Recent terrorist attacks and arrests have raised questions about homegrown terrorism. Canadians were surprised to learn two young men from a small town in Ontario were involved in the attack at the Algerian gas plant last January. U.S. President Barack… »
Highlights / Year: 2013
Canada/France film Inch’Allah wins jury prize in Beijing
Inch’Allah, a Canadian-French feature film about a young Canadian obstetrician working in a makeshift clinic in a Palestinian refugee camp in the West Bank, has won a special jury prize at the 3rd Beijing International Film Festival. Quebec director Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette’s… »
Canada’s Great Revenue Robbery?
The subtitle of the new book The Great Revenue Robbery is How to Stop the Tax Cuts Scam and Save Canada. It examines the belief held by some that governments waste money and cutting government and taxes will solve a… »
International, Politics, Society
April 24- Anniversary of WWI gas attacks, and Canadian courage
This week in April marks the deadly and devastating use of poison gas in WWI. Although the Germans had attempted some limited use of poison gas previously, it was in April 1915 that gas was employed effectively for the first… »
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Trawler strikes navy frigate, six injured
A U.S. fishing trawler hit a Royal Canadian Navy Frigate on Canada’s west coast yesterday slightly injuring six people. HMCS Winnipeg was moored at a jetty used by the nearby Esquimalt base. The American Dynasty trawler was leaving a ship… »
International, Politics, Society
National Holocaust Memorial for Canada
On Tuesday of this week, National Holocaust Memorial Day, the Canadian government announced the site of the National Holocaust monument. The site in Ottawa will be located near the National War Museum. Making the announcement at a formal ceremony was… »
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Phone apps could allow fraud and id theft, say security experts
New technology designed to make payments easier could be used to steal personal information according to security experts. Many new credit and debit cards allow people to tap them to make a purchase. But the chips which enable the transaction… »
House of Commons Speaker ruling on MPs’ freedom of speech
Canada’s House of Commons Speaker Andrew Scheer ruled on Tuesday (April 23) on a government Member of Parliament’s complaint that the parties in the House are going too far in muzzling their MPs. Journalist Colin Horgan summed up the ruling this… »
Novel evokes immigration, ethnic, family and sexual tensions
The Hungry Ghosts is a new novel by Shyam Selvadurai who himself emigrated from Sri Lanka to Canada when he was 19. His novel moves between both countries. Being a person of colour and gay add to the protagonist, Shivan’s… »
Economy, International, Politics
Canadians and Americans concerned by proposed border crossing fee to U.S.
Canadians and Americans are raising questions and concerns over a proposed new fee for travellers crossing the border on their way to the United States. There are few details about the fee, a fee that exists for air travellers since… »
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