Saturday, May 20, 2023

At least 9 dead in stampede at soccer stadium in El Salvador

El Salvador Soccer Stampede

At least nine people were killed and dozens more injured when stampeding soccer fans pushed through one of the access gates at a quarterfinal match in the Salvadoran league Saturday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/stampede-soccer-stadium-el-salvador-1.6850818?cmp=rss

Zelenskyy and Trudeau meet face-to-face at G7 in Japan

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy early Sunday on the margins of the Group of Seven summit, CBC's Murray Brewster reports from Hiroshima, Japan.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/japan-g7-summit-zelenskyy-trudeau-1.6850676?cmp=rss

Russia's Wagner Group claims control of Bakhmut, but Ukraine says fighting continues

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Russia's Wagner Group private army claimed on Saturday to have finally captured the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut after the longest and bloodiest battle of the war. Kyiv denied the city had fallen, though it called the situation there critical.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-russia-war-day-451-1.6850552?cmp=rss

'All I do is treat the wounded': Meet the Ukrainian surgeon operating on soldiers fighting Russia

Health professionals working during surgery at a Kyiv military hospital

As the lead trauma surgeon at a Kyiv military hospital, Petro Nikitin has his hands deep in a war churning hundreds of kilometres away. The 59-year-old doctor's work to repair the bodies of some of the most badly injured soldiers is all-consuming.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-surgeon-war-injured-1.6849816?cmp=rss

Canadian architects bring campaign to address housing crisis from the street to world stage

Canadian pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale

The Canadian pavilion at the prestigious Venice Architecture Biennale in Italy has been transformed by a collective of architects, housing activists and experts for the exhibit Not for Sale!, a political, social and creative campaign that aims to address the housing crisis.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/venice-architecture-biennale-canada-exhibit-1.6849433?cmp=rss

Denmark is getting off fossil fuels. Are there lessons there for Canada?

Esbjerg Havn

After more than a decade spent thinking about fossil fuels and climate change, Angela Carter was looking for a “beacon of hope” to inspire Canada with alternative visions for what an oil and gas-dependent society could become.



source https://www.cbc.ca/radio/whatonearth/denmark-fossil-fuels-canada-1.6849212?cmp=rss