Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Russian parliament begins paving way for Putin to run for president again

RUSSIA-POLITICS/

Russia's ruling United Russia party said on Tuesday it would back a constitutional amendment that would allow President Vladimir Putin to run again, the RIA news agency reported, a prospect Putin has previously played down.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-parliament-putin-constitution-1.5492114?cmp=rss

Minnesota program offers 'blueprint' for pursuing perpetrators of domestic violence

Sgt. Michele Giampolo and Lindsey

In an effort to stop domestic abuse, St. Paul, Minn., has been operating a program that brings together police, prosecutors and victim support services to bring "sure and swift consequences" for intimate partner violence.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/minnesota-program-offers-blueprint-for-pursuing-perpetrators-of-domestic-violence-1.5491038?cmp=rss

Biden vs. Sanders: Comparing the candidates on how their policies would affect Canada

USA-ELECTION/BIDEN

Canada will probably be negotiating a new trade deal with the U.S. if a Democrat wins the White House. But Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden have drastically different views of what a trade deal should look like, and also clash on other topics that matter to Canada. Here's a comparison.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/biden-sanders-canada-comparison-1.5491733?cmp=rss

Crude price plummet raises spectre of spending cuts, job losses in Canadian oilpatch

Alberta TD Economy 20190716

The impact of plunging oil prices landed with a thud in Canada on Monday, sending tremors across the oilpatch and again raising the spectre of spending cuts, production cuts and job cuts.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canadian-oilpatch-price-plunge-1.5491173?cmp=rss

'I've been stuck on March 10th': Families of Ethiopian Airline victims return to site a year after crash

Air Crash Deaths

Families and friends of Flight 302 victims are in Ethiopia at the invitation of the airline to mark the anniversary of the crash that claimed the lives of 157 people, including 18 Canadians.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ethiopia-airline-crash-one-year-later-1.5491745?cmp=rss