Jan 11 2002
Canada's Supreme Court today tightened the conditions under which suspected "terrorists" can be deported to countries where they may face torture. The ruling compels Canada to reconsider its decision
Jan 10 2002
You're no pansy. Your confident hands grip that rifle firmly. The thick bush helps you forget you're in a fenced space the size of a ball diamond. Whoa. Something rustles fifteen metres ahead. An Afr
Jan 9 2002
Alberta Premier Ralph Klein says medicare is breaking in his province. So his government commissioned the "Mazankowski Report," released yesterday, whose recommendations include new gestures toward p
Jan 9 2002
A commissioned report directs Alberta to allow more health services to be provided privately and to consider withdrawing public coverage for others. The report comes from a panel led by Don Mazankows
Jan 8 2002
Provincial law defines a floor below which the harshest employer cannot sink. In BC, the government wants to punch holes in that floor by excluding some workers from labour laws governing issues like
Jan 8 2002
Heard about the link between abortion and breast cancer? It even has a popular name: The ABC Link. Anti-abortion groups continue to promote it as though it were established fact. But it's not. In a n
New Year, New Partners
Jan 7 2002
Eight more Canadian groups have become <i>in cahoots</i> partners since early November. Their contributions help sustain this rabble-rousing online magazine. We'd like you to meet them.
Dec 22 2001
We've been bludgeoned this year by news of rights abuses — across the globe and in our own backyard. But 2001 also brought some remarkable achievements. Lurking behind many of them is the tirele
Dec 21 2001
Ontarians received more proof this Monday that the Tory government aims to privatize public education, says Earl Manners, president of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation (OSSTF). "Led
Dec 20 2001
The federal Liberals have commanded this land through three majority governments. They got there by taking just 41, 38, and 41 per cent of votes cast in their three crowning elections. Meanwhile, de
Dec 18 2001
Citizens calling themselves the Teddy Bear Brigade moved into Liberal MP Stephen Owen's Vancouver-Quadra constituency office last Wednesday. Owen is one key architect of Bill-C-36 — the "anti-te
Dec 18 2001
You're a teacher in BC. You've been without a contract since June. Fifty days into bargaining, the employer is still laughing at your wage proposals — still threatening to kill class size limits
Dec 17 2001
Twelve-year-old Agnes Lamin is abducted into life as a "guerrilla girl" in Sierra Leone. A death row inmate trudges through a dark world of coerced confession and withheld evidence. An Alabama segreg
Dec 15 2001
Canadian guns, clubs and hakapiks could kill 275,000 harp seals in 2002. That matches this year's total allowable catch. But even as the Fisheries Minister made that announcement, Herb Dhaliwal relea
Dec 14 2001
Activists are warning Loblaws shoppers about President's Choice products this Christmas, following the company's admission that their products may contain genetically engineered (GE) ingredients. Lob
Dec 13 2001
Six environmental groups say they could solve the softwood lumber dispute that continues to strangle Canada's foresty industry. They say their proposals would satisfy U.S. complaints about Canadian p
Dec 12 2001
Political killings felled more than 4,000 Colombians last year. That probably exceeds the horrific death toll of September 11. In Colombia's labyrinthine 30-year civil war, the work of human rights d
Dec 11 2001
Canada's flight attendants got something they needed in yesterday's federal budget: better airport and airline security. But their union is dismayed that Paul Martin did little for our economic and s
Dec 11 2001
No Canadian has died from anthrax poisoning. Few have died from terrorist attacks. Yet thousands die from poverty, hunger and pollution. Yesterday's federal "anti-terrorist" budget does little to add
Dec 10 2001
With winter promising fresh flurries of pink slips, Canadians need new investment in their social and economic security. Will they find it when Finance Minister Martin delivers his first-ever recessi
Dec 7 2001
A little healing is okay, but don't talk to us about self-determination. That's still the federal government's attitude, says John Bird, co-editor of a collection on Aboriginal sovereignty. While edi
Dec 6 2001
In Canada, 100 women are murdered each year by current or past partners. A woman is raped every 17 minutes. More than 80 per cent of women in the labour force have experienced sexual harassment at wo
Dec 6 2001
Canada's postal workers are marking this December 6 by affirming that war is a form of violence against women. Many women died on September 11. More are dying in the war in Afghanistan. We can open o
Dec 6 2001
Regular contributors to coolwomen.org reflect on the legacy of the Montreal Massacre that took the lives of fourteen women. Throughout the year, coolwomen.org publishes profiles of "cool women" who h
Dec 5 2001
The Fourth Geneva Convention — on protecting wartime civilians — does apply to the Israeli Occupied Territories. That principle may be affirmed today when the Convention's signatories meet
Dec 5 2001
Hungry for a boom, BC's Liberals may soon lift a 30-year-old moratorium on offshore oil development. Hurting coastal communities may just accept the environmental risks. But the Canadian Centre Polic
Dec 4 2001
As the world's gaze fixes on Afghanistan, an equally ferocious war intensifies in Africa. It's an anonymous war, one that's not unfolding spectacularly in your living room. But every day, more than 1
Does National Security Make You Safe?
Dec 3 2001
A recessionary storm blows in, bringing torrents of layoffs to a land stripped of social supports. Faceless men in suits hope you'll believe the storm came from elsewhere — an event, dark bearde
Dec 3 2001
Bell Canada Enterprises invited Jean Chretien to join an autumn golf tournament with top pro Tiger Woods. Last month, federal Ethics Counsellor Howard Wilson ruled that the gift didn't place the PM i
Dec 1 2001
A police detective, a Crown prosecutor and two animal welfare groups held a news conference this week to support federal animal cruelty legislation. "Canadians are sickened by incident after incident
