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Fire crews east of Edmonton worked to mop up hot spots early Saturday from a Good Friday wildfire that left parts of the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village in ruins, though the site’s historical buildings appear to have escape unscathed. Carol Slukynski travelled from Fort Saskatchewan to visit the site on Saturday after hearing about the fire from a nearby farmer the day before. “Those buildings mean a lot to continue to preserve our Ukrainian culture and our identity, especially with what is going on with the war in Ukraine,” she said. “I wanted to come out here to to share the resilience and also to put at ease some of the people that are worried about what has happened here.” Lamont County Emergency Services said ...

Donald Trump’s hostility toward Ukraine is no accident. It is part of a long-standing pattern, a vendetta born from personal grievance, political self-interest, and his alignment with Vladimir Putin’s authoritarianism. This week, Trump once again showed his hand. Following Russia’s barbaric Palm Sunday missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Sumy, which targeted and killed civilians, including children going to Palm Sunday services, Trump didn’t condemn the attack. He just shrugged it off, dismissing it as “a mistake.” Worse, he actively rejected a joint G7 statement that denounced the strike and reaffirmed support for Ukraine. A missile that tore through a city on a holy day, launched by a regime known for targeting civilians, was met ...

The Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) has published findings of its election survey of national political party leaders ahead of Canada’s upcoming federal election on April 28 to the nation’s legislature – the House of Commons. The poll collected responses from Canada’s four main political parties: the Liberal Party, the Conservative Party, the New Democratic Party, and the Green Party. “The future of Canada’s freedom and the freedom of Europe depend on our ability to defend our sovereignty and our national interest. Assisting Ukraine in defending its own independence – and the freedom of Europe – is a fundamental national security...

Something is happening behind closed doors—something that could shape the future of Ukraine, and by extension, the principles of global democracy. It’s not happening on the battlefield or in a UN chamber. It’s happening on paper. At the center of the controversy is a proposed deal between the United States and Ukraine. On the surface, it appears to be a postwar investment agreement. But a closer look reveals something more troubling: an arrangement that would give the U.S. significant control over Ukraine’s valuable natural resources—everything from rare earth minerals to oil and gas—in exchange for repaying military aid already provided. According to a Financial Times report, the draft agreement proposes that Ukraine commit “no less than 50% of extractive profits from state-owned subsoil resources” to a joint investment fund managed by U.S.-appointed trustees. That fund...