AltWeeklies Wire
The Economy is Greatnew
Brace yourself for a brave new world.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Trevor Scott Howell |
07-28-2011 |
Economy
Closed Door Policy: Conservative Policies Close Canada's Bordersnew
While Conservatives have spent the last five years in power publicly trying to build up their "ethnic vote," the party has also been responsible for closing Canada's doors to immigrants and refugees.
VUE Weekly |
Samantha Power |
04-25-2011 |
Immigration
Religion Clouds Aid In Afghanistannew
The former head of Canada’s aid program in Afghanistan has expressed concern that Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s religious beliefs are hampering humanitarian efforts.
The Georgia Straight |
Travis Lupick |
12-16-2010 |
International
The World Rightly Sees Canada as the Villain at the Copenhagen Climate Change Talksnew
as the Canadian government tries to block climate change agreements to protect tar sands development, we're seen as the bad guy. Or, as British journalist George Monbiot writes, an "immediate threat to the global effort to sustain a peaceful and stable world."
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Bruce Wark |
12-11-2009 |
Environment
As PR Grows and Journalism Shrinks, Who Will Separate Fact from Fiction?new
The H1N1 vaccine rollout in Canada has been a complete gong show, a cacophonous torrent of contradictory messages flying in all directions. The communication has gone completely haywire, and it's not just government spreading confusion.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Jeremy Klaszus |
11-17-2009 |
Media
How Canada Got Caught in an Afghan Election That Doesn't Add Upnew
The news on the Afghan election, backed so earnestly by Canada and its $35 million contribution, has gone from terrible to tragic.
NOW Magazine |
Paul Weinberg |
10-16-2009 |
International
Canada's Harmonized Sales Tax Will Hurt Alternative Healthnew
Peter Wood, a practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine, is just one of many B.C. health professionals who are going to have to start charging the 12-percent harmonized sales tax when it comes into effect next July.
The Georgia Straight |
Gail Johnson |
08-18-2009 |
Science
Sex Workers Organize and Push for Decriminalization, but Meet Stiff Oppositionnew
In an effort to make sex work safer, not to mention stabilize and legitimize the industry, Susan Davis has helped found the West Coast Cooperative of Sex Industry Professionals.
SEE Magazine |
Angela Brunschot |
08-13-2009 |
Sex
Recession and Climate Politics Combine to Shake Up the Pro-Nuclear Narrativenew
This is despite the high-profile support of old-school techno-fix enviros and shocking pro-nukers, and despite industry hopefuls who thought the atomic option was poised to become the winner of the low-carbon sweepstakes, an idea dissed by most climate campaigners.
NOW Magazine |
Alice Klein |
07-13-2009 |
Environment
Canada Ratifies Peru Free Trade Agreement, Stays Silent on Amazon Massacrenew
Unlike the Canada-Colombia free-trade deal, the Canada-Peru agreement almost slipped under the radar. But then the bloodshed in the Peruvian Amazon earlier this month put Canada's push for free trade with Peru under the microscope.
The Georgia Straight |
Dawn Paley |
06-22-2009 |
Business & Labor
Military Deserters Again Flocking to Canada to Avoid Warnew
Of the estimated several hundred deserters living in Canada, just around 40 have come forward to file asylum claims. The others, living under the radar without legal status and likely waiting to see how their peers' cases pan out, have little to stoke their hopes.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Megan Feldman |
03-13-2009 |
War
Canada Should Bar or Prosecute George W Bush: Lawyernew
As George W. Bush’s St. Patrick’s Day visit to Calgary draws near, the federal government is facing pressure from activists and human rights lawyers to bar the former U.S. president from the country or prosecute him for war crimes and crimes against humanity once he steps on Canadian soil.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Jeremy Klaszus |
03-05-2009 |
International
Canadian Artists Are Getting Poorernew
A new study indicates that Canadian artists are poorer now than they were over a decade ago.
The Georgia Straight |
Jessica Werb |
02-09-2009 |
Economy
Obama's Green Jobs Program Could Leave Canadian Entrepreneurs Out of the Loopnew
If Barack Obama actually does use the financial crisis to sink cash into eco industries, Canada will have squandered a golden opportunity to share the gains.
NOW Magazine |
Andrew Cash |
11-17-2008 |
Economy
Aboriginal Leaders Reject Cancer Study Before Releasenew
It hasn't even been released yet, but aboriginal leaders living downstream from the oilsands are already rejecting an Alberta Cancer Board study into cancer rates in Fort Chipewyan.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Jeremy Klaszus |
11-13-2008 |
Science
