Ukraine’s Foreign Affairs Minister Dmytro Kuleba said a “barbaric” air strike hit directly in front of a government building in Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, killing an estimated 10 people, according to Ukrainian emergency services. Meanwhile, a large convoy of Russian troops was seen near Kyiv and Russian forces have reportedly entered the southern city of Kherson.
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is headed to the Poland-Ukraine border on Tuesday to ensure that Canada’s latest supply of military aid flows into the war-ravaged country.
Her visit comes as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday that Canada was sending anti-tank weapons and upgraded ammunition to Ukraine, which amounted to a significant enhancement in lethal military aid.
I doubt the Poles want her. Maybe she wants to meet Steven Seagal.
Russia strikes at TV tower in Ukraine’s Kyiv, TV channels across the country stopped broadcasting several minutes ago.
Il video del bombardamento alla torre delle TV #ucraina #kyiv pic.twitter.com/7St4arGuKV
— Pier (@joecool_16) March 1, 2022
Ontario confirms 18 more COVID-19 deaths; ICU occupancy continues to decline
Ontario confirmed 1,176 new coronavirus cases today, but health officials warn that could be an underestimate due to testing restrictions.
Among the latest cases, 858 are fully vaccinated, 165 are unvaccinated, 27 are partially vaccinated and 126 have an unknown vaccination status.
All remaining capacity limits, COVID-19 vaccine passport system end in Ontario today
Ontario is ending most of its major COVID-19 public health measures today, though Premier Doug Ford has said mask mandates will likely be in place for at least a couple more weeks.
COVID-19 hospitalizations and test positivity rates have fallen sharply from the January peak of the Omicron wave, though wastewater data suggests cases may be starting to rise again.
PS. I will continue this daily posting until the Mask Mandate is lifted hopefully signifying the end of the ChiCom Flu pandemic
Sentencing is set to take place on March 10 for former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett, after being found guilty near the beginning of December of five of six counts of lying to the police and staging a fake hate crime.
A majority of Canadians are struggling to keep up with the rising cost of living, a new Angus Reid survey has found, with seven in 10 saying they worry about money regularly.
According to the Cost of Living Index, 53% of Canadians agreed or strongly agreed with the statement, “I can’t keep up with the cost of living.”
The CDC, as always, claims to be following the science and adapting to changing conditions. But given that CDC Director Rochelle Walensky was saying as recently as February 15 that the agency had no plans to change its recommendations for schools, it seems clear that the CDC is shifting with the same political winds that encouraged one Democratic governor after another to lift statewide mask mandates.
The first day of March swept in with an icy blast of wind and snow; the sixth day of Russia’s invasion unfolds with a gnawing sense of foreboding. Satellite images convey, with searing clarity, the pace of Russia’s progress towards Kyiv. A serpentine armoured convoy, some 65km (40 miles) long, bristling with tanks and troops, slowly snakes forward. It’s only 27km away.
Russia strikes Kharkiv government HQ as more forces join column outside Kyiv
Russian forces have bombarded the government headquarters in Ukraine’s second biggest city, killing at least 11 civilians, officials have said, as a huge armoured column rolling towards the capital, Kyiv, raised fears of more devastating Russian tactics.
Ukraine’s foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba on Tuesday tweeted video of the explosion in Kharkiv’s Freedom Square, calling it a “barbaric Russian missile strike” and accusing the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, of “murdering innocent civilians”.
What are thermobaric weapons and how do they work?
Fears have risen over the use of thermobaric weapons by Russia after the Ukrainian ambassador to the US said a vacuum bomb – another term for the weapon – had been used during the invasion.
⚡️ Russian forces have struck Independence Square in central Kharkiv with a powerful explosion.
According to a video of the event, the blast detonated right in front of the headquarters of the Kharkiv Oblast government.
Video: Ukraine NOW/Telegram pic.twitter.com/poZjYcjRjD
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) March 1, 2022
Further, the Kremlin has come in for criticism after blaming Foreign Secretary Liz Truss for Vladimir Putin’s decision to order Russia’s nuclear deterrent to be on high alert.
One of the bolder economic moves against Russia following its invasion of Ukraine was taken by the European Union and Canada when they banned all Russian aircraft from landing in their countries or even flying through their airspace. That decision was put to the test yesterday when an Aeroflot commercial jet flew through Canadian airspace on the way from Miami to Moscow. It was a brief incursion, but it still violated the new rules. Transport Canada and the Nav Canada air traffic control service are currently “reviewing” the incident, but it’s unclear what can be done about it or what will happen if they do it again today.
For over a year, we’ve been told that mRNA vaccines, including Pfizer and Moderna, don’t integrate with human cell DNA. However, a new study from Sweden published in the Current Issues of Molecular Biology says otherwise.
A major part of Justin Trudeau’s appeal to progressive voters in Canada is his international reputation as a liberal golden boy.
But Trudeau’s use of war-time measures to crack down a peaceful working class protest has shattered that image. It made him look weak, hypocritical, petty and mean.
On his show, Carlson had delivered a critical review of a new book about her titled “Take Up Space: The Unprecedented AOC.” This didn’t sit well with AOC, who accused Carlson of harassment.
Sensible Canadians have to wonder where it all comes from. How did our country arrive at a most unnatural condition: systemic prejudice against its majority population. It doesn’t exist in China, India, Pakistan, or any other top source nation for immigration to our country.
Ukraine government officials and members of its parliament have been calling on Canada and its allies to deliver more weapons — including guns and anti-aircraft missiles — to keep Russian forces from gaining control of key cities.
After denouncing Russia at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said today that Defence Minister Anita Anand is working on sending more lethal aid.
Trump made the comment at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Conroe, Texas in support of the Canadian trucker convoy, saying “a line has been crossed” when the Trudeau government cracked down on the peaceful demonstrations.
This video is not from Russia. It's from Canada 🇨🇦pic.twitter.com/ngLLSiP0tF
— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) February 27, 2022
“The Obama-Biden administration has refused lethal aid to Ukraine for a long time,” the official told the Daily Wire under the condition of anonymity. “It was [former President Donald] Trump who was the first to provide some Javelins to Ukraine, then Biden started sending Javelins in mass just before invasion. But too little, too late.”
In the recent past, reports on China’s impact on Hollywood have tended to focus on overt censorship — the content studios willingly alter when Beijing balks (think swapping Maverick’s jacket patches in the “Top Gun” sequel) or the blind eye they’re willing to turn when LGBT scenes end up on the cutting room floor (think 20th Century’s no comment about the changes to “Bohemian Rhapsody”). Occasionally, headlines erupt when an American star makes a misstep during promotion and winds up groveling for offending Xi Jinping, as John Cena did after correctly calling Taiwan a country.
One day before Biden is set to deliver the State of the Union Address, the Associated Press (AP) preempted his speech with an article describing the actual state of the country as one of “disunity, funk and peril.” The article slammed Biden for his leadership during a time when the nation’s “strength is being sharply tested from within — and now from afar.”
Tamara Lich, a 47-year-old mother from Alberta, was arrested and charged recently for “counseling to commit mischief” after raising more than $10 million through a GoFundMe campaign in support of the Canadian Freedom Convoy protesters.
