Canada

Vancouver’s embarassment

By this time we have all heard about the events that occurred in Vancouver following the 2011 Stanley Cup game where the Vancouver Canucks lost…


Israel and Canada

Throughout the Middle East and Arab world, people are rising up against dictatorship and tyranny. They are fighting for their human rights and their human…


Manitoba entrepreneurs set for Banff

The success of last month’s Manitoba Venture Challenge helps continue the drive for venture capital funding for local businesses. The challenge, supported by the province…


Don’t leave just yet

I intentionally avoided opening my Facebook profile this morning, because I knew what it would contain. When finally gave up and logged in, I was…



Liberals talk childcare

On Thursday, March 31, Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff briefly toured the Lord Roberts Preschool before announcing that his party, if elected, would create an “early…


Real inspiring stuff

In the final days leading up to the confidence motion which brought an end to the 40th Parliament of Canada, the prospect of an election…



A long, cold road to justice

Fourteen leaders from Manitoba’s Sayisi Dene First Nation made headlines in Ottawa last week. The elders, along with MP Niki Ashton from Churchill and the…


Getting shit done

I love the current Harper Government. I hope we can somehow rid ourselves of this cumbersome democracy once and for all and finally establish Stephen…