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Hopes high as Ukraine ceasefire takes hold 
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Sep05

Hopes high as Ukraine ceasefire takes hold [Photos]

Peace has come to Ukraine as Russian-backed rebels and military have signed an agreement. …read more Source: The Toronto...

Wesley Wark: Where’s the megaphone on the threat to Canada?
Sep05

Wesley Wark: Where’s the megaphone on the threat to Canada?

The Conservative government has a strange way with public pronouncements on security issues. When it comes to the gravest of international crises, the government is prone to bold, headline-grabbing statements, whether on Putin’s role in stoking the flames in the Ukraine, or the threat posed by Iran, or the crisis in Syria/Iraq, or who is...

Fighting between Ukrainian army, rebels subsides as ceasefire begins 
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Sep05

Fighting between Ukrainian army, rebels subsides as ceasefire begins [Video]

Heavy fighting between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian rebels appeared to subside after envoys meeting in Minsk approved a peace deal that included a ceasefire taking effect from 1500 GMT on Friday. …read more Source: The Toronto...

Photos Sept. 5: Top images from around the world
Sep05

Photos Sept. 5: Top images from around the world

An Indian man carries his son as he wades through floodwaters in Gauhati, India, Friday, Sept. 5, 2014. Monsoon season brings rains vital to growing crops in India, but floods and landslides each year kill thousands of people and submerge hundreds of villages. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath) Indian school children arrive at their primary school in heavy...

Ukraine signs cease-fire with pro-Russian rebels
Sep05

Ukraine signs cease-fire with pro-Russian rebels

Ukraine’s president, at NATO summit, voices ‘careful optimism’ on peace talks with rebels …read more Source:...

Ukraine Says It Reached A Cease-Fire Deal With Separatists
Sep05

Ukraine Says It Reached A Cease-Fire Deal With Separatists

Ukraine and the Russia-backed rebels have announced a cease-fire agreement set to go into effect Friday.» E-Mail This …read more Source:...

HMCS Toronto briefly sidelined because of engine repairs
Sep05

HMCS Toronto briefly sidelined because of engine repairs

By David Pugliese Defence Watch NEWPORT, Wales – HMCS Toronto was tied up in port for the last week for engine repairs and other issues, sources tell Defence Watch. Sources noted that when HMCS Toronto was in Halifax getting ready for deployment, the engineers and dockyard civilian employees informed their managers that certain parts on an engine...

Ukraine set for 6 p.m. truce as EU considers more Russian sanctions
Sep05

Ukraine set for 6 p.m. truce as EU considers more Russian sanctions

Ukraine moved toward a cease-fire with pro-Russian separatists to stem months of bloodshed as European officials met to consider more penalties on Russia for its role in the conflict. …read more Source: Calgary...

Canadian military advisers headed to Iraq to help push back ISIL
Sep05

Canadian military advisers headed to Iraq to help push back ISIL

NEWPORT, Wales — Several dozen Canadian soldiers will be sent to Iraq to advise that country’s military forces in fighting Islamic terrorists, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced here Friday. But Canada’s contribution could be further increased once a strategy with its allies has been worked out. The Canadians will join U.S....

Ukraine, pro-Russian rebels sign ceasefire deal
Sep05

Ukraine, pro-Russian rebels sign ceasefire deal

Poroshenko confirms envoys meeting in Minsk have reached agreement …read more Source: The Globe and...