Folk artist breaks out of the cold
Justin Bieber under investigation for assault in Canada
Oct. 17, 2010 Leave a Comment
12-year-old may have yelled gay slur at singer
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock & Rush’s 2112?!
Aug. 4, 2010 Leave a Comment
Now all we need is for Led Zeppelin to get involved.
Al Jazeera English launches in Canada
May 4, 2010 Leave a Comment
I woke up this morning to alerts on my cell phone, my calendar and my fridge, all saying the same thing: “Al Jazeera! Al Jazeera! Al Jazeera!”
Tamil refugees detained on boat in Indonesia
March 9, 2010 Leave a Comment
The food is unhygienic, the water is dirty, and there’s one toilet for more than 250 people. One man has died because of the unsanitary conditions in which he, his family, and his friends were forced to live.
Romney attacked on Air Canada flight
Feb. 15, 2010 Leave a Comment
Former governor Mitt Romney was attacked by a passenger on an Air Canada flight Monday morning. The former 2008 Republican presidential hopeful had been in Vancouver since Friday for the Winter Olympics, was attacked as he was leaving Vancouver with his wife, Ann According to Eric Fehrnstrom , Romney’s spokesman, Romney, 62, reportedly asked the [...]
Sorry about last night’s ceremony, that wasn’t Canada
Feb. 13, 2010 22 Comments
But world, don’t take that image of Canada home with you. It isn’t what life is like here. We don’t all live in the Arctic circle among the Orcas and the ice floes.
Your World in Focus 11: Organized relief can save lives in Haiti
Jan. 22, 2010 Leave a Comment
Haiti. Just mentioning the country’s name makes people stop and listen, and hope what they hear is, for a change, good news. But there isn’t much in Haiti. People are dying preventable deaths, children are dying from broken bones. There is a lack of food, water and shelter for the Haitians.
Countries place cap on global temperature rise at Copenhagen
Dec. 19, 2009 Leave a Comment
The developed world went through its industrial revolution with little regard for the environment, as it was not seen as a factor in those days. Now, as countries like India and China revolutionize, developed countries like Canada are demanding that they take action first?
Your World in Focus 3: Food Banks
Nov. 3, 2009 Leave a Comment
TORONTO — Here is the third edition of the Terra Podcast, where Blast’s world news reporter Sachin Seth visits a food bank and learns about the people who work and are served there. Many Food Banks around North America are in dire straits. Since the recession set in, many are finding it harder and harder [...]
AlJazeera English on its way to Canada
July 3, 2009 1 Comment
AJE’s reporting of not only Middle Eastern issues but also those issues that affect the forgotten areas of Latin America, Africa and Asia are without a doubt superior to those few pieces produced and released by CNN and the BBC.
Health Canada bans organ donations from sexually active gay men
Feb. 25, 2009 1 Comment
Health Canada, without any announcements, decided that any man who had had sex once with another man in the last five years would be banned from donating organs.
Canada is Obama country
Feb. 18, 2009 Leave a Comment
Obama’s coming up to Ottawa tomorrow and Canadians are in a frenzy. Thousands of people are making their way to the nation’s capital, with the knowledge that catching even a fleeting glance of the 44th president will be nearly impossible.
Surf’s Up for The Stills
Aug. 1, 2008 1 Comment
When “Oceans” is released on August 19th, there’s a good chance The Stills’ summertime good fortune will continue. It’s their strongest record to date, coming on the heels of 2003′s “Logic Will Break Your Heart” and 2006′s “Without Feathers.”
