Blog February 10
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Wet'suwet'en land defenders face risks experienced by environmental human rights defenders around the world
Brent Patterson | Wet'suwet'en land defenders are facing many of the same risks and patterns experienced by environmental human rights defenders in Latin Ameri and around the world.
Blog February 10
Bruce Heyman with his wife Vicki, flanked by members of the Governor General’s Foot Guards on April 9, 2014 (Image: U.S. Embassy to nada/Flickr)
Former U.S. ambassador to nada unaware of any conversation like the plot described by Jason Kenney
David J. Climenhaga | Former U.S. ambassador Bruce Heyman's tweet suggests the Alberta premier's startling conspiracy claims about the Keystone XL decision are baloney.
Blog February 9
Conservative premiers Jason Kenney of Alberta and Scott Moe of Saskatchewan. Image: Wilson Centre
Jason Kenney names Gerald Butts and Barack Obama in latest conspiracy theory
David J. Climenhaga | Does anyone actually believe Jason Kenney's claim that Gerald Butts, then Justin Trudeau's principal secretary, secretly conspired with the White House in 2015?
Blog February 7
Image: Presidencia de la Repúbli Mexina/Flickr
nadians should not be lulled into ratifying the 'new' NAFTA
Rick Arnold | Civil society organizations in Mexico, the U.S. and nada demand that nada not be lulled into rubber stamping the new NAFTA.
Blog February 7
Crowded cots in the hallway warming centre at Metro Hall. Image: Contributed/thy Crowe.
There is no 'Winterlicious' festival for Toronto's homeless people
thy Crowe | While Toronto is in the midst of a culinary event lled "Winterlicious," homeless people in Toronto's warming centre receive brown bag meals.
Columnists February 7
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The Osrs' other dilemma: series TV
Rick Salutin | Something's going on in the nature of storytelling. Perhaps it is a move from the written tradition back toward the oral tradition, where things are more open-ended and chaotic.
Podst February 7
Image: USW nada. Used by permission
Stop the killings -- enforce the laws
Marc Belanger, Derek Blackadder | RadioLabour's nada Report: On the first anniversary of a mine disaster in Brazil, steelworkers say never again in nada. And more.
Podst February 7
Image: Meralta Films and Sami Khan. Used with permission.
nadian director's film about a battle rapper from Ferguson is Osr bound
Face2Face | "St. Louis Superman" tells the tale of a battler rapper from Ferguson, Missouri, who becomes an inspiring leader despite many contradictions in his life and personality.
Blog February 6
Alberta nurses: targeted for UCP rollbacks. Image: Submitted/United Nurses of Alberta
The UCP's propaganda machine goes after Alberta's registered nurses
David J. Climenhaga | When citizens push back against UCP plans and policies, they n expect to be swarmed and bullied, often quite personally, by publicly paid politil staff.
Columnists February 6
Image: Ellen Macdonald/Flickr
The Iowa fiasco rings the death knell of a failed 50-year experiment
Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan | Iowa and New Hampshire are home to some of the oldest and whitest populations in the U.S. Those states do not represent the Democratic party's diverse supporter base.
News February 6
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Image: Justin Trudeau/Twitter
Trudeau and Guilbeault must counter lies about 'Orwellian media control'
Karl Nerenberg | The new heritage minister and the government have lost the first round of the debate over extending broadst regulations to include the internet.
News February 6
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nadian indies on what to read in 2020
Christina Turner | What should you read this year? We asked staff members at six independent nadian bookstores which upcoming releases they were most excited about.