Archive - 2006

New report suggests violence has become much worse in Haiti since Canadian intervention

Welfare rates in Canada the lowest in decades

Race, Rock and Soul

Matt Brennan reviews Jamaica to Toronto, raising questions about Canada's pop past.

Jamaica to Toronto raises questions about Canada's pop past

What's Mine Is Theirs

After months of resistence, the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation have been awarded a legal victory in Ontario.

Legal Victory for Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation

September Books

Trafford, Taylor and Henderson review new works by O'Donnel, Hartog and Ewart.

India state of Kerala orders end to Coke and Pepsi operations

Last Gas

Hillary Bain Lindsay asks why Eastern Canada is being flooded with proposals for liquefied natural gas terminals, and why so many communities are resisting them.

Can natural gas reserves keep up with soaring consumption?

Making War in Canada

Canadian firms help make for F-16s, F-15s and Apache helicopters used to bomb Lebanon and assassinate Palestinians, reports Dru Oja Jay.

Canada produces military equipment used in attacks on Lebanon, Palestine

Bombed oil tanks cover Lebanon's shoreline in black slick

"Everything in my life is destroyed now, so I will fight them."

Dahr Jamail tours the war-torn Lebanese capital of Beirut with a member of Hezbollah.

Dispatches from the war-torn Lebanese capital

'Measured' Misery?

Prime Minister Harper called Israel's attack on Lebanon 'measured.' Chris Arsenault talks to a father who hopes his family is still safe.

Canada and the war between Israel and Hezbollah

Wheat Board to market organic wheat grown by a Canadian coop

The Balance of Coverage

Dan Freeman-Maloy examines the Canadian media's coverage of violence in the Middle East, and finds it unbalanced, and racist.

The Canadian Media, the Middle East, and Racism

Bill of Health

What are the real costs of private health care? A Harvard study finds Canada's public system cheaper - and better - than the private system in the US.

Harvard study examines the costs of public health care

McDonald's changes focus in UK schools

The Roots of Rage

As the media circus around the alleged terrorism plot in Canada subsides, Stefan Christoff asks why critical questions are not being posed.

Terror and Repression in Canada

Minimal Improvement

Chris Arsenault interviews professor Thom Workman about the minimal minimum wage hike in New Brunswick and its impacts.

Minimum wage hike in New Brunswick is still not enough professor says

Listening To The New Museum

Podcasts are changing the way we see and hear museums. Tim McSorley listens in.

Podcasts are changing the way we see and hear museums

Harper congratulates Calderón while election results disputed

The Gold Standard

Chileans worry the Pascua Lama mine will pollute their water and destroy their way of life. Rob Maguire learns that Canada is involved.

Chileans fight to protect their environment from Canada's Barrick Gold

Uncertain Futures

Gaining access to publicly funded abortions in New Brunswick has never been easy. Chris Arsenault discovers it's now more difficult than ever.

Gaining access to publicly funded abortions is not easy in New Brunswick

"There is Death in them thar' Pits"

Tracy Glynn investigates a recent rash of violent deaths around a Tanzanian mine owned by Canada's Barrick Gold.

Canada's Barrick Gold in Tanzania

Embedded Edits

Canadian journalists are embedded with soldiers in Afghanistan. But, Dru Oja Jay asks, are there other threats to accurate coverage?

Is news coverage of Afghanistan straight from the source?

Pepsi vs. Folk

A St John's bottlers' strike has revived an age old debate: who benefits from new technology? Jacob Fergus investigates.

St. John's bottlers' strike revives age old debate: who benefits from new technology?

City Lights Not So Bright

Ben Sichel and Jenny Peirce talk about poverty with people in suits at the World Urban Forum.

Discussing the future of slums in the opulent setting of the World Urban Forum in Vancouver

Weed To The Wise

Moira Peters exchanges her gardening gloves for a pair of salad tongs, finding the pickings for a summer salad in unlikely places.

One gardener's enemy is another's dinner

Arrests cause anxiety among immigrants

July Books

Trafford, Hart, Simmers and Besner review new works by Mérot, Hage, Bowling and Friesen.

Canadian troops knock down doors, interrogate civilians in Afghanistan: New footage

UN accused of participating in Congo massacre