Woodland Caribou: A Canadian Idol
If you are Canadian, chances are you have a caribou in your pocket. Since 1937, we have celebrated the woodland caribou by featuring its image…
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The father of Turkey
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who was born in the Ottoman city in Salonika in 1881, was Turkey’s most beloved hero and the founder of the Republic…
Tough times for northern water quality
The Mackenzie River system winds over 4,000 kilometres through northern Canada. It is the second longest river system in North America, after the Mississippi, and…
Going green into the red
By far the most wonderful thing about the environmental movement is that it may allow our children to avoid simultaneously drowning and being mauled by…
Canadian mining companies
On Oct.13, 2010, I watched as 33 miners were successfully rescued from the collapsed mine near Copiapó, Chile. Seeing these miners stuck 700 metres below…
Fatties fuck too
On Oct. 25, 2010 an article appeared on the website of Marie Claire entitled “Should ‘Fatties’ Get a Room? (Even on TV?).” The author, Maura…
Why do children starve?
Why do children starve? After removing all my cynicism and political-minded hoo-ha, I really don’t understand it. Forget the government, forget unfair distribution on a…
Left out in the cold
Almost a decade after being arrested, Omar Khadr has finally been sentenced. He received 40 years for the murder of an American soldier in Afghanistan,…
Forward progress
For the second year in a row, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers failed to qualify for the CFL playoffs, increasing their Grey Cup drought to twenty…
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Professional athletes often joke about how fast insider information travels within the sports media world. Fans can learn of a trade hours before the player…