More than 115 cases of eye damage reported in Ontario after solar eclipse
More than 115 people who viewed the solar eclipse in Ontario earlier this month experienced eye damage after the event, according to eye doctors in the province.
Satellite images captured over the last two months by Maxar Technologies show a buildup of Russian forces and equipment near Ukraine's border, giving evidence to fears from the U.S. intelligence community that an invasion is imminent.
Officials from the U.S. intelligence community have determined that Russia has massed around 70,000 troops near its border with Ukraine and that an invasion could begin as early as 2022, according to a Biden administration official who discussed the situation with the Associated Press
Below is a collection of satellite imagery and recent photographs from the war-hit Donestsk region in eastern Ukraine.
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This Nov. 26, 2021 satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows a Russian troop location at the Pogonovo training ground in Voronezh region, Russia. (Satellite image ©2021 Maxar Technologies via AP)
This Nov. 26, 2021 satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows a Russian troop location at the Pogonovo training ground in Voronezh region, Russia. (Satellite image ©2021 Maxar Technologies via AP)
This Nov. 9, 2021 image from Maxar Technologies shows a group of Russian forces and equipment near Yelnya, Russia. (Satellite image ©2021 Maxar Technologies)
This Nov. 9, 2021 image from Maxar Technologies shows a group of Russian forces and equipment near Yelnya, Russia. (Satellite image ©2021 Maxar Technologies)
Another image from the Yelnya region, this Nov. 9, 2021 photograph from Maxar Technologies shows Russian troops and equipment near the border with Ukraine. (Satellite image ©2021 Maxar Technologies)
Another image from the Yelnya region, this Nov. 9, 2021 photograph from Maxar Technologies shows Russian troops and equipment near the border with Ukraine. (Satellite image ©2021 Maxar Technologies)
This satellite image taken on Oct. 18, 2021 by Maxar Technologies shows the location of Russian troops in the Yevpatoria municipality in Crimea. (Satellite image ©2021 Maxar Technologies)
This satellite image taken on Oct. 18, 2021 by Maxar Technologies shows the location of Russian troops in the Yevpatoria municipality in Crimea. (Satellite image ©2021 Maxar Technologies)
A wider angle of the previous image, this photograph from Maxar Technologies shows a Russian troop location in the Yevpatoria municipality in Crimea on Oct. 18, 2021. (Satellite image ©2021 Maxar Technologies)
A wider angle of the previous image, this photograph from Maxar Technologies shows a Russian troop location in the Yevpatoria municipality in Crimea on Oct. 18, 2021. (Satellite image ©2021 Maxar Technologies)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, awards a soldier in a trench as he visits the war-hit Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 6, 2021. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, awards a soldier in a trench as he visits the war-hit Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 6, 2021. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, walks in a trench as he visits the war-hit Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 6, 2021. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, walks in a trench as he visits the war-hit Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 6, 2021. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)
Ukrainian soldiers walk under a camouflage net in a trench on the line of separation from pro-Russian rebels near Debaltsevo, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Friday, Dec 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Andriy Dubchak)
Ukrainian soldiers walk under a camouflage net in a trench on the line of separation from pro-Russian rebels near Debaltsevo, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Friday, Dec 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Andriy Dubchak)
A Ukrainian soldier sits in a fighting position on the line of separation from pro-Russian rebels near Debaltsevo, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Friday, Dec 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Andriy Dubchak)
A Ukrainian soldier sits in a fighting position on the line of separation from pro-Russian rebels near Debaltsevo, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Friday, Dec 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Andriy Dubchak)
More than 115 people who viewed the solar eclipse in Ontario earlier this month experienced eye damage after the event, according to eye doctors in the province.
George Mallory is renowned for being one of the first British mountaineers to attempt to scale the dizzying heights of Mount Everest during the 1920s. Nearly a century later, newly digitized letters shed light on Mallory’s hopes and fears about ascending Everest.
A Sherwood Park family says their new house is uninhabitable. The McNaughton's say they were forced to leave the house after living there for only a week because contaminants inside made it difficult to breathe.
An emergency slide fell off a Delta Air Lines jetliner shortly after takeoff Friday from New York, and pilots who felt a vibration in the plane circled back to land safely at JFK Airport.
The B.C. NDP has asked the federal government to recriminalize public drug use, marking a major shift in the province's approach to addressing the deadly overdose crisis.
Sophie Gregoire Trudeau says there is 'still so much love' between her and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, as they navigate their post-separation relationship co-parenting their three children.
A man has been handed a lengthy hunting ban and fined thousands of dollars for illegally killing a grizzly bear, B.C. conservation officers say.
An Ontario man who took out a loan to pay for auto repairs said his car was repossessed after he missed two payments.
A girl and a boy, both 14 years old, made their first appearance today in a Halifax courtroom, where they each face a second-degree murder charge in the stabbing death of a 16-year-old high school student.
Mounties in Nanaimo, B.C., say two late-night revellers are lucky their allegedly drunken antics weren't reported to police after security cameras captured the men trying to steal a heavy sign from a downtown business.
A property tax bill is perplexing a small townhouse community in Fergus, Ont.
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The giant stone statues guarding the Lions Gate Bridge have been dressed in custom Vancouver Canucks jerseys as the NHL playoffs get underway.
A local Oilers fan is hoping to see his team cut through the postseason, so he can cut his hair.
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A former educational assistant is calling attention to the rising violence in Alberta's classrooms.
The federal government says its plan to increase taxes on capital gains is aimed at wealthy Canadians to achieve “tax fairness.”
At 6'8" and 350 pounds, there is nothing typical about UBC offensive lineman Giovanni Manu, who was born in Tonga and went to high school in Pitt Meadows.