Politics

Ottawa promised millions of dollars in additional military aid to Ukraine and closed Canada’s airspace to Russian aircraft on Sunday, February 27, 2022, as the drumbeat of nuclear war grew louder.

Russian President Vladimir Putin put his nuclear forces on increased alert on Sunday in a major escalation of tensions with the West. Russia’s conventional military assault on Ukraine entered its fourth day with fighting in the streets of the country’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, and troops moving closer to the capital.

The secretary-general of the United Nations opened the most recent annual meeting of Earth’s leaders with a bleak assessment of the planet’s state of affairs. Humanity, he said, faced “a moment of truth.”

The U.N.’s two major bodies -- the 193-nation General Assembly and the more powerful 15-member Security Council -- are holding separate meetings Monday on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, reflecting widespread demands for a cease-fire and escalating concern for the millions of Ukrainians caught up in the war.

Russia’s central bank sharply raised its key rate on Monday, February 28, 2022, in a desperate attempt to shore up the plummeting ruble and prevent the run of banks amid crippling Western sanctions over the Russian war in Ukraine.

They file into neighboring countries by the hundreds of thousands — refugees from Ukraine clutching children in one arm, belongings in the other. And they’re being heartily welcomed, by leaders of countries like Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Moldova and Romania.

The United States and European allies said on Friday, February 25, 2022, they were stepping up sanctions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by adding measures directly targeting President Vladimir Putin and his foreign minister, putting diplomatic appeals to one side as Russia’s forces closed on Ukraine’s capital.

Crown liquor stores in several Canadian provinces were pulling Russian products from their shelves on Friday, February 25, 2022, in light of Russia’s invasion of neighbouring Ukraine.

She said the fact that Canadians have a diversity of experience and opinions makes the country stronger "when we are respectful of each other.” But respect “is something we really have to work on in the next months and probably years," she believes. 

With the United States and Canada each taking stock of their supply−chain woes and marking one year since their heralded bilateral "road map," a group of House Republicans is raising concerns about whether the two countries should be working together on critical minerals.

Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan says he plans to put paid sick leave on the agenda for a meeting with his provincial and territorial counterparts to resolve a patchwork system of policies and workplace culture that may dissuade workers from staying home when ill.

Yellow and blue flags flew in cities across Canada on Thursday, February, 24, 2022, as Ukrainian Canadians organized demonstrations to denounce Russia’s attack on Ukraine and urged Ottawa to act swiftly to defend their homeland.

Canadians can expect to pay more at the pump as Russia’s attack on Ukraine puts even greater pressure on an already surging oil price environment.