Canada-EU free trade: water privatization not happening, authorities insist
Part Two in a series on the secretive CETA free trade deal. Critics fear the agreement opens up Canada’s water to multinational corporations.
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Canada-EU free trade agreement called corporate Trojan horse
With NDP and Liberals criticizing Canada’s secretive CETA agreement, this launches a series on its impact on Canada’s water, democracy, jobs and health.
Fukushima anniversary: B.C. looks south to closest nuclear plant
Sitting a six-hour drive south of Vancouver, the Columbia Generating Station is B.C.’s closet nuclear plant. As we near the one year anniversary of the Fukushima disaster, VO investigates.
Vancouver writer and former revolutionary Carmen Aguirre wins CBC Canada Reads prize
Acclaimed Vancouver playwright – and former Chilean revolutionary – Carmen Aguirre was awarded the CBC Canada Reads prize, only a week after being called a “terrorist” for her book, Something Fierce.
Vancouver mining company opponent killed in Mexico pipeline clash
Human rights groups rallied at Canada’s Mexican embassy yesterday after an opponent of Fortuna Silver was killed in Oaxaca state.
‘The system is made to be corrupt’: Mexican journalist in B.C. fights her deportation
A B.C. journalist faced death threats in Mexico after blowing the whistle on corruption. Will Canada now deport her? The Left Coast Post investigates.
Mexican whistleblower Karla Lottini fights corruption, death threats and deportation
“Tell her I came to say hi,” a man told the journalist’s sister – and showed her a gun. In this VO exclusive, Karla Lottini tells the tale of her fight to lead a safe life in Canada.
The future of Canada’s health care at stake: Maude Barlow warns of privatization and high-cost drugs
It’s more than just a simple funding formula: changes proposed by the Harper government could change Canadian health care in fundamental ways, warns Council of Canadians’ Maude Barlow.
Murdered UBC student Ximena Osegueda Magana was a ‘beautiful shining soul’, says capoeira friend
Friends of slain student Ximena Osegueda Magana, 39 are ‘devastated’ after the Hispanic studies researcher and capoeira performer was found murdered in Mexico this week.
Noche de rábanos: Digging to the root of Oaxaca’s Christmas radish festival
Ever heard of radishes the weight and size of a watermelon? In one Mexican city, carving them is a holiday tradition.
David P Ball 