A two-day professional training program on how to prevent genocide and mass atrocity was held at Concordia University in Montreal this week. Among the speakers was Canadian Lt.-Gen Roméo Dallaire who headed the UN peacekeeping mission in Rwanda in 1994… »
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Bullied for being Canadian?
A teenager who was recently pulled out of school in the U.S. says he was teased by two of his teachers for being Canadian. Noah Kilpatrick, 15, was born in Ottawa, but moved to Watertown, N.Y. with his family nine… »
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Griffin Poetry Prize 2013 Winners
The Griffin Poetry Prizes were awarded last night and in the international category, ‘Like a Straw Bird it follows Me, and Other Poems’ written by Ghassan Zaqtan and translated into English by Fady Joudah, was the winner. The Canadian book,… »
Wolf chases motorcyclist
A man on a motorcycle took photos of a wolf as it chased him along a highway in Kootenay National Park in the western Canadian Rocky Mountains. This is a highly unusual occurrence, according to park rangers. Tim Bartlett was… »
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Suspect in superhospital corruption case returns
Police accompanied Arthur Porter’s wife, Pamela from Panama to Montreal early Friday where she will face charges that include laundering the proceeds of crime. The couple is suspected of being involved if fraud connected to the awarding of a contract… »
Supreme Court of Canada hearing arguments on constitutionality of prostitution law
The Supreme Court of Canada heard arguments on the constitutionality of Canada’s prostitution law on Thursday (June 13), as demonstrators from both sides of the issue aired their views on its outdoor steps. In court, federal lawyer Michael Morris argued… »
Take a tour of Montreal’s Quartier des Spectacles
This summer visitors and Montrealers alike, can take a tour of the revitalized area of the city now known as the Quartier des Spectacles. In this weekend arts column we’ll hear more about what you might see and hear on… »
Arts & Entertainment, International
Griffin Poetry Prize 2013
The Griffin Poetry Prize Gala takes place in Toronto. The winners, the writer of one book of Canadian poetry and one international poet, who has either written in english or been translated, will be announced this evening. The seven writers… »
International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics
‘Inside the Battle for Cyberspace’ with Ronald Deibert
Since 2001 political scientist Ronald Deibert and the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto have been trying to show how the Internet/cyberspace is used and misused, how much of a digital footprint we leave every single day, and who… »
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Hundreds of workers were exposed to unsafe levels of Agent Orange
Workers in three government agencies in the Canadian province of Ontario were exposed to unsafe levels of the herbicide 2,4,5-T, often known as “Agent Orange’, according to a report released by a panel of experts on Thursday (June 13). Chaired by Dr.… »
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