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Russians accused of shooting at Ukrainian residents being evacuated from flooded homes
“There are few safe places to hide now with all the water.” Ukrainians affected by destroyed dam are urging the world to intervene.
These seniors stayed in Ukraine’s war zone as thousands fled. Here’s how they’ve survived — and why they won’t leave
When the Russians came, most villagers fled, naturally. But a few felt they couldn’t. Now they survive in a decimated landscape that even some insects have left behind.
Was street hero murdered? His death was ruled an accidental overdose. Friends say he was targeted.
Christopher Schwede was a crack cocaine user and dealer who worked to keep drug supplies clean. Friends say his death may have been a ‘hot shot’ and is worthy of further investigation.
The other Russian invasion. Wave of arrivals in Thailand spurs mixed feelings
‘Not Thailand anymore’: Russians are flocking to Phuket — but not all is well in paradise
Have fentanyl ‘hot shots’ become a murder weapon of choice for some criminals?
It’s hard for authorities to determine the line between an unintentional overdose and when a recreational drug was intentionally laced with a lethal substance such as fentanyl. Two cases in Thunder Bay with suspicious circumstances highlight the issue.
LGBTQ soldiers are fighting for Ukraine. Will Ukraine fight for them when the war is over?
Antonina Romanova, a trans soldier in Bakhmut, faces threats on both sides. But “our commander doesn’t care who we are as long as we are good fighters.”
‘We are free’: Two sisters are starting anew — after decades in prison for a murder they say they didn’t commit
The Quewezance sisters have many things to get done and navigate for themselves, but beyond that, ‘I want to use my freedom to help other women suffering,’ said Odelia.
My visit with Odelia Quewezance — jailed for a murder she says she didn’t commit — stirs up hope but opens old wounds
Quewezance, convicted with her sister in a killing her cousin confessed to, may be on the cusp of freedom. Why a visit to her home stirred old emotions.
Russia struggling to care for abducted Ukrainian children
As Ukrainian families fear for children taken by Putin, Russian charities fear growing crisis
For women, still a long way to go, despite our progress
Although women now represent half of the labour force, fewer than five per cent of Canadian companies have a woman CEO. Canada needs to better understand and address the societal stereotypes that continue to drive girls away from STEM.
‘I didn’t expect to survive’: Ukrainian soldier reflects on triumph, loss and horror
Volodymyr Demchenko, one of Ukraine’s many ordinary citizens who volunteered to defend the country has survived many of the war’s most bloody battles — and is determined to fight to the end.
Russians regret war but wary of West
“I don’t want this fate for my country. And I don’t want it for Ukraine. It truly hurts for every victim.”
A narrow escape, a double tragedy and a childs’s kidnapping — one family’s year of war
The war caught Svitlana Kuzminskaya by surprise. She was stuck in Mariupol, but separated from her sons in the city, then had to flee without them.
When terrified Ukrainians flee the war’s front, this is the city that helps them mourn and heal
Chernivtsi built a reputation long ago as a humane, welcoming place. A flood of people displaced by Russia’s invasion are putting it to the test.
‘It is clearly a strategy’: The truth is emerging about Russia’s use of rape in the war on Ukraine
“The women are destroyed….I have never heard such horrors in my life.” “The enemy allowed them to continue living but their weapon destroyed their lives.”
Caring for the dogs of war: Ukraine’s front-line soldiers take time to shelter pets caught up in invasion
‘A lot of our guys have died,’ said one soldier near besieged Bakhmut. ‘But as long as we have food, we will feed the dogs.’
‘There are no moral rules.’ Russia’s treatment of PoWs shows a systemic pattern of abuse.
‘A system of terror.’ Recently freed female PoWs detail Russia’s pattern of abuse.
‘A wound that will stay with us forever.’ Inside a traumatized Ukraine
The trauma of women and children who have been attacked, tortured and raped by Russian soldiers is leaving victims in a dark place. Many have nowhere to turn for help.
‘She doesn’t like to speak.’ The children who fled war-torn Ukraine face long recovery
Many who have experienced violence from Russian attacks, lost a parent or have no home to return to are in deep distress
Stories of deliverance for Ukrainian soldiers after months of Russian PoW camp hell
Three Ukraine soldiers, including a pregnant medic, survive six months in a squalid Russian prison to tell their stories