Last week, Canadian coffee titan Tim Hortons blocked the website of popular gay and lesbian newspaper Xtra from its public WiFi network. The post Tim Hortons blocks customers’ WiFi access…
Marriage equality became law in England and Wales after Queen Elizabeth granted Royal Assent to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill last Wednesday. The post Marriage equality becomes law in…
If built, TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline would force Americans to pay as much as 40 cents more per gallon for gasoline in some parts of the country, according to…
Enbridge “will delay required crude oil pipeline safety fix for three more years”, according to a document received by the Council of Canadians via an access to information request. The…
Stephen Harper and the Conservatives are making the cost of living unsustainable for families in Canada’s North, according to Yvonne Jones, the Liberal MP for Newfoundland and Labrador. The post…
New York-based news and gossip website Gawker has announced that the money raised on Indiegogo to buy Toronto Mayor Rod Ford’s alleged crack cocaine video will now be donated to…
The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) says the revelation that Canadian officials used malnourished Aboriginal populations in nutritional experiments has “sent a shockwave through First Nations in Canada and should…
In Canada, hungry aboriginal kids and adults were used as unwitting subjects of nutritional experiments by Canadian government bureaucrats during and after World War II, The Canadian Press reported Tuesday.…
Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, Dr. Ann Cavoukian, warns that metadata can be more revealing than accessing the content of our communications. The post “Metadata” can be more revealing than…
CWA Canada is urging Sun Media to reverse its “self-destructive plan” to nuke 360 jobs and 11 publications, and to instead focus on quality local jobs and journalism to boost…
The Ontario Human Rights Commission argues that employers’ rigid requirement for “Canadian experience” for new immigrants is, in some cases, “discrimination under Ontario’s Human Rights Code.” The post Remove “Canadian…
by: Obert Madondo | Twitter: @Obiemad: Bob Rae. (Photo: Fair Vote Canada) Former Liberal leader Bob Rae has joined the National Advisory Board of Fair Vote Canada, a grassroots multi-partisan…
by: Obert Madondo | Twitter: @Obiemad: (AP Photo/Javier Galeano) In the US, an unarmed black teenager, Trayvon Martin, is murdered in cold blood. The jury finds the alleged murderer, Florida…
by: United Steelworkers | Press Release: TORONTO, July 11, 2013 – The United Steelworkers (USW) union is asking federal Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault to investigate the Conservative government’s failure, for…
by: Obert Madondo | Twitter: @Obiemad: Malala Yousafzai (Photo credit: Malala Yousafzai’s Blog) United Nations, New York, 12 July 2013 – Education activist Malala Yousafzai marks her 16th birthday, on…
by: Obert Madondo | Twitter: @Obiemad: WikiLeaks has posted NSA surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden’s statement to human rights groups, issued earlier today at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport. Here’s the full text:…
by: CUPE | Press Release: Ottawa, July 12, 2013 – As more details emerge following Asiana flight 214’s tragic crash in San Francisco on Saturday July 6th, CUPE flight attendants…
Reported by: Obert Madondo | Twitter: @Obiemad: First Nations demand a better deal from the Canadian Government during a massive December 2012 protest on Parliament Hill. (Photo: Obert Madondo) A…
by: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives | Press Release: OTTAWA, July 11, 2013 – Progress on ending violence against women in Canada is stalled by the absence of a coherent…
by: Obert Madondo | Twitter: @Obiemad: Premier Christy Clark. (Photo: via Facebook) Christy Clark got what she desperately needed to remain premier of British Columbia: a seat in the provincial…
