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Six months after invading Ukraine, Russia itself is feeling the pressure

For a whole host of reasons, anniversaries can be painful moments. According to the (mistaken) conventional wisdom of the wider world, Aug. 24 is the sixth-month anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The war, with all its horror, has been truly and genuinely in our faces for only the past half-year — and not …

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Students confused and frustrated by Western University’s COVID booster, mask mandate

Students at Western University are disappointed with the school’s decision to implement masking and booster dose requirements for the fall semester, and waiting until after the tuition deadline to announce the measures. Second-year student, Nathalia Aranda says she’s confused about the justification that led to the decision and feels the university hasn’t given students a solid answer.  …

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Uvalde school police chief could become 1st officer to lose job over mass shooting

The embattled school police chief in Uvalde, Texas, could on Wednesday become the first officer to lose his job over the hesitant response by hundreds of heavily armed law enforcement personnel during the May massacre at Robb Elementary School. The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District was set to make a …

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‘Quiet quitting’ isn’t really quitting, but it is forcing employers to adapt

Clocking out at 5 p.m. on the dot, only doing your assigned daily tasks, limiting chats with colleagues and no working overtime. These are the distinctive features of “quiet quitting,” a term coined to describe how people are approaching their jobs and professional lives differently to manage burnout. Have a question or …

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Husband who survived fatal Calgary shooting that left wife dead was on bail for organized crime offences

A Calgary man who remains in hospital after being shot alongside his wife who was fatally injured, was out on bail awaiting trial on organized crime charges alongside his brother and sister, according to court records obtained by CBC News.  Nakita Baron, 31, and her husband, Talal Fouani, 46, were shot …

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Profiling Vancouver’s political parties: COPE

Over the decades, things have gotten progressively more crowded for Vancouver’s oldest left-wing party.  Founded in 1968, the Coalition of Progressive Electors (COPE) now competes with Vision Vancouver, the Greens, OneCity, Forward Vancouver and VOTE Socialist for support on the left side of the city’s political spectrum.  But it’s the …

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Summer bonus program prompting airport screening staff to work while sick, unions say

A union representing airport screening officers in Alberta says some of its members have shown up to work feeling sick in order to access a summer attendance bonus program being studied by a House of Commons committee. “It’s a reward to circumvent doing what’s right,” said Richard Brown, president of Teamsters Canada …

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Crowd-sourced detective work narrows window for disappearance of Winston Churchill portrait

Thanks to a sleuthing public, the Château Laurier has announced that a famed portrait of Winston Churchill appears to have been taken off the hotel’s walls this past winter, during a span of a week and a half over the holidays. After news of the theft broke on Monday, people started sending the hotel …

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ਕੇਂਦਰੀ ਸਿੱਖਿਆ ਮੰਤਰੀ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਆਸਟਰੇਲੀਅਨ ਯੂਨੀਵਰਸਿਟੀਆਂ ਦੇ ਅਕਾਦਮਿਕ ਆਗੂਆਂ ਨਾਲ ਮੁਲਾਕਾਤ

ਨਵੀਂ ਦਿੱਲੀ, 24 ਅਗਸਤ ਕੇਂਦਰੀ ਸਿੱਖਿਆ ਮੰਤਰੀ ਧਰਮੇਂਦਰ ਪ੍ਰਧਾਨ ਨੇ ਭਾਰਤ ਤੇ ਆਸਟੇਰਲੀਆ ਵਿਚਾਲੇ ਖੋਜ ਪ੍ਰਬੰਧਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਅੱਗੇ ਵਧਾਉਣ ਲਈ ਅੱਜ ਆਸਟੇਰਲੀਆ ਦੀਆਂ ਯੂਨੀਵਰਸਿਟੀਆਂ ਦੇ ਅਕਾਦਮਿਕ ਆਗੂਆਂ ਨਾਲ ਵਿਚਾਰ ਚਰਚਾ ਕੀਤੀ। ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੇ ਗਰੁੱਪ ਆਫ ਏਟ (ਜੀ-8) ਨਾਲ ਸਬੰਧਤ ਇਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਯੂਨੀਵਰਸਿਟੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਖੋਜ ਕਾਰਜਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਭਾਰਤ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਸਹਿਯੋਗ ਦੇਣ ਦਾ …

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ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ ਮਸਤੂਆਣਾ ਸਾਹਿਬ: ਬੇਅਦਬੀ ਦੀ ਕੋਸ਼ਿਸ਼ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਾ ਸ਼ੱਕੀ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਕਾਬੂ

ਐੱਸ ਐੱਸ ਸੱਤੀ ਮਸਤੂਆਣਾ ਸਾਹਿਬ, 24 ਅਗਸਤ ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ ਮਸਤੂਆਣਾ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਵਿੱਚ ਅੱਜ ਇਕ ਅਣਪਛਾਤੇ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਦਾਖ਼ਲ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਗੁਰੂ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਦੀ ਕਥਿਤ ਤੌਰ ‘ਤੇ ਬੇਅਦਬੀ ਕਰਨ ਦੀ ਕੋਸ਼ਿਸ਼ ਕੀਤੀ ਗਈ। ਇਸ ਸ਼ੱਕੀ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਨੂੰ ਸੰਗਤਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਪ੍ਰਬੰਧਕਾਂ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਕਾਬੂ ਕਰਕੇ ਪੁਲੀਸ ਹਵਾਲੇ ਕੀਤਾ ਗਿਆ। ਪੁਲੀਸ …

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