Canada to lend $200 million to strife-torn Ukraine

Canada is lending $200 million to Ukraine to boost the strife-torn nation's economy as it battles pro-Russian separatists, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Wednesday. After backing stringent Western-led economic sanctions against Russia over its actions in Ukraine, Harper said Canada now wanted to help stabilize the Ukrainian economy. The low interest $200 million loan comes after the same amount was lent to Ukraine last September, Harper said. Sanctions imposed by Canada targeted Ru