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What’s at stake in the nuclear game – Japan or bust!

I won’t pretend to have read all the “facts” in the crisis facing Japan relative to its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant these days. Contradicting Tensions: That’s mostly because the “facts” seem to shift, depending on who’s recounting them. One moment, it’s the USA saying the Japanese aren’t properly following procedures, or that Japanese nuclear authorities [...]

Ontario MPPs Ignore International Denounciations of Israeli Apartheid

Shourideh Molavi On February 25, a group of Ontario Members of Provincial Parliament (MPP) voted unanimously on a motion to “denounce” this year’s Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW). Claiming to send a message of so-called “moral suasion” to all “fair-minded Ontarians,” Peter Shurman, the MPP who tabled the motion, argued that the mere application of the [...]

Chiefs furious after Ottawa sends dozens of body bags to flu-stricken reserves

WINNIPEG – Aboriginal leaders in Manitoba say they are horrified and want an explanation as to why some of the reserves hardest hit by swine flu in the spring have just received dozens of body bags from Health Canada.

Climate Change and Indigenous People

Sept. 23rd  7:00pm Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave. (south of Bloor, on St. George Street). Free event The impact of climate change generates more devastating effect on the Indigenous People than the average population. Some of the initiatives supposed to deal with climate change often result in very damaging consequence on the Indigenous People [...]

More than a tiff – The Toronto declaration

The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is having a spotlight on cities by hosting a City to City component. This year, its first, TIFF is spotlighting Tel Aviv. While Cameron Bailey, the festival’s co-director in his first year at TIFF, is a well-known and-respected personality, he seems to have made a serious faux pas. It [...]

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