For three years Dave Johnson was caught in a Kafkaesque nightmare. Collection agencies working for Canada’s largest cell phone company Rogers claimed he owed more than $5,400 on his Rogers account, but he’d never had one. When he tried to explain to… »
Highlights / Year: 2013
Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Stun guns: a lack of data on health risks
A new Canadian study says there are big gaps in scientific information about the health risk of stun guns, widely used by police. Stun guns are more properly known as “conducted energy weapons” (CEW) although the biggest manufacturer’s product, Taser,… »
Economy, International, Politics, Society
‘Chew on This!’ – Stop hunger and poverty in Canada, say organizers of campaign
Despite being a wealthy economic nation, Canada does not have a good record in dealing with hunger and poverty according to anti-poverty activists. On Thursday (October 17) the International Day for Eradication of Poverty they will be calling for the… »
Canada to help fund Vietnam-era bomb clearance in Laos
A mother-pod which failed to open lies in a Laos field showing the hundreds of bomblets, each of which is roughly equivalent to a hand grenade © Project Pineapple The legacy of the Vietnam war continues to haunt neighbouring Laos, with… »
Arts & Entertainment, Indigenous
Beat Nation: Art, Hip Hop and Aboriginal Culture
The exhibition “Beat Nation: Art, Hip Hop and Aboriginal Culture” will open Thursday (October 17) at Montreal’s Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal. Organized and circulated by the Vancouver Art Gallery the exhibition is based on an initiative of grunt gallery… »
Canada’s largest railway, CN, facing lockout or strike
Labour negotiations between Canada’s largest railway, Canadian National (CN), and the Teamsters union have broken down. Union leaders warned a strike or lockout could occur starting Oct. 28 In a press release Monday (October 14) Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) said… »
Economy, International, Politics, Society
When government promotion of “green employment” may be the wrong path to a better environment.
A new study of so-called “green” jobs, or environmentally friendly jobs, has found that such a classification is little more than fantasy. The study and report comes from the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary, in the… »
International, Politics, Society
Borders, walls, the other, and the illusion of security
Canadian writer Marcello Di Cintio began wondering about walls and their impact after a visit to Bethlehem and Jerusalem. And those questions led him to visit walls around the world, and writing the book “Walls – Travels Along the Barricades”… »
Paddle your pumpkin- Nova Scotia gourd regatta
In a harvest celebration of an unusual sort, people near Windsor, Nova Scotia certainly know how to have fun. Basic natural pumpkin orange is actually rare as the giant gourds are highly decorated. Some 60 paddlers took part this year… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Several Canadian cities join world anti-GMO marches
Marches were held in cities around the world this weekend to protest genetically modified organisms, with most of their concern aimed at the chemical and bio-technology giant, Monsanto. At a march in Canada’s largest city, Toronto, Ontario,former Health Canada scientist… »
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