Olivia Ward
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Vladimir Putin is using nuclear terror to alarm NATO countries, as his miscalculations threaten his power at home
Putin may be gambling that he could blame a devastating nuclear “accident” on Ukrainian forces and “fascism,” without risk of a nuclear reprisal. → Read More
From his bunker, Vladimir Putin lashes out at both Ukraine and Russia to feed his fevered Soviet fantasy
Amid the carnage, Putin is also waging an internal war of repression on dissidents and media to conceal the truth from the Russian people. → Read More
Change laws to protect health care workers from protestors
Although medical workers in Canada and the U.S. are touted as “heroes,” they are increasing targets for abuse by belligerent “anti-vaxxers” and “anti-... → Read More
A Star war correspondent recalls the miraculous survival of her captured helpers in Kosovo and Chechnya. Will the vulnerable Afghans left behind be so lucky?
Former Star war correspondent Olivia Ward’s on-the-ground helpers — an Albanian interpreter and her driver in Chechnya — survived being captured by wh... → Read More
These dire pandemic times call for desperate measures
If inept leadership is leading the province toward infection rates predicted to rival the horrors experienced south of the border – as the data has sh... → Read More
Only modern COVID-19 strategy can impact youth behaviour
The messages leaders need to deliver now, through social media, are clear, raw and factual. They tell the young not just what to do, but why they have... → Read More
‘I would rather die than go back to prison.’ Inside Saeed Malekpour’s harrowing escape from Iran
After spending 11 years in Iran’s infamous Evin prison, Malekpour seized an opportunity to flee, using the cover of night and multiple vehicles in his perilous journey to freedom and a new life in Canada. → Read More
Parody Sweeps Washington — Many Infected
“It’s a troubling feature of the virus that the victims don’t realize how sick they are,” the official added. “Unfortunately, many are beyond help.” → Read More
Is Donald Trump the American Boris Yeltsin?
Trump may see himself as an American Putin, but Putin likely sees Trump as an American Boris Yeltsin, writes "New Yorker" columnist Jelani Cobb. → Read More
Daniel Peterson, top restoration expert, dies of cancer
He never went to art school, but Toronto-based Daniel Peterson helped make government art in Washington great again. → Read More
Olivia Ward: Truth, Lies and Democracy: Journalism in the Age of Trump
March 14, 2017 – She calls herself a humble scribbler, but when I read in a recent parody by Canadian journalist Olivia Ward about how Donald Trump reacted to allegations about “The Russian Connection” by ordering the Russian Tea Room in Manhattan to close down and how Kellyanne Conway had her children’s Russian wolfhound put down “in a very kind and humane way” to deflate any suspicion of links… → Read More
Truth, Lies and Democracy: Journalism in the Age of Trump
She calls herself a humble scribbler, but when I read in a recent parody by Canadian journalist Olivia Ward about how Donald Trump reacted to allegations about “The Russian Connection” by ordering the Russian Tea Room in Manhattan to close … Continue reading → Read More
8 years later his family is still asking the same question: how can we free Saeed Malekpour?
Advocates ramp up pressure on Canada to fight to free 41-year-old Canadian resident Saeed Malekpour, sentenced to life in Iran’s notorious Evin Prison. → Read More
Documentary’s online sting exposes Daesh recruiters
It was an elaborate plan: conjure up two perfect undercover “recruits” to lure Daesh’s ravenous online recruiters. The plan worked, but the filmmaker never thought they’d actually talk. → Read More
Genocide of Yazidis has garnered little international response
Concerted attack by Daesh on minority ethnic group made headlines in August 2014, but advocates say “the world doesn’t seem to understand” what peril the community is still in. → Read More
Rio’s image marred by claims of human rights violations
Brazil denies allegations it evicted residents, displaced thousands of children for the sake of Olympic Games. → Read More
Toxic Brexit debate has lead the U.K. into political turmoil: Analysis
Fitting the times, the most likely successor to British PM David Cameron is flamboyant ex-mayor Boris Johnson — the closest the U.K. has to Donald Trump. → Read More
New website lets voters around the globe have their say
British nation-branding consultant Simon Anholt has launched Global Vote, which lets people from all over the world cast a cyber-ballot for other countries' elections and referendums. → Read More
Dion accepts UN report that calls Daesh attacks on Yazidis genocide
The foreign affairs minister agrees with UN report, but continues to resist Conservative demands to resume Canadian combat against Daesh. → Read More
Situation in Fallujah, Iraq, dire as city under siege again
World Food Program sounds alarm as civilians trapped by fighting contend with starvation and scant supplies are grabbed by Daesh. → Read More