Members of Russian Community Centre rocked by vandalism, many have close ties to Ukraine

Credit to Author: Joanne Lee-Young| Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2022 23:54:15 +0000

“We all have many (people) in Ukraine and Russia that we have been in touch with, trying to find out if they are OK, if they are able to get out.” — Ariadna McKenna

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Conversations That Matter: What the Russian invasion of Ukraine means to Canada

Credit to Author: Massey Padgham| Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2022 15:00:58 +0000

On Feb. 24, Vladimir Putin ordered the Russian army to invade Ukraine. “It was a combination of irredentism, great Russian chauvinism and authoritarian rule in play and they have forced us to recast our thinking,” says Jeffrey Simpson, renowned journalist and Russian expert. By that, he means we have been fForced us to reshape our […]

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Douglas Todd: Will Canada crack down on property-buying oligarchs and their dirty money?

Credit to Author: Douglas Todd| Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2022 19:54:48 +0000

Opinion: Most provinces still let rich foreigners buy property in Canada while concealing their identity

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World Taekwondo revokes Putin’s honorary black belt

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2022 07:09:56 +0000

HONG KONG (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin had his honorary black belt in taekwondo revoked by the sport’s international governing body on Tuesday, over his country’s invasion of Ukraine. As Russian troops amass outside Kyiv, and hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian refugees flee into neighbouring countries, world leaders have heaped punishing economic sanctions on […]

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