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SOCIETY: Canada Finds More Poor with New Measure
Because of dramatic cuts to social programmes, Canada is in danger of going down the U.S. road of rich-poor polarisation and increased disparities in income based on ethnicity and race, says John Anderson, an economist and the vice president of research at the Ottawa-based Canadian Council on Social Development.POLITICS-CANADA: U.S. Military Ties Choke Foreign Policy – Critics
Analysts are warning that Canada cannot both integrate its small armed forces with the giant U.S. military machine and maintain an independent foreign policy.NORTH AMERICA: Hemisphere Entangled in U.S.-Woven Net
A handful of Canadian soldiers are currently serving with the U.S., U.K. and Australian militaries in the attack on Iraq, although Ottawa has officially refused to join the U.S.-led invasion of Baghdad.CANADA: Hollywood Budget Boost Revives Fears of Culture Sell-out
The ongoing struggle to preserve Canadian distinctiveness and artistic expression in face of the cultural monolith south of the nation's border received a new setback with the latest national budget from Finance Minister John Manley, according to many people here.CANADA: No Joy After Suspect Finally Jailed for Air India Bombing
While some defied the decision and others were quietly accepting, it is likely that no one in Canada rejoiced at this week's surprise guilty plea and five-year sentence of the main suspect in the 1985 Air India bombing that killed 329 passengers over the Atlantic Ocean.ECONOMY-CANADA: Support for Unemployed Shortchanges Women – Lawyer
Women like Kelly Lesiuk who work part-time and have young children are not getting equal treatment under Canada's jobless benefits scheme.POLITICS-CANADA: Gov’t Rethinks War on Drugs, Despite U.S. Opposition
Canada is pressing ahead with efforts to decriminalise some drug use despite pressure from the United States to maintain its zero-tolerance federal drug policy.POLITICS-CANADA: Gov’t Rethinks War on Drugs, Despite U.S. Opposition
Canada is pressing ahead with efforts to decriminalise some drug use despite pressure from the United States to maintain its zero-tolerance federal drug policyRIGHTS-CANADA: Group ‘Fails’ Prisons for Handling of HIV/AIDS
Most Canadian prisons are failing to meet their legal obligations to establish measures to stem the spread of HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C among inmates, a new report concludes.RIGHTS-CANADA: Group ‘Fails’ Prisons for Handling of HIV/AIDS
Most Canadian prisons are failing to meet their legal obligations to establish measures to stem the spread of HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C among inmates, a new report concludes.RIGHTS-CANADA: HIV/AIDS Treatment Discriminates Against Women
Although it has long been apparent that women are more vulnerable to catching the HIV virus during vaginal sexual intercourse than men, services and treatments for women have been slow in coming in rich western countries such as Canada.RIGHTS-CANADA: HIV/AIDS Treatment Discriminates Against Women
Although it has long been apparent that women are more vulnerable to catching the HIV virus during vaginal sexual intercourse than men, services and treatments for women have been slow in coming in rich western countries such as Canada.ENVIRONMENT-CANADA: Experts Probe Impacts of Air Travel
While the world is beginning to recognise the role that air travel plays in producing the greenhouse gases that lead to global warming, the health effects of those emissions are being widely debated.ENVIRONMENT-CANADA: Experts Probe Impacts of Air Travel
While the world is beginning to recognise the role that air travel plays in producing the greenhouse gases that lead to global warming, the health effects of those emissions are being widely debated.MEDIA: Mideast Reporter Scorns Colleagues ‘Deferential’ Approach
An award winning British journalist is criticising his colleagues in the Middle East for using government inspired language that distorts the reality on the ground.MEDIA: Mideast Reporter Scorns Colleagues ‘Deferential’ Approach
An award winning British journalist is criticising his colleagues in the Middle East for using government inspired language that distorts the reality on the ground.POLITICS-CANADA: Police Sue Paper for Racial Profiling Accusation
A newspaper expose of racial profiling by local police officers has provided fresh political ammunition for a beleaguered black minority, which has long had a bad relationship with the largely white police force in Canada's largest and most multicultural city.POLITICS-CANADA: Police Sue Paper for Racial Profiling Accusation
A newspaper expose of racial profiling by local police officers has provided fresh political ammunition for a beleaguered black minority, which has long had a bad relationship with the largely white police force in Canada's largest and most multicultural city./ARTS WEEKLY/BOOKS: Spying 101: Campus ‘Dissent’ Under Scrutiny in Canada
Canadian police and intelligence officials have demonstrated the same myopia in trying to distinguish between legitimate dissent and real security threats to the state as have their counterparts in other western countries, such as the United States and Great Britain./ARTS WEEKLY/BOOKS: Spying 101: Campus ‘Dissent’ Under Scrutiny in Canada
Canadian police and intelligence officials have demonstrated the same myopia in trying to distinguish between legitimate dissent and real security threats to the state as have their counterparts in other western countries, such as the United States and Great Britain.POLITICS-CANADA: Homeless Fight to Retain Housing ‘Squats’
Poor and homeless people, along with their political supporters in some cases, are taking over unoccupied or abandoned buildings in major cities across Canada - until police arrive to kick them out.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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