Political and Chemical Blowback
How the Canadian government poisoned rural New Brunswick VANCOUVER–The term ‘blowback’ has two definitions. One is environmental, the other political; both come with a human cost. Blowback happens...
View ArticlePolice Raid Communities around Trinidad Mine
Oaxacan civilians blockade road, occupy mine to keep Fortuna off their land SAN JOSÉ DEL PROGRESO, OAXACA–Early on the morning of May 6, a helicopter was spotted flying low near the Canadian-owned...
View ArticleKenney's Quiet Revolution
Media focus on guns, drugs and hard-nosed ministers precludes dialogue on government shifts in immigration policy MONTREAL–A massive police operation in the Toronto area on April 1 caught the...
View ArticleThe Right to Whale
First Nations encounter barriers to traditional whaling TRADITIONAL TERRITORY OF SNUNEYMUXW FIRST NATION (NANAIMO, B.C.)-On the Pacific Northwest coast, the nations of the Makah in Washington State...
View ArticleMay in Review, Part I
Toxic spills, police raids, and Canwest gets more time, prints fewer papers Mohawk people on both sides of the 49th parallel protested the federal government's decision to arm border guards with guns,...
View ArticleShantytown, USA
Nickelsville residents demand permanent land for the homeless NICKELSVILLE (RENTON), SEATTLE–"Thank God for Nickelsville." That's how two women living at the site summed up their feelings towards the...
View ArticleMay Books
New work by Connolly, new release by Green Revolver Kevin Connolly House of Anansi Press, 2008It’s painful to admit, but poetry can be pretty predictable. This is especially true for Canadian poetry...
View ArticleStrangers Scour the Land
The search for Maisy and Shannon continues KITIGAN ZIBI ANISHINABEG–Maisy Odjick, 17, and her friend Shannon Alexander, now 18, vanished from Shannon's father's apartment in Maniwaki, Quebec,...
View ArticleA Letter from Kitigan Zibi
Mother addresses the public on police negligence in missing daughter's case March 8, 2009This letter was released to supporters on May 2, 2009 the date of the last organized ground search for Maisy...
View ArticleMay in Review, Part II
Workplaces raided, CSIS exposed, extractive industry AGMs crashed Nine women were arrested in a workplace raid at Lakeside Produce in Leamington, Ontario. “We are outraged by these arrests,” said...
View ArticlePropagandhi Scores Against War
Torture, Terror, and Don Cherry face the music in the band's sixth release Propagandhi, Winnipeg’s “progressive thrash” heroes, have just released a new album. Supporting Caste is twelve and a half...
View ArticleA Harbour For War?
The defence industry grows in Halifax HALIFAX-In April, Lockheed Martin announced it would be growing its operations in Halifax, creating 100 new jobs over the next five years. The announcement was...
View ArticleCIBC and Me, Part IV
A little complaint about genocide, put into perspective In May of 2003, Stewart Steinhauer informed the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) that he was stopping his payments on $150,000 of...
View ArticleIssue #60
Subhead: June 2009 Cover Image: dominion-issue60-1.jpgBody: Download Issue #60 (June 2009) [5.6 MB, pdf]To read articles from this issue on the web, visit this page.Issue #60 is formatted as...
View ArticleMoose Calves with their Mother
baby animals: things that make you go "aww..." The largest mammal in the deer family, the North American Moose (Alces alces americanus) has long lived throughout most of Canada and the northeastern...
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