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Month: February 2022

Norway ski body says Russians not welcome to compete there

GENEVA (AP) — Russian skiers are not welcome to compete in Norway. The Nordic country’s ski federation call was made Saturday citing Russian “violations of international law and attacks on the Ukrainian people.” Norway’s view directly contradicts International Ski Federation policy announced late Friday to let Russian athletes continue to compete. Norway has just topped

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Radiation levels rise after Russian troops capture Chornobyl plant, monitoring agency says

By Solarina Ho, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Radiation levels in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone rose after Russian forces took control of the nuclear reactor plant in Ukraine, according to radiation monitoring data, with Ukrainian experts attributing the spike to contaminated soil in the area being

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Canada to sanction Putin, Russia’s foreign minister for Ukraine invasion

By Sarah Turnbull, CTVNews.ca producer Click here for updates on this story     OTTAWA, Ontario (CTV Network) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday that Canada will follow the lead of its allies and levy sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov for the country’s attack on Ukraine. The announcement comes

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Wanda Cooper-Jones

A scholarship, a resolution and calls for accountability: How Ahmaud Arbery’s family and community honored him 2 years after his murder

By Christina Maxouris, Alta Spells and Maximillian Boudreaux, CNN Wanda Cooper-Jones said she wanted guilty verdicts in the federal trial for her son’s killers by the time she marked two years since Ahmaud Arbery was gunned down during a jog. They came a day earlier. Jurors found Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael and their neighbor William

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Wanda Cooper-Jones

A scholarship, a resolution and calls for accountability: How Ahmaud Arbery’s family and community honored him 2 years after his murder

By Christina Maxouris, Alta Spells and Maximillian Boudreaux, CNN Wanda Cooper-Jones said she wanted guilty verdicts in the federal trial for her son’s killers by the time she marked two years since Ahmaud Arbery was gunned down during a jog. They came a day earlier. Jurors found Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael and their neighbor William

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