Check out OpenMedia.ca’s Steve Anderson and the BCCLA’s Micheal Vonn telling you everything you need to know about the court challenge launched against unlawful government spying on law-abiding Canadians. Learn…
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A new video from Parks Canada follows the carving and raising of a 42-foot totem pole on Haida Gwaii this past summer. The first pole raising there in 130 years,…
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A TD Economics Special Report released on October 22nd debunked the popular economic myth spread by Minister Kenney that there are too many jobs without people. The report looks at…
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Gluten free is ‘nonsense’ says Wheat Belly author William Davis speaks at the Vancouver Convention Centre tonight CBC News Posted: Oct 24, 2013 8:14 AM PT Last Updated: Oct 24,…
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This and that for your Thursday reading. – Frances Russell rightly asks whose freedom is supposed to be protected by free trade agreements such as CETA: Once Canada signs CETA…
“.. during Wednesday’s question period the Prime Minister let slip a statement that contradicts a point he has emphatically made in the past. The issue was whether Nigel Wright “acted…
Your news links for today: Ottawa approves Telus deal to acquire wireless startup Public Mobile (Financial Post) Public Interest Coalition Opposes Fast-Track Authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (EFF) Canadians sue…
I would like to draw your attention to an excellent article by Susan Faludi in The Baffler: Facebook Feminism: Like It or Not. Faludi contrasts the corporatist, individualistic, me-first, privileged,…
Writing before the arrival of the internet*, Bob Blackburn commented on the nature of exchange on then-prevalent BBS (Bulletin Board Systems), words that could as easily be written today about…
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Here, on the tendency of both the Saskatchewan Party and the federal Cons to pretend a problem doesn’t exist for years on end, then suddenly proclaim there’s no time to…
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, October 24, 2013: Quebec Judge accused of drug buy faces deeper probe by judicial council TX Republican…
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