international affairs


International News Briefs

Canadian universities aim to recruit students from India Several Canadian university presidents were in India this past week to pitch their schools to Indian education…


Petaflops! Terabytes!

The abundance of decorations, promotions and candy seemed to indicate that there was a celebration or festival going on in the last week of October….


Good & Evil

Good and evil. In politically correct discussion, it is often frowned upon to use those terms. We often hear people say, “You can’t look at…


Why we must remember

This Nov. 11 we once again paused to remember our men and women in uniform who have layed down their lives for our freedom and…



The father of Turkey

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who was born in the Ottoman city in Salonika in 1881, was Turkey’s most beloved hero and the founder of the Republic…


Why do children starve?

Why do children starve? After removing all my cynicism and political-minded hoo-ha, I really don’t understand it. Forget the government, forget unfair distribution on a…


China in Africa

When Chinese supervisors recently shot at protesting Zambian miners, injuring 11, the story quickly became international news. A labour incident in a remote corner of…


Over the sea and back again

It is winter as you walk through the streets of St. Petersburg. The snow drifts gently down, quietly blanketing the canals and bridges on your…