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Homeless at risk in war-torn eastern Ukraine as winter sets in
Oct30

Homeless at risk in war-torn eastern Ukraine as winter sets in

With temperatures below freezing, damage to critical infrastructure and lack of adequate shelter for the newly homeless could mean death for many. …read more Source: Toronto...

‘Unusual’ Russian military flights over Europe leave NATO scrambling
Oct30

‘Unusual’ Russian military flights over Europe leave NATO scrambling

Tensions have been running high between NATO and Russia since Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine …read more Source: Toronto...

Ukraine gas supplies in doubt as Russia seeks EU payment deal
Oct30

Ukraine gas supplies in doubt as Russia seeks EU payment deal

Moscow’s negotiators were quoted demanding firmer commitments from the European Union to cover Kiev’s pre-payments for energy …read more Source: The Globe and...

Alberta premier’s visit to land of the mighty moose meant to boost rural support: opposition
Oct30

Alberta premier’s visit to land of the mighty moose meant to boost rural support: opposition

The local Ukrainian ladies cooked up hundreds of cabbage rolls for Premier Jim Prentice’s unprecedented leadership dinner in the tiny northern Alberta mill town of Manning on Thursday night. After 10 years of lobbying the Tories to hold a leadership dinner in “the land of the mighty moose,” local constituency organizer Kim Arsenault says...

NATO reports unusual spike in Russian military flights
Oct30

NATO reports unusual spike in Russian military flights

NATO on Wednesday reported an “unusual” spike in Russian military flights over the Black, Baltic and North seas and the Atlantic Ocean during the past two days, according to the Associated Press. More from the Associated Press article: Alliance military spokesman Lt. Col. Jay Janzen that four groups made up of Tu-95 Bear H strategic bombers,...

Billions in federal cash go unspent as Tories mull tax cuts
Oct30

Billions in federal cash go unspent as Tories mull tax cuts

The federal government held on to more than $7 billion in approved spending last fiscal year at the same time as some departments and agencies struggled with a lack of funds – bringing total “lapsed” spending to more than $18 billion over the last two years. The Conservative government continues to sit on billions of dollars in planned spending...

Moscow criticizes West for its refusal to recognize rebel-organized elections in Ukraine
Oct30

Moscow criticizes West for its refusal to recognize rebel-organized elections in Ukraine

Russia on Wednesday angrily dismissed the EU’s warning that it wouldn’t recognize local elections organized by pro-Russia insurgents in eastern Ukraine, saying that the rejection of the vote could derail a fragile cease-fire deal. …read more Source: CTV...

Ask Me Anything: NPR’s David Greene Takes Questions On Crimea
Oct29

Ask Me Anything: NPR’s David Greene Takes Questions On Crimea

Morning Edition Host David Greene recently returned from a reporting trip to Crimea and responds to questions on Reddit about how the Black Sea peninsula has changed since it was seized by Russia.» E-Mail This …read more Source:...

What the activist who started the Ukrainian revolt wants now
Oct29

What the activist who started the Ukrainian revolt wants now

Mustafa Nayem says parliament needs to undertake rapid political reforms …read more Source: The Globe and...

Sanctions bind Russia’s energy elite to Putin
Oct29

Sanctions bind Russia’s energy elite to Putin

Sanctions have bound Russia’s political and business elite together in the Ukraine crisis – an unintended consequence of the West’s punitive measures …read more Source: The Globe and...