Tuesday, March 23, 2010

America’s health, and our own (National Post, 23 Mar 2010, Page A12)

Just how will this legislation impact everyone outside the USA?


America’s health, and our own

National Post
23 Mar 2010

The health-reform legislation now moving toward law in the United States, and the divisive political debate surrounding it, contain a profound lesson for Canada. From Japan to Taiwan to the nations of the European Union, all advanced Western societies...read more...

Friday, March 12, 2010

Canada admits peace activist (The Windsor Star, 02 Mar 2010, Page A3)




Canada admits peace activist
FRANCES WILLICK
The Windsor Star
02 Mar 2010

A prominent U. S. peace activist who has previously been refused entry to Canada crossed the border into Windsor Monday afternoon after three hours of questioning by Canadian border agents. “I guess they didn’t find my offences so offensive,” joked...read more...

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

It was, in a word, perfect (National Post, 01 Mar 2010, Page A4)




It was, in a word, perfect

National Post
01 Mar 2010

It will be replayed like Paul Henderson’s goal, or Mario Lemieux’s, and it will be carved into this country’s memory. Parents will tell their children about it; it will become myth, here. So, too, will the game. Canada 3, United States 2, on a Sidney...read more...

Floating free above the grid (The Gazette, 27 Feb 2010, Page F1)




Floating free above the grid
DONNANE BENZAHL SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE
The Gazette
27 Feb 2010

It might be just a couple of feet tall, but Jean-Pierre Désmarais’ concept home of the future has been stopping people in their tracks. That was the response from many in attendance at the Cottage and Country Homes show held last weekend in Montreal....read more...

The Hindu Business Line, 27 Feb 2010. Page 32

What can make you a better person?


The Hindu Business Line
27 Feb 2010

Friday, February 26, 2010

Serial killer whale to be spared after third fatal attack (Edmonton Journal, 26 Feb 2010, Page A4)




Serial killer whale to be spared after third fatal attack
ORLANDO, FLA .,
Edmonton Journal
26 Feb 2010

A five-tonne killer whale that drowned its trainer in front of horrified onlookers at SeaWorld in Orlando, Fla., will stay at the marine park, officials said Thursday, amid a raging debate on keeping such animals in captivity. Tilikum — the British...read more...

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Full-page papers direct to your palm (The Washington Times Daily, 24 Feb 2010, Page A7)

Kellner on ND.


Full-page papers direct to your palm

The Washington Times Daily
24 Feb 2010

If newspapers can be likened to anything these days, perhaps they are best seen as a guilty pleasure. Reading the day’s headlines is essential, of course; reading features, book reviews and sports news from, say, the Daily Mail in London, Istanbul’s...read more...