Warning: Arsenic in our forests

We have seen it before, one environmental solution leads to another problem. A chemical used in British Columbia to try and end the pine-beetles wrath has been discontinued and now testing for arsenic (a known...

MS sufferer loses assisted suicide case

Assisted suicide is illegal in the UK, but the law is unclear about whether it is illegal for someone to take an ill person to another country where assisted suicide is legal and do it abroad. One such country is...

Paulson, Bernanke Tell Lawmakers Urgent Action Needed on Treasury Plan

"Mr. Paulson cautioned lawmakers against letting the plan get bogged down in a debate over unnecessary additions. Senate Banking Committee leaders voiced skepticism Tuesday about the U.S. Treasury's plan to buy up...

David Miliband "Duped on a Colossal Scale" over U.S. Terror Prison

America has admitted for the first time that a U.S. base in the Indian Ocean on the island Diego Garcia did host a secret prison, it has been revealed today.   At the time of the diplomatic question raised...

IOC agrees to Internet blocking at the Games

Would any one of us go for this? I don't think so. "The Chinese government confirmed Wednesday what journalists arriving at the lavishly outfitted media center here had suspected: Contrary to previous assurances by Olympic and government officials, the Internet would be...

Hispanic group to grill McCain, Obama on Tuesday

"A leading Hispanic organization is demanding assurances from the two major presidential candidates that they'll push for comprehensive immigration revisions and dramatically increase Hispanic representation in the federal government. ...

Thousands in South Korea beef protest

Around 35,000 people took part today in the latest mass protest in South Korea against their government's decision to allow US beef imports to continue."Waving banners, flags and candles, the crowd gathered in...

Brown offers EU treaty assurances

British Prime Minsiter Gordon Brown today said that Britain will not ratify the EU treaty until the High Court has ruled on a bid to force the British referendum."A judgement on the High Court bid by tycoon Stuart...

Dead Canadians and Mexican Injustice

This article doesn't apply to just Canadians.  It applies to anyone traveling abroad.  Why spend money in another country when that government won't even afford an individual the justice they deserve if...

CIA confirms rendition flights to Brits

" WASHINGTON - CIA Director Michael Hayden acknowledged Thursday that two rendition flights carrying terror suspects refueled on British territory, despite repeated U.S. assurances that...

Call for rendition flight inspections

"The Irish Human Rights Commission has called for flights to be inspected where there is a chance that terrorist suspects are being transported to secret detention. The practice known as extraordinary rendition has been a contentious issue for some time. It has been alleged...

Vancouver B.C : Gang Violence. Too Close For Comfort

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorI read this story and shook my head, comments in this story made by (Ex Dairy Farmer -Small Town Mayor and part time Developer)- Minister of Public Safety &...

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