Section: US & Canada
Trapped in a Torn Country
While some families fled eastern Ukraine because of the military conflict, many of the elderly stayed behind and now face a desperate shortage of health care. …read more Source: The New York...
Government gets poor grade for military spending
As Canada gets set to deploy 200 troops to help Ukraine’s military in its fight against Russian-backed rebels, Canada’s former parliamentary budget watchdog gives the Conservative government a barely passing grade for its defence spending. In his inaugural Money Page segment for CBC News Network’s Power & Politics, Kevin...
Ukraine hits ‘dead end’ as lasting peace deal eludes leaders (+video)
The foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine on Monday called for incremental steps to de-escalate the fighting in eastern Ukraine. But the two sides have yet to agree on a long-term political settlement. …read more Source: Christian Science...
Russian infiltration of Ukrainian military complicates Canadian training mission
Russian intelligence operatives have so deeply compromised the Ukrainian military that almost nothing they say or do remains secret for long, according to a report …read more Source: Vancouver...
Russian infiltration of Ukrainian military complicates Canadian training mission
Analysis Training Ukrainians to fight pro-Russian separatists may turn out to be a far more complicated business for the 200 Canadian soldiers Ottawa announced Tuesday it is sending to Ukraine than it is for the nearly 70 Canadian trainers now on a similar mission in Iraq. The reason is that Russian intelligence operatives of every kind have so...
Ukrainian Troops Killed Despite Renewed Commitment to Cease-fire Deal
Ukraine’s military says more of its soldiers have been killed in the past two days by mortar and rocket fire from Russian-backed separatists. The fighting has intensified in eastern Ukraine despite the Minsk cease-fire deal signed in February. Both sides agreed Monday to pull more heavy weapons back from the front line, but as Henry...
Russia Makes the First Move With Iran — Early Bird Special
Co-authored by William Witenberg a contemporary artist focused on abstract painting Russia announced that it is going to begin selling Iran its s-300 missile defense system. This ends the ban that was placed in 2010 as part of the sanctions the United Nations imposed on Iran. The s-300 is a ground to air system that can shoot down planes or...
Indian P.M. Modi arrives in Ottawa for broad visit with domestic overtones
OTTAWA – From trade, to energy, to the environment, to security, to culture, Prime Minister Stephen Harper will have no shortage of topics to discuss with visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the next three days.Harper will also have an unspoken domestic political dividend — boosting his party’s standing with...
Chomsky: ‘I Don’t Look at Twitter Because It Doesn’t Tell Me Anything’
This is an interview for Byline, a crowdfunded independent media platform that gives you a personalized newspaper. The platform beta-launched on April 14th. You can read the original interview here. Seung-yoon Lee is co-founder and CEO of Byline. He was the first East Asian President of the Oxford Union, the world’s prestigious debating...
Why We Need Totalitarianism
Adam Michnik, the one-time Polish dissident and now editor of Warsaw’s best daily newspaper, once quipped that if forced to choose between the rule of Polish Communist General Wojciech Jaruzelski and Chilean junta leader General Augusto Pinochet, he would choose Marlene Dietrich. Michnik thus accentuated the humor of the dilemma on several...
