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Student demonstrations go viral in Québec

31 May 2012 3 minute read

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Student demonstrations go viral in Québec

Alice Ellwood reports from cacophonous Montréal where pan-protests have sprung up in defiance of a repressive...

The credit union boom

1 Jan 2012 2 minute read

This article is almost seven years old.

The credit union boom

Fed up with being fleeced, North Americans are flocking to co-operative savings societies. Wayne Ellwood...

Toronto: walking in a corporate wonderland

13 Sep 2011 2 minute read

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Toronto: walking in a corporate wonderland

If Mayor Rob Ford has his way, we’ll be catching the subway at McDonald’s station and dancing in Burger King Park. Is this...

Taking on tar sands

9 Sep 2011 3 minute read

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Taking on tar sands

Pete Speller on his documentary that exposes the evils of the tar sands oil extraction project in Alberta,...

Rev Billy exorcises the dark soul of BP

20 Jul 2011 3 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

Rev Billy exorcises the dark soul of BP

New Internationalist's contributing editor Jamie Kelsey-Fry reports on the day that hundreds of...

Taking on Tarmageddon - The Movie

15 Jul 2011 2 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

Taking on Tarmageddon - The Movie

A new film by activist filmmakers follows student activists meeting the Beaver Lake Cree, whose land sits in the middle of...

1 Jul 2011 2 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

Canada quits Afghanistan, almost

Canadian troops are withdrawing from Afghanistan this month. In theory, at least, reports Wayne Ellwood.

1 May 2011 5 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

Fracking the world

Hydraulic fracturing, or ‘fracking’ – Big Oil’s newest way to extract natural gas from an exhausted planet – comes with a...

1 Mar 2011 2 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

Stop the tar sands trade talks

A protest against opening the EU's doors to Canada's polluting tar sands

16 Jan 2011 2 minute read

This article is almost eight years old.

Climate criminal Canada sets its sights on Europe

6th round of Canada-EU trade negotiations, Brussels: 16-21 January

7 Jan 2011 2 minute read

This article is almost eight years old.

Tighter immigration controls first on Canada’s agenda for 2011?

5 Jan 2011 6 minute read

This article is almost eight years old.

Reclaiming a lost identity

Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission is working to heal a century of trauma caused by a policy of assimilation which...

‘Safe for use’ – but not in Canada

13 Dec 2010 3 minute read

This article is almost eight years old.

‘Safe for use’ – but not in Canada

Happy to export asbestos, the Quebec government will also be exporting death if it confirms its loan to the Jeffrey Mine this...

A tarnished reputation

8 Dec 2010 4 minute read

This article is almost eight years old.

A tarnished reputation

Canada’s environmental record is under the spotlight again.

A lethal injection

13 Sep 2010 4 minute read

This article is more than eight years old.

A lethal injection

Canadian government support for white asbestos provides legitimacy to a deadly product.

1 Sep 2010 3 minute read

This article is more than eight years old.

Cook feels the heat

Canadian ambassador to Guatemala guilty of slander

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