“Canadians have lost even more ground in one of the fundamental elements of free expression—the ability to know what their government is doing and why,” says a news release issued by Canadian Journalists for Free Expression. The CJFE has just… »
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PM’s frustrations with Supreme Court spill over into public exchange with Chief Justice
A difference of opinion between Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Supreme Court of Canada has now blown up into a public exchange of allegations and statements between the Prime Minister and the Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin. Against the… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International, Internet, Science & Technology
What questions should we be asking about the Arctic’s future?
Arctic oil spill response made headlines last week with a new report from the National Research Council in the United States. This week, another report (see links below) focused on key areas that need attention as climate change reshapes the… »
International, Politics, Society
Toronto: March for marijuana
It’s called the “Global Marijuana March” as a demonstration of smoking “weed” as a personal lifestyle choice and as and education campaign for the public. A secondary goal is to get governments that large numbers of people would like governments… »
Number of missing native women jumps
The number of aboriginal women murdered or missing in Canada is much higher than previously thought according to a new compilation of figures from police departments across the country. Nearly 1,200 women have been struck in the past 30 years.… »
New budget in province of Ontario could set off election
“This Budget looks not only at the days ahead but at the next decade,” said the province of Ontario’s Finance Minister Charles Sousa. “We are laying out a robust plan for a strong Ontario with more jobs, more opportunity and… »
Economy, International, Politics, Society
OECD: Top 1% of Canadians account for 37% of total income growth
The reason general income growth is not seen by most people in their salaries is because the top richest 1% get most of it. In Canada, 37% and in the United States, 47%, according to a new study released Wednesday… »
Auction house withdraws bloodied aboriginal tunic
Complaints on social media prompted Waddington’s to pull from auction a small aboriginal child’s leather tunic with a bullet hole and dried blood in the chest area. The gruesome artifact was part of a collection belonging to the late William… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, Highlights, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Old ideas, new again: human waste as fertilizer.
It is perhaps the ultimate example of recycling, although some wags are calling it “pee-cycling”. It’s the ancient practice of using human waste to fertilize crops. “a positive experience” One farmer in east-coast Nova Scotia, says he’s been spreading biosolids… »
Labour leader Sid Ryan calls for worker mobilization, militancy
“The Cdn Labour Movement is at a crossroads. We need to build resistance to Harper from coast to coast. We need a change in direction,” wrote Sid Ryan, president of the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL), in a comment on… »
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