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Marked for deportation, Iraq war resisters fight to stay in Canada | Al Jazeera America
Marked for deportation, Iraq war resisters fight to stay in Canada | Al Jazeera America. VANCOUVER, British Columbia — For more than five years, former U.S. soldier Rodney Watson has lived as a prisoner, confined to a church that serves a poor neighborhood here. Wanted on charges of desertion in the United States and marked […]
Closing the gate after the horse left the barn: TransCanada fires Edelman | – Environmental Defence
Closing the gate after the horse left the barn: TransCanada fires Edelman | – Environmental Defence. Yesterday, TransCanada fired its PR firm – Edelman, two weeks after Edelman’s strategy document for TransCanada’s Energy East pipeline was leaked to the public. That document revealed TransCanada’s plan to play dirty to quash opposition to its risky pipeline plan. The […]
Canada Falling Short on Arctic Sovereignty – Geopoliticalmonitor.com
Canada Falling Short on Arctic Sovereignty – Geopoliticalmonitor.com. While some policymakers insist on debating the validity of climate change, Arctic sea ice continues to melt. Some scientists predict that the region will be free of summer ice in as few as 30 years. Without question, the effects of environmental change have led to increased activity […]
Hamilton Police Under Investigation For Writing Fake Tickets | Canadian Awareness Network
Hamilton Police Under Investigation For Writing Fake Tickets | Canadian Awareness Network. The Hamilton police ACTION (Addressing Crime Trends In Our Neighborhoods) team is described on the Hamilton police website as: “The ACTION Team is made possible through funding obtained from the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services under the Provincial Anti-Violence Intervention Strategy […]
Canada’s Expansion Tops Forecasts as Exports Lead Growth – Bloomberg
Canada’s Expansion Tops Forecasts as Exports Lead Growth – Bloomberg. Canada’s economy grew faster than economists forecast in the third quarter as exports of crude oil grew and consumers opened their wallets for cars and other big-ticket items. Gross domestic product rose at a 2.8 percent annualized pace from July to September, Statistics Canada said today […]
The Need to Escape Collapsing Empires | International Man
The Need to Escape Collapsing Empires | International Man. Jeff Thomas: What is your present residential/citizenship situation worldwide? Ron Holland: I’m an American citizen, living, working, and playing in Canada and elsewhere. Jeff: What countries have you previously lived or spent significant time in? Ron: I’m adopted, but I think I was born in North Carolina. I’ve lived in […]
Canada’s PM To Putin: “I Guess I’ll Shake Your Hand…” Putin’s Response “It Was Not Positive” | Zero Hedge
Canada’s PM To Putin: “I Guess I’ll Shake Your Hand…” Putin’s Response “It Was Not Positive” | Zero Hedge. Following last week’s (humiliating for the US) APEC meeting in Beijing, in which the BRIC nations clearly distanced themselves from the “developed world” and the topic of the “Russian invasion of Ukraine” was largely missing as it […]
Judge Rules Landowner May Sue Gov’t in Landmark Fracking Case | The Tyee
Judge Rules Landowner May Sue Gov’t in Landmark Fracking Case | The Tyee. A landmark lawsuit that challenges the lax regulation of hydraulic fracturing in Canada has just scored a major victory. In a lengthy decision, Alberta Chief Justice Neil Wittmann dismissed all key arguments made by the government of Alberta against the lawsuit of Jessica […]
2014 Could Be the Hottest Year on Record. What’s the Plan, Canada? | David Suzuki
2014 Could Be the Hottest Year on Record. What’s the Plan, Canada? | David Suzuki. It’s become a cliché to say that out of crisis comes opportunity. But there’s no denying that when faced with crises, we have choices. The opportunity depends on what we decide to do. What choices will we make when confronted with the […]
Canadian Oil Likely an Early Item on the Agenda for the New US Congress – The Epoch Times
Canadian Oil Likely an Early Item on the Agenda for the New US Congress – The Epoch Times. MORE IN CANADA Harper’s Choice in China Ontario Hospital Launches Lawsuit Over US Gene Patent ‘Harper, Help Free My Dad,’ Pleads McGill Law Student WASHINGTON—Canada’s stalled Keystone XL pipeline project is poised to become one of the […]
Petrodollar Panic? China Signs Currency Swap Deal With Qatar & Canada | Zero Hedge
Petrodollar Panic? China Signs Currency Swap Deal With Qatar & Canada | Zero Hedge. The march of global de-dollarization continues. In the last few days, China has signed direct currency agreements with Canada becoming North America’s first offshore RMB hub, which CBC reports analysts suggest “could double maybe even triple the level of Canadian trade between Canada and China,” […]
China Awards $8.2 Billion RQFII Quota to Canada in Harper Visit – Bloomberg
China Awards $8.2 Billion RQFII Quota to Canada in Harper Visit – Bloomberg. China gave a 50 billion yuan ($8.2 billion) quota to Canada under the Renminbi Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor program as Prime Minister Stephen Harper visited Beijing and signed deals to boost economic ties. The two sides signed deals worth almost C$2.5 billion […]
Canadian Chart Blast
Some interesting trends:
Why China’s slowdown is taking a heavy toll on Canada | Jeff Rubin
Why China’s slowdown is taking a heavy toll on Canada | Jeff Rubin. If beaten up Canadian investors are looking to assign blame for the bruising suffered by their portfolios of late, they could do worse than point an accusatory finger at China. The resource super-cycle that drove valuations so much higher over the last […]
Activist Post: Blowback And The Incompetence Theory
Activist Post: Blowback And The Incompetence Theory. Amidst a rash of terror attacks in Canada, the general public is once again witnessing a discussion playing out in the mainstream media as to the solutions and appropriate responses to international Islamic terror. As usual, these solutions and responses involve the bombing, invasion, or general destruction of […]
