Canada and India break 34 years of nuclear jinx

Canada, world's largest producer of uranium, has now become the eighth country which has reached a civil nuclear agreement with India, since the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) lifted a...

It's not so invisible anymore: 'The Family's' influence in Uganda

'The Family's' influence in Uganda is not so invisible anymore according to Jeff Sharlet, author of  "The Family", an investigative look at a US fundamentalist group at the heart of Uganda's anti-gay ...

Amy Goodman, APR, detained at Canadian Border

Is there oversensitivity about bad coverage of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics, or  was this just an overzealous border guard?  It certainly feeds the perception that free speech has gone in the tank when it...

Kandahar Governor Tooryalai Wesa Unhurt in Assassination Attempt

Tooryalai Wesa left Afghanistan in 1991 after serving as Kandahar University's first president.  He worked at the University of British Columbia's agricultural expert in Canada. Hamid Karzai asked him to...

Harper to raise issue of Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill at Summit

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is going to raise the issue of Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009 at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) which opens tomorrow in Port of Spain, the capitol...

Ontario Financing the Export of Healthcare

The Ontario Ministry of Health released figures showing that more and more Ontarians are travelling to the United States for medical care.  In the past half decade Ontario's out of country medical spending...

Harper to attend Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen

Prime Minister Harper has been criticized by environmentalist for his intention not to attend next months Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.  His stance was that there needed to be a critical mass of...

Misogyny and Advertising are Often Intertwined

In Canada and the United States women enjoy a measure of equality but the hard earned status of personhood is fragile at best.  Built into and part of our culture are subtle and not so subtle...

Canadian Tar Sands a Criminal Offense

Peaceloving Canada, produces a toxic area the size of England. Peaceloving Canada, has the largest and most destructive project on this planet. Worse than China, it can be seen from outer space. Peace loving...

Cdn Jounalist Amanda Lindhout & Australian Nigel Brennan Released

Canadian Journalist Amanda Lindhout and Australian Photo Journalist Nigel Brennan  have been released by their captors in Somalia.Both journalist have been in custody since August 2008. Reuters and CBC...

Russians to Trade Rubles for Loonies

Russia's central bank has made an announcement that it plans to trade in some of its reserves to buy up Canadian dollars.  The news has just been released and already the Canadian dollar has pushed up more...

Alberta allocates $495M on Carbon Capture Pipeline

Alberta has come under pressure for its dismal record on the environment.  The Alberta Oil Sands, near Fort McMurray, have come  under the criticism by David Suzuki and Al Gore.  President Obama...

1 in 10 Children in Canada are in Poverty

More than 1 in every 10 families with kids in their household are in poverty.  The "2009 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Canada" released a report containing statistics on poverty.  It...

Afghan Prisoner Transfers - IRC informed late by Canadian Gov

According to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canada delayed  telling the Red Cross about prisoner transfers to Afghan authorities.  The Corporation has obtained military documents that details...