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Sierra Club Canada: Shipment of LIQUID radioactive waste presents unprecedented risks!

Guest Blog — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:41:31 +0000

By: Sierra Club Canada | Press Release: On Wednesday, May 15, the Sierra Club Niagara Group joined the Nuclear Information and Resource Service, Women’s Indigenous Initiatives, and the International Institute of Concern for Public Health at a press conference on Main Street in front of the Hyatt Hotel in downtown Buffalo. This event was called to inform the [...]

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#PMHarperMustResign: A Twitter storm demanding Harper’s resignation is proposed

Obert Madondo — Mon, 20 May 2013 23:33:46 +0000

Via: KW Protests Greetings, concerned Canadians and global opponents to the Harper Government. We know how ridiculous and scandalous this excuse for a Government of Canada is. The most recent events concerning the Senate have only exacerbated the frustration and anger of average people everywhere. Enough of trumpeting openness and transparency while doing the exact [...]

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Prominent Canadians want Victoria Day renamed to honour Aboriginals

Obert Madondo — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:31:02 +0000

From Victoria Day to ‘Victoria and First People’s Day’. How does that sound? Prolific author Margaret Atwood, Green Party leader Elizabeth May, actor Gordon Pinsent and other prominent Canadians are demanding that “Victoria Day” be renamed “Victoria and First Peoples Day”. To honour Aboriginal peoples’ contributions to Canada. The group, which also includes politicians, is supporting [...]

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Dr. James Hansen: Keystone XL, tar sands expansion “can be stopped”

Guest Blog — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:50:23 +0000

By: Dr. James Hansen Today (May 9, 2013) 36 Norwegian organizations sent an open letter to Prime Minister Stoltenberg expressing opposition to development of Canadian tar sands by Statoil (the Norwegian state is majority shareholder of Statoil). Signatories include not only environmental organizations, but a broad public spectrum, including, appropriately, many youth organizations. It is encouraging that Norwegian [...]

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Aaron Swartz’s Last Gift: Site Launches Whistleblower Safe House

Admin CP — Mon, 20 May 2013 10:13:49 +0000

In era of “most aggressive government assaults on press freedom,” new open source dropbox provides “secure route” for leaks By: Lauren McCauley | Published by Common Dreams on May 17, 2013 One month before his January 11th suicide, web pioneer and creative commons architect Aaron Swartz completed one last project—an “opensource drop box for leaked documents along the [...]

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Sen. Mike Duffy’s Scandal Torpedoes Nigel Wright: Canadians React

Obert Madondo — Mon, 20 May 2013 00:13:58 +0000

PM Stephen Harper’s chief of staff Nigel Wright resigned early Sunday following last week’s revelation that he cut a $90,000 personal cheque to cover Sen. Mike Duffy’s fraudulent Senate expense claims. The announcement has set the Twitterverse on fire. “Mr Wright’s resignation doesn’t end the matter – how and why was this deal done,” tweeted former Liberal leader [...]

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Statements: Resignation of Harper’s Chief of Staff Nigel Wright

Obert Madondo — Sun, 19 May 2013 20:10:52 +0000

From the day it emerged that Stephen Harper’s chief of staff Nigel Wright cut a $90,000 personal cheque to cover Sen. Mike Duffy’s fraudulent Senate expense claims, the Conservatives tried desperately to kill the scandal. On Thursday, they tossed Duffy overboard, and on Friday, Sen. Pamela Wallin. Also on Friday, the PMO vowed that Wright [...]

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Conservative Toronto Mayor Rob Ford in ‘crack cocaine’ video scandal

Obert Madondo — Sat, 18 May 2013 00:50:37 +0000

By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: New York news blog Gawker yesterday revealed the existence of a video showing Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine. The video was taken within the last six months, allegedly by the city’s Somali drug dealers. Gawker editor John Cook reported that he received a tip from a source in possession of [...]

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Beleaguered Harper-appointed Sen. Mike Duffy Quits Conservative Caucus

Obert Madondo — Fri, 17 May 2013 13:06:13 +0000

By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: Scandal-plagued Sen. Mike Duffy quit the Conservative caucus Thursday after his fraudulent Senate expense claims threatened to engulf the Harper government. Duffy, appointed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper in 2009, now sits as an independent. “It is clear the public controversy surrounding me and the repayment of my Senate expenses has become a [...]

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Harper’s chief of staff paid off Mike Duffy’s Senate expenses

Admin CP — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:56:21 +0000

Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s chief of staff Nigel Wright wrote a personal cheque worth more than $90,000 to pay back Senator Mike Duffy‘s living expenses, Harper’s office confirmed Wednesday. “Mr. Duffy agreed to repay the expenses because it was the right thing to do,” Harper’s spokesman Andrew MacDougall said in a statement. “However, Mr. [...]

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