STI Testing in Vancouver- it should NOT be this difficult!

I recently decided it was time for me to get tested for an STD. I'm symptom free, but starting a new relationship, and while I try to be safe that is not always enough. I went online to find a clinic near either my home or work, and found several. The only problem? I'm a...

Canada's Identity Theft Pandemic

Identity theft is on the rise in Canada. Many Canadians are not currently aware of the heightened financial risks they face on a daily basis. Identity theft can ruin a person’s financial future, at least for the short term, and can take months, or even years to get cleared...

A Fourth Reich Rising? Anti-Islamic Sentiment in the West

Pogroms, concentration camps, fear of a global Jewish conspiracy, all these things were accepted at one time, because of fear and bigotry. Jews were the dark, sinister force behind every plot, bent on world domination through, ironically, finance and communism. Today we see...

Fruitless Filibusting and Pointless Posturing, the NDP in action

Who needs a viable postal system in this day and age? Canadians, that’s who! Canada Post has been essentially a non-entity for the entire month. The government has stated they will legislate the staff back to work prior to breaking for the summer, however, the NDP...

Canada Post to Strike as soon as Monday Morning

            Canada Post will likely be going on strike as early as Monday morning. So far, there has been no official information posted on their website, or...

The Future of Canadian Politics, a Tragedy?

Although some claim that the electoral system in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />Canada, based on the British model, is one of the most democratic in the world, this is not the case. Canadian “democracy” has failed. Nearly 40% of Canadians did not bother to cast a...

Social Services Vs. National Security- Why the NDP Are Off Target

I have to hand it to Jack Layton for actually trying to bring SOME issues into the public eye during this election. The NDP have brought up a few important issues, issues that matter to Canadians, rather than...

A Leviathan Falling? Election Buzz in Canada

Well, the Federal budget fell still-born from the press yesterday, and now it looks like we are facing an election here in Canada; yet again with no solid platforms from any of the parties other than the Conservatives. Do we get any honest information from any of the...

Vimy Ridge, the True Birth of a Nation

On a snowy morning, in early April, out in the French countryside, a nation was born. Although most Historians have argued the nation of Canada was born 1 July 1867, through the work of the estimable Sir John A....

Workplace Inequity: Canada's Modern Discrimination Problem

This is a free and equal nation, a meritocracy, where we are judged by our actions, not by factors over which we have no control? Bullsh*t. Inequity in the Canadian work force is a thing of the past, we are told. We are taught in school that Canada is an equal and fair...

CBC Sneers at Youth

Last night, Tuesday, 01 February 2011, I attempted to watch the National, a program that I once thoroughly enjoyed, but of late have not been overly partial to. I was intending to watch it, not out of a sense that it is particularly impartial, nor more likely to be more...

62 Year Old "Gunned Down" in Small Town Alberta

Here in Sleepy little Canmore, on Monday afternoon, the RCMP shot a man suspected of three armed robberies in a three day period. Since moving here from Vancouver over the summer, I have been amazed by how quiet...

Greek Strikers, Sabotaging Stabilization of Economy

Is nation-wide unemployment and total economic collapse preferable to pay freezes, and cuts, and layoffs? In Greece, strikers continue their violent protests, clashing with police. Following the collapse of the Greek economy, and the more than hundred-billion dollar bail out...

Bill C-49; Beefing Up the Law, or Tearing Down Rights?

In recent months, Canada has been the target of many high-profile cases involving suspicious, potentially unlawful Refugee claims, and Human Trafficking, making our great nation the butt of many jokes world wide. And also, as a result, increasing its pupoularity as...

Security Screening or Sexual Assault?

Controversy is mounting over security pat-downs in US airports. A YouTube video posted recently by a 31-year-old passenger named John Tyner, where he declines the full body scan, and is subjected to a pat-down in response, has gone viral, helping to spread the controversy...
 

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