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Canada has yet to reunite a single family with relatives who are trying to escape conflict-racked Sudan, while diaspora groups are demanding the federal government do more to end a yearlong civil war. The fighting that erupted last April between duelling militias in the northeastern African country has forced out …
Read More »‘Like a cartel:’ Shootings point to turf war over rights to screen South Indian films
The day Thomas Shajan was expecting to see a South Indian action epic at a theatre in British Columbia, a spate of shootings thousands of kilometres away disrupted his plans. Shajan, a self-described South Indian film fanatic, said he had been waiting months to see Malaikottai Vaaliban, a blockbuster Malayalam-language …
Read More »‘A white man’s war’: Calgary military museum focuses on Black Canadian soldiers – Calgary
Oral Virtue first met Newfoundland-based Canadian soldiers as a child growing up in Jamaica, never forgetting their friendliness, openness and the way they spoke this “funky foreign language.” More than five decades later, Virtue, 61, recalls a lifetime of service as a soldier while viewing the Black History Month exhibition …
Read More »Canadian soldier explains why he’s returning to Ukraine’s eastern trenches
Dave Smith says no one in his family was too surprised when he told them he was going to quit his job as a major in the Canadian Armed Forces to fight in the muddy trenches of eastern Ukraine. “I actually never had to explain it to them. My brother, …
Read More »First World War postcard project encourages reflection ahead of Remembrance Day
With ceremonies being held this Saturday to mark Remembrance Day, a special project from Western University in London, Ont., is looking to connect the past to the present. Over the past 15 years, history professor Jonathan Vance has read thousands of postcards sent from Europe by the men and women …
Read More »Israel War: CM हिमंत का हमला- देश हित की बलि देना कांग्रेस के DNA में, अफगानिस्तान-पाक में बनाए गठबंधन सरकार
असम के मुख्यमंत्री हिमंत बिस्वा सरमा ने इस्राइल हमास युद्ध के बीच फलस्तीन मुद्दे पर कांग्रेस के प्रस्ताव की कड़ी आलोचना की। उन्होंने कहा कि अब कांग्रेस को अफगानिस्तान और पाकिस्तान में गठबंधन सरकार बनानी चाहिए। Source link
Read More »‘It’s really hard’: Ukrainian grandmother lonely but happy family is in Canada
Galyna Danyliuk knew she would miss her daughter and grandsons when they fled to Canada shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine, but she felt it was best she stay behind to protect their family home. The 68-year-old hairdresser lives in Rivne, with a population of 240,000, about 330 kilometres west of …
Read More »Ukraine war prompted Canada to update its plans for a nuclear catastrophe – National
Canada is dusting off and updating emergency protocols to deal with fallout from a possible tactical nuclear exchange in Europe or the spread of radiation across the ocean from a Ukrainian power plant explosion. Internal Public Safety Canada notes show the measures include updating a highly secret plan to ensure …
Read More »Inside Norwich, an Ontario town at war with a church ‘controlling’ its citizens
Every Sunday, the agricultural hamlet of Norwich, Ont., becomes a ghost town. Almost all the town’s shops — including Foodland, Norwich’s only supermarket and its Shoppers Drug Mart — are shuttered. No one is mowing their lawn or dining out. The sports fields sit empty. On the desolate main street, …
Read More »Celebrity bidding war for Ottawa Senators could be a boon for the franchise: experts – Ottawa
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 10, 2023 11:49 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size A celebrity bidding war for a minority ownership stake in the NHL’s Ottawa Senators stands to lift the team’s profile to new heights, while serving as a safe way for stars …
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