North Korean President Kim Jong-un has broken with long-held policy and declared he no longer believes peaceful reunification with the South is possible.[WIKIMEDIA]

Sabre-rattling on the Korean Peninsula

STORY BY STEPHEN J. THORNE

In January, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un abandoned his country’s long-held goal of reunifying the Koreas, calling for a constitutional change to identify South Korea as its “number one hostile state,” and marking a major shift in tensions between the two countries.

Addressing North Korea’s rubber-stamp parliament, Kim said he no longer believed peaceful reunification was possible. He accused the South of attempting to foment regime change and promoting reunification by stealth.

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Barker stands next to his Sopwith Camel, 1918. (wikipedia)

Canada’s most decorated military serviceman

STORY BY PAIGE JASMINE GILMAR

William Barker was more than just a First World War flying ace; he is Canada’s most decorated male service member, receiving a total of 12 gallantry awards in the span of only a few years. Barker, known for flying at “dangerously” low altitudes to strafe and bomb the enemy, and not known as a trophy hunter, died in a plane crash 94 years ago.

Born near Dauphin, Man., in 1894, Barker was a skilled shooter. His high school education was cut short by the First World War, when he joined the First Canadian Mounted Rifles and then transferred to the Royal Flying Corps, where he was awarded such honours as the Military Cross and the Distinguished Service Order.

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