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EDITORIAL – In the name of humanity, when will we say ‘No more’ to Putin?

March 15, 2022 // 10 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. HOW MANY bombed-out maternity hospitals will it take? How many destroyed apartment buildings, flattened shopping centres, public buildings? [Continue]

KNOX – Throwing paint on church doors will do nothing to help Ukraine

March 6, 2022 // 0 Comments

SOMEBODY JUST VANDALIZED St. Sophia’s Orthodox Church in Fairfield, throwing red paint on the front doors. The vandals probably thought they were striking a blow for [Continue]

BEPPLE – Governments need to put more budget focus on families

March 2, 2022 // 0 Comments

SCROLLING THROUGH the endless posts on the Russian war on Ukraine, one sees image after image of war. Burned-out buildings, disabled tanks, and Ukrainian soldiers and [Continue]

FORSETH – ‘Never again’ can’t just be a phrase; it has to mean something

March 1, 2022 // 3 Comments

I CAN’T HELP BUT FEEL I am not alone in worrying, and wondering, about what the world can do following the rolling of Russia’s military in to the sovereign and [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Do rallies supporting Ukraine make any difference?

February 28, 2022 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. DO ANTI-WAR RALLIES accomplish anything, or do they just make us feel good? In Kamloops on Saturday, rallies in support of Ukraine were held [Continue]

KNOX – A prayer for peace in Ukraine

February 27, 2022 // 0 Comments

FATHER YURIV VYSHNEVSKYY is shovelling snow from his stairs before Thursday morning’s service. What, he is asked, does a priest tell parishioners to do on a day like [Continue]

PETERS – Now we see the true face of tyranny

February 26, 2022 // 2 Comments

ALL THOSE PROTESTERS crying “Tyranny!” should feel pretty sheepish right about now. The occupiers who said they were willing to die to fight a government they felt was [Continue]

UKRAINE – Kamloops rallies in support of Ukraine against Putin’s invasion

February 26, 2022 // 0 Comments

Very moving rally in support of Ukraine today in front of the Kamloops [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Bouncy castles, pig roasts and dying in Ukraine

February 26, 2022 // 2 Comments

THERE ARE NO BOUNCY CASTLES or pig roasts in the streets of Kiev (or Keev, or Kayev, or Kyiv, depending on whichever TV news announcer is on shift) today. I didn’t come up [Continue]

JOHNSON – Reflections on Ukraine after Day One of the Russian invasion

February 25, 2022 // 2 Comments

THE MOMENT OF THE WRITING of this column, was at the end of day one of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The air campaign was in full swing and there are reports of [Continue]

BEPPLE – Canada needs to prepare for Ukrainian refugees if war comes

February 23, 2022 // 1 Comment

WATCHING THE MOUNTING RUSSIAN TROOPS on Ukraine’s borders is ominous. Military actions, escalating bombings, and armed conflict grows every day. And with war comes [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Canadians want to support Ukraine, but from a distance

February 17, 2022 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE February 17, 2022 – Concern over escalating tensions along the Russia-Ukraine border has several NATO countries – including Canada – advising [Continue]

Another side to West’s position on Ukraine

April 8, 2014 // 0 Comments

LETTER — Like Alexander the Great, four British invasions, and the Soviets before them, Harper has limped out of Afghanistan while telling his constituents that democracy [Continue]

‘International law’ just political convenience

March 11, 2014 // 1 Comment

TUESDAY MORNING EDITORIAL — Hypocrisy in politics is as old as politics itself, but the crisis in Ukraine is taking it to a new level. On the one hand, we have Russian [Continue]