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In the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, one Ukrainian rock musician is touring across Canada to raise money for his home country. “We are supporting a project from a Ukrainian fund in Toronto called Second Front Ukraine Foundation, so they are raising funds for drones for the army …
Read More »China tightens security in Shanghai after anti-lockdown protests erupt across country
What you need to know: Protests erupted after a fire killed at least 10 in the city of Urumqi, where some people have been locked in their homes for four months. Widespread public protest is extremely rare in China, the world’s second-largest economy. The protests roiled global markets on Monday, …
Read More »Calgary’s Pakistani community in ‘agony’ as floods devastate country
Mian Khalid Jan has watched in agony as devastating floods raged through his home province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan. For 24 hours he couldn’t sleep, eat, or work. Jan is in Calgary, but much of his family, including his brother and sister, are among hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis who have been …
Read More »Report finds Albertans have highest rate of food insecurity in the country
More than 20 per cent of Albertans say they are struggling to put food on the table, according to data analyzed in a University of Toronto (U of T) report released earlier this month. That is the highest percentage out of all the provinces. Researchers found that about 5.8 million people …
Read More »Two years after Trudeau promised a made-in-Canada COVID vaccine, the country is still waiting
In the early days of the pandemic, the federal government announced a multi-million-dollar funding agreement with the National Research Council (NRC) to expand a vaccine facility in Montreal — a site Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said would pump out Canadian-made COVID-19 shots by November 2020. Two years after the prime …
Read More »Montrealers open their homes to Ukrainian families fleeing war-torn country
Tatiana and Daniel Romano have been sleeping in their basement, as they renovate their home to house Ukrainian families fleeing the war. In the past month, they’ve torn down walls to create spare bedrooms and bathrooms to make their guests comfortable. For them, revamping their home in Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Que., a …
Read More »Different country, same scissors: Ukrainian barber ‘crushing it’ in St. John’s
Serhii Firsikov flew to St. John’s on May 9 aboard a plane that the Newfoundland and Labrador government chartered for Ukrainian refugees. (Caroline Hillier/CBC) The hairdryer and hair clippers that Serhii Firsikov brought from Ukraine don’t plug in to the sockets at his new chair at Fogtown Barber Shop in downtown …
Read More »Govt of India, Asian Development Bank sign $300 million loan to improve primary health care in the country, Health News, ET HealthWorld
NEW DELHI: The government of India (GOI) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a 300 million dollar loan to improve primary health care in urban areas of 13 states that will benefit over 256 million urban dwellers including 51 million from slum areas. As per an official release by …
Read More »Covid-19: Corona Cases Are Increasing Rapidly In The Country Once Again, Confirming The Figures Of The Last 5 Days | Covid-19: Corona Cases Increasing Rapidly In Country
New Delhi: While the possibility of third COVID wave continues to be a cause of worry, the fresh cases of Coronavirus have undergone a surge in the past few days. The figures in the last five days show that the cases of COVID-19 in the country are seeing an upward …
Read More »Google to show customised Play Store ratings based on users’ country and device
Google will begin a multi-quarter programme of improvements to make ratings on Play Store more personalised by showing ratings to individual users based on the country they’re registered in and the device that they’re using. “Starting in November 2021, we’re going to change the ratings that individual users see based …
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