actor, quadrennial sporting events, a new smartphone, and a deadly outbreak topped Google Canada’s annual list of the most popular trending search queries. After excluding routine searches that are entered by users every day of every year – most commonly for Facebook, Google itself, and YouTube – Robin...

Letters: National Memorial to Victims of Communism
Dec16

Letters: National Memorial to Victims of Communism

We must commemorate victims of communism Re: Jury member goes public with criticism of victims of communism memorial site, Dec. 15. As a grandson of a Polish officer murdered along with 10,000 other officers in March, 1940, at the Katyn Forest Massacre by the Soviet NKVD Secret Police on orders from Stalin, I am saddened to read that architects...

Ukraine asks NATO for more help for military, EU for more financial aid
Dec15

Ukraine asks NATO for more help for military, EU for more financial aid

Ukraine’s prime minister on Monday asked NATO to do more to help his country’s military, which has been unable to quell a pro-Russian insurgency, and called for an urgent increase in financial aid from the European Union. …read more Source: CTV...

Hardships grow for millions in eastern Ukraine, UN says
Dec15

Hardships grow for millions in eastern Ukraine, UN says

Fighting is claiming an average of 13 lives a day and the approach of winter has created life-threatening conditions for many civilians. …read more Source: Toronto...

Ukraine conflict creates ‘increasingly dire’ conditions for 5M people, UN warns
Dec15

Ukraine conflict creates ‘increasingly dire’ conditions for 5M people, UN warns

The UN human rights office says at least 4,707 people have been killed and 10,322 wounded in the conflict-affected areas of eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...

UN: Death toll in eastern Ukraine up to 4,707
Dec15

UN: Death toll in eastern Ukraine up to 4,707

GENEVA – The U.N. human rights office says at least 4,707 people have been killed and 10,322 wounded in the conflict-affected areas of eastern Ukraine. It says more than 5 million people are living in the conflict areas where they face rising hardships and some struggle to stay alive. At least 1,357 fatalities have been recorded since the...

Death toll in eastern Ukraine rises to 4,707 despite ceasefire
Dec15

Death toll in eastern Ukraine rises to 4,707 despite ceasefire

The UN human rights office says at least 4,707 people have been killed and 10,322 wounded in the conflict-affected areas of eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: CTV...

Frack the EU! Washington’s Frozen War Against Russia
Dec14

Frack the EU! Washington’s Frozen War Against Russia

Photo by Pete Souza For over a year, the United States has played out a scenario designed to (1) reassert U.S. control over Europe by blocking E.U. trade with Russia, (2) bankrupt Russia, and (3) get rid of Vladimir Putin and replace him with an American puppet, like the late drunk, Boris Yeltsin. The past few days have made crystal clear the...