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  • U.S. Out in Cold in UNESCO Diversity Pact
    21 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By JOELLE DIDERICH
    UNESCO’s member nations voted overwhelmingly Thursday to approve a pact on protecting cultural diversity after a bitter debate left the United States isolated in opposition to what it sees as a threat to sales of American movies and music.
    The convention - championed by the European Union and Canada - aims to promote ethnic traditions and minority languages and to protect those local cultures from the negative effects of globalization, UNESCO said.
    The United States (…)

  • MEDIA RELEASE: Prosecution of George W. Bush for Torture
    19 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    World Exclusive
    MEDIA RELEASE
    October 19, 2005
    Prosecution of George W. Bush for Torture at Abu Ghraib and Guantánamo Bay Prisons
    Notification of Canadian Officials
    Lawyers against the War (L.A.W.) learned Nov 17, 2004 that George W. Bush was coming to Canada on Nov 30, 2004. During this period L.A.W. wrote to various governmental ministers advising of them that George W. Bush stood accused of the most grave crimes known to law, including torture, and therefore should be denied (…)

  • A Canadian Haven For Black U.S. Babies
    17 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    A Canadian Haven For Black U.S. Babies Jane Armstrong October 01, 2005 The United States is exporting newborns by the hundreds and Canada is a preferred destination.
    Most of the infants are African American or biracial; their birth mothers want them to be raised outside the United States and believe Canada is a land of little racial strife.
    Although there are no officials figures, an estimated 500 African-American babies are adopted abroad each year. In the past 20 years, about 300 (…)

  • ’What can they do to 40,000 teachers?’
    11 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By PETTI FONG
    VANCOUVER — Teachers walked the picket lines, the NDP filibustered in Victoria and the school employers went to court yesterday in the first day of an illegal strike by the province’s 42,000 teachers.
    The provincial Liberals, after waiting out an all-night delay tactic by the NDP, passed the legislation that imposed a settlement on the province’s teachers, who have been without a contract since July, 2004.
    The school employers went to B.C. Supreme Court late yesterday to (…)

  • Sweatshop on wheels. Health risks and low wages push bike couriers to join nation-wide union drive
    3 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    By JOE HENDRY
    For bike couriers, navigating the smog-filled concrete corridors of downtown T.O. is no easy ride. The hours are long, the pay is low, and the sweaty working conditions can literally be hazardous to your health.
    Tired of riding on the beaten path and after what they describe as years of government neglect of their health and safety concerns, smog chief among them, Toronto’s 500-plus bike messengers are talking about joining thousands of others across the country in a (…)

  • Prosecuting Bush in Canada for Torture
    23 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    On November 30 2004 Gail Davidson, co-chair of Lawyers against the War (LAW), filed an Informational Brief in the Provincial Court of B.C. charging George W. Bush as President of the United States and Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Armed Forces with torture.
    When Davidson went to court on December 6th to secure a date for a process hearing, the Attorney General applied to declare the information a nullity on the grounds that, as head of state, Mr. Bush was immune from prosecution. In an (…)

  • Vancouver Celebrates the Anniversary of the Referendum Victory in Venezuela
    18 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Miriam Martin Hands Off Venezuela Vancouver, Canada
    It has been one year since the majority of Venezuelans voted in favour of President Chavez in the opposition-led recall referendum. The Vancouver Internationalist Bolivarian Circle “Bob Everton” teamed up with Hands Off Venezuela to throw a Victory Fiesta on Saturday August 13th to celebrate this important anniversary. Eighty people attended the celebration, representing a good number of Vancouver’s Latin American solidarity groups, (…)

  • Peter Jennings has died
    8 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    NEW YORK — Peter Jennings, the urbane, Canadian-born broadcaster who delivered the news to Americans each night in five separate decades, died Sunday. He was 67. Jennings, who announced in April that he had lung cancer, died at his New York home, ABC News President David Westin said late Sunday.
    "Peter has been our colleague, our friend, and our leader in so many ways. None of us will be the same without him," Westin said.
    With Tom Brokaw and Dan Rather, Jennings was part of a (…)

  • HAARP used to down Air France Flight 358
    4 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    UPDATE: 3:47 PM August 3rd - HAARP used to down Air France Flight 358 Confirmed to Lenny Bloom by HAARP Technicians. Pass It On To The World. More to Come Soon.
    This is another one I’d like to figure out! From: http://www.cloakanddagger.de/

  • Invitation to World Peace Forum 2006, June 23 - 28, 2006
    22 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada "Cities and Communities: Working Together to End War and Build a Peaceful, Just and Sustainable World" World Peace Forum 2006 #420 - 550 West 6th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1A1 Tel: 604-687-3223/ Fax: 604-687-3277 Email: admin@worldpeaceforum.ca Web: www.worldpeaceforum.ca An Invitation to the World:
    The World Peace Forum Society and the City of Vancouver Peace and Justice Committee invites you to attend the World Peace Forum 2006, June 23 - 28, (…)