Defense lawyer Amal Clooney has requested a meeting with Egypt’s president regarding her client Mohamed Fahmy’s continued imprisonment. © AP Photo/Christian Lutz In a seeming reversal of his fortunes, Al-Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy has been given a new trial date. Egypt’s… »
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Arts & Entertainment, Environment & Animal Life, Highlights, International, Society
They’re away! Yukon Quest off and running.
The mushers at the annual Yukon Quest International Sled dog race are already racing toward the finish line som 1,600 km away. Dogs showing their excitement and determination as they realize they’re about to start. Note the protective boots on… »
Arts & Entertainment, Highlights, International, Society
Passing of a quietly legendary musician
He was one of the greatest creators of what is known as easy listening or ‘middle of the road” (MOR) music. Percy Faith died on February 9 1976. If the name is not familiar, his music certainly is, still quietly… »
Documentary film: Age of the Drones
In a follow-up to their earlier documentary “Remote Control War”, film about the military use of drones, Winnipeg filmmakers Leif Kaldor & Leslea Mair of Zoot Pictures now turn to civilian and government non-military applications of drones in the new… »
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Politics Today – February 8, 2015
On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda reports on the sudden resignation of Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird. He also reports on a failed attempt to restore Canada’s long form census, the controversy over the largest military… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, Indigenous, International, Society
Environment, oil and Russia’s military: Arctic week in Review
Eye on the Arctic brings you stories and newsmakers from across the North On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this week: – Could Greenpeace’s Save the Arctic campaign… »
Economy, International, Society
Report: Secrecy and lax enforcement by Canada when dealing with military exports
On paper Canada has some of the strongest export controls in the world, but they are not being respected says Cesar Jaramillo, Program Officer with the anti-war advocacy group Project Ploughshares. In a briefing paper released this month, he points… »
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Slavery Remembered
The UN declared 2004 the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition. Slavery has existed since time immemorial, but what began in Africa in the 9th century increased dramatically with the discovery of the New World… »
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Major Supreme Court decision: doctor assisted suicide not illegal
In a landmark and unanimous 9-0 decision the Supreme Court ruled the Criminal Code laws prohibiting physician-assisted death infringes Section 7 of the Charter, which states that everyone has right to life, liberty and security of the person The case… »
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Report warns more Arctic shipping will increase warming, affect health
A new report on air pollution from ships in the high Arctic warns of huge increases in air pollution from shipping. Although the report by the the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) is called “Air pollution from marine vessels… »
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