Photo credit: CP24 Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow says all City of Toronto contracts valued at less than $353,000 will now be awarded to Canadian firms only amid a trade war with the United States. CP24 reports that Chow also said she plans to present a motion to the executive committee and to the council that,…
Photo credit: ABC News Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh camps say they are worried that their food rations will be cut by half. The World Food Program which is the main UN food agency recently announced that cuts to food rations will take effect from April 1 in Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh, where dozens of camps are…
Photo credit: the Guardian Over 1,000 people, including 745 civilians, were killed in the two days of clashes between Syrian security forces and fighters loyal to the former Assad regime. The Guardian reports that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights based in the UK said 745 civilians were killed mostly execution-style. 125 Syrian security forces…
relic: noun 1 a: an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr b: souvenir, memento 2 relics plural: remains, corpse 3: a survivor or remnant left after decay, disintegration, or disappearance 4: a trace of some past or outmoded practice, custom or belief Source: Merriam-Webster dictionary
Photo credit: CBC Canadians often travel to the United States during March break. However, the US-Canada trade war is changing travel trends.
Photo credit: the independent Russia is willing to discuss a temporary truce in Ukraine provided there is progress toward a final peace settlement according to people familiar with the matter in Moscow. The Economic Times reports that in the first signal of a response from President Vladimir Putin to US President Donald Trump’s call for a…
