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BAPE Independence As Advantagious To Quebec As Shale Gas

Michael Binnion | Posted 03.24.2013 | Canada Alberta
Michael Binnion

The decision of the past Government of Quebec to reverse course and order a BAPE review was a financial disaster for Questerre and others. Having lost much of our stock value due to well delays, we lost most of the balance, when the BAPE stunned us with its recommendations.

Canada's No Safe Haven From Breivik-Style Hate Crime

Shahla Khan Salter | Posted 08.15.2012 | Canada Politics
Shahla Khan Salter

Is domestic terrorism, instigated by white supremacists, such as Breivik, on the rise? Recently, more incidents of hate crimes are reported to be taking place, with alarming frequency. There have been at least seven reports of hate crimes targeting Muslims and mosques in the last 10 days in the United States. Here in Canada we look down at the U.S. and say, "well, everything is worse down there, more guns, more violence, more racism." Not so fast. According to Statistics Canada figures from 2009, the frequency of hate crimes are up.

Human Rights vs Human Monsters in Norway

Jonathan Foreman | Posted 07.14.2012 | Canada
Jonathan Foreman

While it recently played host to the Oslo Freedom Forum, Norway's capital is gripped by the Anders Breivik trial. What happens at the Breivik trial has a bearing on the libertarian and humanitarian values that underly the Forum -- one that is neither left wing nor right win, and has highlighted oppression and dissident courage in places as various as China, Singapore, Turkish Kurdistan, India and Sudan.

Confessed Norway Gunman Unlikely To Be Found Insane: Panel

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 09.30.2011 | Canada

OSLO - It's unlikely that the right-wing extremist who admitted killing dozens in Norway last week will be declared legally insane because he appears ...

How to Talk to Your Kids About the Norway Attack

Golnar Khosrowshahi | Posted 09.26.2011 | Canada
Golnar Khosrowshahi

Children will immediately try to put tragedies like the Norway attack in a context relevant to their own lives. Will this happen to me? This means that it is important to provide information that manages anxiety and fosters compassion.

Norway Is Beautiful/Norge er Skjønn

Kristina Groves | Posted 09.26.2011 | Canada
Kristina Groves

Norwegian culture is a thread woven through the cloth of my Canadian childhood, and I am heartened, proud even, of Norway's stalwart response to the attacks. But it's easy for an idealist like me to get disillusioned by the endless problems we seem to face these days. How are we going to fix this?

No Helicopter, A Sinking Boat... And A Gunman On An Island

CP | Posted 09.25.2011 | Canada

OSLO - When Anders Behring Breivik launched his assault on the youth campers of Utoya Island, he expected Norway's special forces to swoop down and st...

Canada Opens Condolence Books For Norway

CP | Posted 09.24.2011 | Canada

THE CANADIAN PRESS -- OTTAWA - The Norwegian embassy in Ottawa is opening up a book of condolences for Canadians to sign in the wake of last week's at...

Alleged Norway Attacker Denied Chance To Air Anti-Muslim Views In Court

CP | Posted 09.24.2011 | Canada

OSLO -- Police announced Monday that they had dramatically overcounted the number of people slain in a shooting spree at a political youth group's isl...