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“Slave” tattoos, electric shock devices, and plastic bracelets. These are examples of the kinds of objects and physical abuses deployed by human traffickers to control, torture, and brand their victims, …
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Ottawa/CMEDIA: The Canadian government will be opening new immigration streams for Ukrainians, taking major trade action against Russia, and sending more lethal aid to Ukraine. One of these two streams would …
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CMEDIA: The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted a resolution on Wednesday demanding that Russia immediately end its military operations in Ukraine. Known informally as the world’s “town hall”, the Assembly …
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Ottawa/IBNS: Canada’s additional sanctions against Russia might end up hurting the Canadian economy, said Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Freeland on Tuesday. “Tariffs and retaliation and sanctions are the most …
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Edmonton (AB)/CMEDIA: Sydney Halcrow, chief of a northern Alberta First Nation, the Kapawe’no First Nation held back tears as he said at an emotional news conference Tuesday that the discovery …
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On 25 February 2022, spent pieces of a rocket lie next to a playground, with military operations ongoing in Kyiv, Ukraine. Image credit: © UNICEF/Andrii Marienko/UNIAN Rockets have been “raining …
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Ottawa/CMEDIA: Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced additional sanctions against Russia and Russian-backed organizations including barring Canadian banks from conducting any transactions with the Russian Central Bank, a move aligned with a host …
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Ottawa/CMEDIA: Canada Tuesday announced $100 million additional humanitarian support for Ukraine in response to immediate needs arising from the Ukraine crisis at the virtual joint launch of the Humanitarian Flash Appeal and the Regional …
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Assembly President Abdulla Shahid addresses members of the General Assembly Emergency Special Session on Ukraine. Image credit: UN Photo/Evan Schneide As fighting escalates in Ukraine, UN Member States met on …
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Ottawa/CMEDIA: A joint announcement by Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly and Defence Minister Anita Anand was made Feb 27 at a press conference regarding the dispatch of $25 million worth of …
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