Less amusing translation of Brazilian article on Harper bathroom tiff | Centre BlockCanadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper put Brazilian diplomats in a difficult (embarrassing) position this Monday, demanding a change…
Now arriving at the Canadian National Exhibition — wait for it — the doughnut cheeseburger*: The Doughnut Burger made its debut at the Calgary Stampede, where brave revellers downed the…
Say No To Shale Gas.jpg In ever greater numbers, New Brunswickers are speaking out against hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and the exploitation of the densely packed unconventional gas sitting be...
20 Tips in 20 Days for first-year students: #1 – Make the most of your first few weeks Your first days at Mount Allison are approaching quickly. In the first…
It's crunch time for America. China is getting tired of picking up America's bar tab and has put the US on notice that the days of cheap booze may soon…
Inspired by this story: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/08/07/harper-latin-america-tour.html
For over a week now, politicians, the media and pundits have relentlessly sniped interim NDP leader Nycole Turmel for her past association with the Bloc Quebecois. To them, it’s not…
We have to choose - will it be the survival of mankind or will it be whatever wealth we can extract from the Athabasca Tar Sands? It seems to be…
Meet (below) Célio, Christine, Eric, Jason, Tim and Yenna, the six finalists for the exciting 2011 international Queer of the Year competition in Montreal, which runs from Sunday, August 7,…
While attending a barbecue hosted at Toronto mayor Rob Ford’s family home, Prime Minister Stephen called for Liberal Premier McGuinty’s defeat during the October 6 Ontario Provincial election. This isn’t…
AD_goi_shell_oct04oilspill_ogoni4.jpg In a historic move, oil giant Shell has agreed to take responsibility and to compensate Bodo fishing communities in the Ogoniland region of the Niger Delta w...
Inspired by this story: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/08/04/pol-environment-job-cuts.html
Toronto at a crossroads: Will Ford's austerity agenda be derailed? | rabble.caExcerpts: Lost in the rhetoric is the fact that there actually is a "revenue" problem, a problem that is…
On Monday, August 6, 1945, at 8:15 a.m., the nuclear bomb “Little Boy” was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan by an American B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay. An estimated 130,000 people…
Xavier Kataquapit is originally from Attawapiskat, Ontario on the James Bay coast. In his popular newspaper column, Under the Northern Sky, he writes about his experiences as a First Nation…
NRTEE-logo-270px-eng.jpg The Canadian government is again being called out for providing misleading information about its commitment to reducing carbon emissions. The National Round Table on the ...
Despite the fact that the election discourse is gravitating mostly around the economy here in Ontario, with the PCs and Liberals trading blows on who can manage money in better…
This is a fantastic video highlighting landscape architect Claude Cormier's "Les Boules Roses" (The Pink Balls), 170,000 pink resin balls fastened to wires strung out at different levels and through…
Shale Gass Fredericton Inn Thurs. June 23, 2011 044.jpg On August 1st and 2nd, a Day of FRACtion involving marches and protests is taking place across most of Canada’s Atlantic…
Former federal Conservative operative, Alykhan Velshi, is at it again. As Immigration Minister Jason Kenney’s communications director, earlier this year, he stirred controversy when he used Canadian government stationery while…
