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2022 was a year full of protest, hope, uncertainty, war and fear. Yahoo Canada wraps up the year by looking back at the most important news headlines, people, and events of the past twelve months.
1. Russian Invasion of Ukraine
The Russian invasion of Ukraine was officially declared by Russia on February 24, 2014. This launched the world into a war This is ongoing nine months later. Many Ukrainians have been killed in the conflict since February. Tens to thousands of civilians were killed and forced millions of people to move. During this time Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s president, became a symbol of hope for his people and the rest of the world with his efforts to protect his country and get help from world superpowers like the United States and Canada.
The rest has been greatly affected affected by Russia’s actions, with fuel and food prices surging as it has never before. Although there is no end in sight to the war, Justin Trudeau, Prime Minster, is still supporting Ukraine with over 1 billion dollars of humanitarian and military aid.
Vladimir Putin, Russian leader, gained significant news coverage in 2022 when he invaded Ukraine and his subsequent interactions with world leaders. Putin is openly revealing his views questioned the legality of Ukraine’s borders, claiming that a large portion of present-day Ukraine occupies historically Russian regions, after saying Russians and Ukrainians are “one people.” He was also heavily protested by the Russian people for his military action in Ukraine as well as the decision to hold a military draft To recruit more forces. Russia has been facing market crashes and significant sanctions from the rest of the world due to Putin’s actions.
For the first time since at least a decade, this year was the inaugural. decade Putin will not hold an end-of-the-year press conference.
In early 2022, the “Freedom Convoy,” a series of demonstrations and blockades against COVID-19 vaccine requirements and limitations became a reality in Canadians’ lives. The protests It caused major disruptions in major cities, including Ottawa where a declaration of emergency was made. This convoy was widely criticized for spreading hateful messages, and causing damage. The federal government was given interim authority to manage protests and blockades against pandemic restrictions. This was the first time the emergency act had been invoked since 1988. The organizers Tamara Lich, Chris Barber and others were arrested. awaiting Their trial is scheduled for 2023.
Millions of Canadians were without internet or cellphones on July 8th. outage in Rogers services connected to an “update” to its network. Customers couldn’t dial 911 while retail stores were down. Debit and credit purchases couldn’t be processed, and ATM issues were reported. The nationwide outage lasted for 19 hours.
5. Anna Delvey
Anna Delvey, also known by Anna Sorokin, a Russian-born German con artists who deceived New York’s elite social, artistic, and financial circles by pretending to be a wealthy sheiress. Between 2013 and 2017, Delvey deceived and misled a number of financial institutions, banks and hotels. She raked in $275,000 total. Her case was picked up worldwide attraction This year, Netflix made her story into a hit TV series. Anna is Invented.
6. CUPE strike
The Catholic Union of Public Employees, CUPE, went on a 2-day strike in November. walk-out Protest against the low wages of educators and the lack of support for students and their parents. After the Ford government’s announcement, the walk-out was over. promised To repeal legislation that required members to sign a contract, and to ban their right to strike.
CUPE represents 55,000 Ontario educators. These include custodians as well as educational assistants, administrative staff at schools, librarians, bus drivers and custodians. The union had been seeking $100 million in guaranteed higher staffing levels. However, both sides reached an agreement on a 3.59 percent wage increase after lengthy negotiations.
7. Monkeypox
After being exposed to the idea of a pandemic using COVID-19 in 2000, the world was again confronted with a new virus by 2022. Monkeypox, rare disease Infection with the monkeypoxvirus is the same virus that causes smallpox. Although the epidemic was much smaller than COVID-19 (1999), monkeypox still infected the masses, with 99% of all cases being confirmed. spread out across ten countries. Many were scared of the monkeypox virus, which can initially appear like pimples and blisters spread throughout the body.
8. Pope Francis
The head of the catholic church and the Vatican’s ambassador, Pope Francis, was also a big part of 2022. Although the Pope sent many messages to the world, the most significant one for Canadians was his. apology About the residential school system. Pope Francis met with Canada’s indigenous communities to condemn the forced assimilation.
9. Robb Elementary School Shooting
The United States was terrorized by another shooting during May. This time, an 18-year old from Uvalde, Texas, was shot. opened fire The Robb Elementary School was attacked by an AR-15-style rifle, killing 19 students. This attack, which took place after the shootings at Virginia Tech and Sandy Hook Elementary Schools in 2007, is the third-deadliest school shooting in American History.
The first responders on the scene are still under scrutiny Before the gunman was killed, the police waited for over an hour outside the classroom.
10. Buffalo Shooting
The May earthquake that rocked the world in May caused a major disruption. mass shooting Ten lives were lost. 13 people were killed in a New York supermarket. 11 of them were Black. The shooter’s racially motivated attack, which was recorded and streamed live on Twitch by the attacker before it was closed down by the authorities, was caught on tape. The gunman’s fate won’t be decided His attorney shared with him that he would be willing to plead guilty for a life sentence in lieu of the death penalty.