Civil liberties, privacy groups cry foul as PM hails historic border deal
Today’s sweeping U.S.-Canada border deal locks out terrorists, widens gates for trade, PM says.
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Canada ‘fiddles while planet burns’, says Councillor David Cadman at Durban climate talks
Where in the world is Councillor David Cadman? Fighting climate change in Durban.
B.C. intervened to halt Bush torture case
Questions of political interference are being raised after a court case against former U.S. president George W. Bush was stopped in its tracks by the attorney general last week
Legal challenge seeking George W. Bush’s arrest during B.C. visit fails
George W. Bush’s visit to Surrey, B.C., on Thursday was met with a protest and an unsuccessful courtroom bid to have him detained for torture during his presidency
Former Guantanamo prisoner supports Bush arrest
After spending five years as an extra-judicial prisoner of George W. Bush’s ‘war on terror,’ Murat Kurnaz is disappointed that Canada did not arrest the former U.S. president during his visit to Surrey
Lawyers press for Bush arrest, as #Occupy activists set to converge in Surrey
A 70-page legal indictment — accompanied by a staggering 4,000-page dossier — has been filed in B.C. court to have former George W. Bush arrested during his visit to Surrey tomorrow
Police rough up anti-Cheney protesters
As former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney spoke in Vancouver on Monday night, several hundred people demanded his arrest on charges of war crimes and torture, blocking both entrances to the upscale Vancouver Club by linking arms, as others staged a sit-in lasting several hours.
War Correspondence: From the Lebanon-Israel war frontline
A photo essay that recalls the panic following the invasion of the south of Lebanon by Israel, which killed 1,200 civilians including Canadian citizens
Lebanon rising
Inspired by Arab uprisings, organizers are transforming Lebanon
“Everywhere Lands are Being Stolen”: Mining Justice Week unites people of the South and North
Photographs to accompany an article on demonstrations against Goldcorp mining company
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