Friends and colleagues say he died of a heart attack while working at his drawing table. Toonoo was born in Canada’s eastern Arctic in 1959 and became one of his generation’s most controversial and groundbreaking artists and carvers. Though the subjects and mediums he took… »
Highlights / Your Columns
International, Politics, Society
Is Canada training a separatist army in Iraq?
In the millennia-old history of Kurds, there has never been a time when this ancient people of the Middle East were so tantalisingly close to statehood. And if in the next few years, the Kurds do manage to bridge their… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Historic sand hills area conserved
A leading conservation organization has acquired a 127-hectare property in the province of Manitoba that includes a habitat for many rare and some at-risk species. The Ethier Sandhills property includes sand dunes left over from Glacial Lake Agassiz. That lake… »
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Arts- Author Yann Martel on “The High Mountains of Portugal”
There are three separate but interlocking stories in Yann Martel’s latest book. Canadian novelist, Yann Martel In it, a man who has lost, and is someway lost, and is seeking something, a connection, a reason, a faith. The second part… »
Arts & Entertainment, Indigenous, International, Society
O Canada! … A Norwegian writer takes on our country’s features & foibles
Norwegian writer and retired literature professor Gerd Bjørhovde has always had a thing for Canada. And there is only one person to blame for it, she says; Canadian author Margaret Laurence. “I was so fascinated with her writing,” Bjørhovde says. “She is… »
Should Canada support Gulf monarchies?
A leaked UN report alleging that the Saudi-led coalition fighting Iranian-backed rebels in Yemen may have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity is fueling a debate not only about Canada’s multibillion sale of armoured vehicles to the ultra-conservative kingdom,… »
International, Politics, Society
EXCLUSIVE: UN report lays bare Yemen war abuses
A United Nations panel of experts is calling on the UN Security Council to establish an international commission of inquiry to investigate reports of alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by all warring parties in Yemen, including the Western-backed… »
Arts & Entertainment, Health, International, Society, Your Columns
Documentary: Hold Your Fire- why police are quick on the trigger
In North America in the past few years, there have been many incidents where police have fatally shot suspects. In many of these cases critics have said officers lives were not really in danger and there was no immediate need… »
From Canada with love?
While fresh winds of change are blowing through Canada’s international policy, those winds aren’t likely to lead to any thaw in relations with Russia, says a Canadian expert on foreign policy and military intervention. Stephen M. Saideman, the Paterson Chair… »
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