Section: US & Canada
Alicia Elliott on the spectacular Indigenous renaissance in Canadian arts
Alicia Elliott (Photograph by Alex Jacobs-Blum)It really is the perfect time for Alicia Elliott’s A Mind Spread Out on the Ground to be published. In what the 31-year-old Tuscarora writer calls the Indigenous renaissance, Indigenous artistry has never had so spectacular a presence across Canada’s cultural spectrum. Maliseet composer...
UN, Canada at odds over restrictions on promised military transport plane
OTTAWA — The United Nations is pushing back against restrictions Canada wants to put on the use of a military transport plane it promised to deploy in Africa. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau first announced in November 2017 that Canada would send a C-130 Hercules to Uganda as part of a larger package of pledges to the UN. The idea at the time was...
Nationalists scuffle with police in Ukraine, 3 arrested
Police in the Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia have arrested three people after nationalist demonstrators attempted to derail a campaign appearance by President Petro Poroshenko. …read more Source: FOX...
Nationalists scuffle with police in Ukraine, 3 arrested
Police in the Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia have arrested three people after nationalist demonstrators attempted to derail a campaign appearance by President Petro Poroshenko. Poroshenko has faced regular protests by … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Ukraine’s Ultra-Right Increasingly Visible as Election Nears
As Ukraine’s presidential election draws near, its ultranationalist groups are becoming increasingly visible, posing a dilemma for the West. Thousands of far-right activists marched to incumbent President Petro Poroshenko’s administration headquarters earlier this month, chanting about alleged corruption and throwing funeral-style...
Israel-Canada close despite differences on Golan Heights recognition: envoy
OTTAWA — Israel disagrees with Canada’s stance towards the Golan Heights and the effectiveness of the Iran nuclear deal, but the country’s envoy still believes the Trudeau government’s broader Middle East policy is very supportive. Ambassador Nimrod Barkan said Canada-Israel relations are like a long-married couple: they may...
Crimean Tatars Detained After Russian Raids
Crimean Tatars confronted Russian security forces as homes were searched in and around the city of Simferopol. Twenty people were detained in what Russian officials said was a sweep for suspects of a banned Islamic group. But many believe Crimean Tatars have been targeted for speaking out against Russian rule in the peninsula annexed from...
What to Do When the Russian Government Wants to Blackmail You
MOSCOW—From Jeff Bezos’s allegations of extortion and blackmail by the National Enquirer, a publication with links to President Donald Trump, to Trump’s relations with the Kremlin, one particular word has gained prominence, and it’s not even an English one.Opponents of the government here in Moscow are well versed in the risk of...
From Chocolate King To Commander In Chief: Ukrainian President Fights For Reelection
Petro Poroshenko’s reelection campaign focuses on his leadership amid armed conflict with Russia-backed separatists, but his failure to stamp out corruption is also weighing on the minds of Ukrainian voters. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Lukk: On 70 years since the mass deportation of Estonians
March, 1949. Though the sun was growing higher and higher above the horizon, with promises of sunnier days to come, the spring days remained cold. The soil was frozen solid. Clear skies became flurries at a moment’s notice. Operation “Priboi” (“Tide”) began with a pounding on the door in the early hours of March 25. This was a wake-up call...
