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Security of military personnel at home top of mind following hit-and-run (with video)
Oct22

Security of military personnel at home top of mind following hit-and-run (with video)

Canadian Forces members are being told to “remain vigilant” after a 53-year-old soldier was killed in a hit-and-run near Montreal this week, highlighting fears military personnel could become targets here at home. But while some say security concerns and the need to introduce measures to protect Canadian military personnel represent the new...

Varvara Shmygalova: Ukraine’s new civil society started in Maidan
Oct22

Varvara Shmygalova: Ukraine’s new civil society started in Maidan

Why do Ukrainians want greater integration with the European Union? Why do they want to be free of Russian influence? The answer is clear: the Ukrainian people have a natural desire to live in a prosperous country, which is able to guarantee safety, high social standards, economic stability, and freedoms for their citizens. These can only be...

Putin offered to carve up Ukraine with Poland, says ex-minister
Oct21

Putin offered to carve up Ukraine with Poland, says ex-minister

Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, described Radek Sikorski’s comments as a “fable.” …read more Source: Toronto...

Ukraine fired cluster bombs: Reports
Oct21

Ukraine fired cluster bombs: Reports

Sites where rockets fell on Donetsk showed clear signs that cluster munitions had been fired from the direction of army-held territory. …read more Source: Toronto...

From Israel to ISIS: Harper’s ‘Orwellian’ foreign policy
Oct21

From Israel to ISIS: Harper’s ‘Orwellian’ foreign policy

Photo by SPC Ronald Shaw Jr., U.S. Army It’s getting difficult to remember a time when the Canadian Parliament actually tried to make principled decisions regarding foreign policy and our place in the community of nations. But we should try. Perhaps a first step in returning to such a time was the decision of the NDP and Liberal Party to...

Evidence indicates Ukraine used cluster bombs on cities
Oct21

Evidence indicates Ukraine used cluster bombs on cities

Sites where rockets fell in the city on Oct. 2 and 5 showed clear signs that cluster munitions had been fired from the direction of army-held territory …read more Source: The Globe and...

Ukraine vote candidate survives gun and grenade attack, party says
Oct21

Ukraine vote candidate survives gun and grenade attack, party says

Volodymyr Borysenko, from Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk’s People’s Front party, was being treated in hospital for shock after the assault …read more Source: The Globe and...

Ukraine says 100s of soldiers killed in battle with separatists
Oct20

Ukraine says 100s of soldiers killed in battle with separatists

A report by Ukraine’s parliament revealed Monday that more than 300 soldiers were killed during a weeks-long battle that marked a crushing setback in the military campaign to root out pro-Russian separatist forces in the east. …read more Source: CTV...

Powerful explosion rocks rebel-held Ukrainian city
Oct20

Powerful explosion rocks rebel-held Ukrainian city

A powerful explosion has shaken the largest rebel-controlled city in eastern Ukraine as daily battles continue in the region despite a nominal cease-fire being in place. …read more Source: CTV...

Report: Germany blames pro-Russian rebels for MH17 crash
Oct19

Report: Germany blames pro-Russian rebels for MH17 crash

Crash over pro-Russian rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine on July 17 killed all 298 passengers …read more Source: The Globe and...