Lies, Threats and Government Cover-UP – A crisis in democracy

Shots fired, a car run into his house, threatening phone calls to his children, he is under surveillance, and he can’t find work as people are scared to hire him. UK-based Lobster Magazine wrote an article headlined “The Persecution of Roderick Russell” on this issue...

Free Speech is your Right but Responsible Speech is your Duty

There  have always been two schools of thought on free speech:First defends an absolute freedom of thought and expression ; Second talks about restraining exactly how much and what you can say.That’s why...

Arrests in Calgary as protests greet George Bush

Former US President George W Bush is in Calgary today to give a speech to an invitation only audience of around 1500 guests, each paying $400 to attend the event at the Telus Convention Centre.  Amid tight...

George W. Bush Gets Welcome and Protest in Calgary

Protesters will be lining up to yell at George W. Bush's during his first paid speech since leaving office. He will be arriving in Calgary to speak in front of 1,500 members of the city's business owners. Organizers haven't said how much they're charging to hear Bush speak,...

Keeping Kids Safe Online

We’ve all heard the horror stories, about kids and the internet. It's a hunting ground for pedophiles. There's all sorts of horrible language, explicit material, and god only knows what else, just hiding out there in cyber space waiting to target unsuspecting kids. So...

Growing Homelessness 2009 (University Of Calgary)

A homeless awareness conference was recently held at The University Of Calgary. The Growing Homelessness 2009  involved Government,Provincial,Municipal Officials and different Service Agencies from accross...

Is Bell Canada trying to kill NowPublic?

Steve Anderson of Save Our Internet, asks: "Will the next NowPublic, Rabble.ca, or Raincity Studios be scared away by the impending ISP gatekeepers?"" He's talking about Bell and other carriers are controlling...

Hockey Canada, COC Reach Agreement on Jersey Logo

Now that they've decided what to wear, Canadians can move onto to thinking about who's gonna play instead... " CALGARY -- Hockey Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee are back to being one, big, happy family....

Two Time Convicted Repeat rapist jailed 13 years

Barry Artiste Op/EdThe problem I have with this story is Two Time Convicted Rapist! This means it is not his first or 2nd offence, and we wonder why Canadians have lost virtually all confidence in our Courts system.  Nancy Canada at its Finest.Would any Jury convict the...

Vikki Chauhan, Director row ends amicably

Latest:source:MUSSOORIE, 6 Feb: The dispute between the famous Himachali singer Vikki Chauhan and the Director of a Garhwali music album came to an end with a handshake between the two before media and friends at...

O1 Group Exhibition in Calgary, Alberta closes after art theft

O1 Group Exhibition curator Paul Hughes, reported that this past weekend, 4 pieces of art, 2 Pavka's and 2 Lyon's, were stolen from the O1 Group Exhibition. The pieces were valued at CDN$3300.  "The exhibition was cancelled to mitigate losses and to determine how the art...

Google Introduces New Weapon In Fight For Net Neutrality

"Google announced today that it will give end users the tools to figure out whether internet service providers are interfering with their broadband connections by blocking or “throttling” certain applications....

Alberta bishop questions the morality of oilsands

Weighing the environmental cost of developing the Alberta oilsands the head of the Catholic Church in the Province has some concerns. "The Roman Catholic bishop for the region around Alberta's massive oilsands...

Fired via Facebook

No, not me... at least not yet. A spa employee found out she was fired when she checked her Facebook account one fateful morning...""I think it's going to be the way of the future, but for me it's not the human...

Suspected Meteor Impact Near Calgary - Report

Taken from the RSOE Emergency and Disaster Information Service in Budapest, Hungary. http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/woalert_read.php?cid=19949&lang=eng (See the Event Description) "Quickly becoming something of a favoured landing zone for all manner ofinbound space debris,...

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