The überculture kids are videoblogging from their tour with the Waltown film, which is taking them from Victoria to Whitehorse to Saint John's.
I'm not sure if it's a function of the press not having anything else to cover on new year's day, if it's a function of a lot of alcohol consumption and a pressure to have a blast, or if it's a sign of things to come, but 2007 is off to a rocky start.
In BC, two teenagers were attacked while walking a trail, prison guards are cracking down on inmates in New Brunswick, a female Montreal bus driver was attacked by two guys with a beer bottle, someone rammed their minivan into a house in PEI, a kid in Alberta died of exposure after wandering away from a party, three people were shot in separate incidents in Toronto, a Winnipeg man was in critical condition after crashing into a snow plow, and a boy was shot in the abdomen and a woman was found dead in New Brunswick.
Tretiak, the most famous Commie hockey player possibly in history, is back on the ice in Canada.
Chris Arsenault chats with an average 23-year-old who's hoping Canada won't send him back to the US to fight in a war he doesn't believe in.
Dru Oja Jay investigates how corporate control of markets goes missing in discussions about "free trade."
Pierre Loiselle asks why the Canadian government omitted over half of the Genocide Convention before making it law.
Kim Petersen investigates Canada's opposition to the United Nations Draft Declaration of Indigenous Rights.
Few Canadians are aware that a series of government roundtables is currently examining Canadian mining companies operating abroad.
How flimsy can the basis for a "controversy" be? Dru Oja Jay looks at the Globe's example.
Stewart Steinhauer examines the profits of oil companies operating in Saddle Lake Cree Nation, and asks why some criminals never go to jail.
Lebanon, Israel, and one man's battle for a few feet of sidewalk in Montréal. Dru Oja Jay meets the "Tunisian hippy."
Matt Brennan reviews Jamaica to Toronto, raising questions about Canada's pop past.
Trafford, Taylor and Henderson review new works by O'Donnel, Hartog and Ewart.
Canadian firms help make for F-16s, F-15s and Apache helicopters used to bomb Lebanon and assassinate Palestinians, reports Dru Oja Jay.
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.
As the media circus around the alleged terrorism plot in Canada subsides, Stefan Christoff asks why critical questions are not being posed.
Podcasts are changing the way we see and hear museums. Tim McSorley listens in.
Moira Peters exchanges her gardening gloves for a pair of salad tongs, finding the pickings for a summer salad in unlikely places.
Trafford, Hart, Simmers and Besner review new works by Mérot, Hage, Bowling and Friesen.
Dru Oja Jay reads the business section, and finds the news that non-investor Canadians rarely see.
Protesters across Canada demand status for all undocumented people. Sarah Rogers finds out why.The Dominion is a monthly paper published by an incipient network of independent journalists in Canada. It aims to provide accurate, critical coverage that is accountable to its readers and the subjects it tackles. Taking its name from Canada's official status as both a colony and a colonial force, the Dominion examines politics, culture and daily life with a view to understanding the exercise of power.