The Case for Permanent Free Public Transit
HALIFAX—Public transit will be running again in the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) this week, and until the end of March transit users will enjoy unlimited free rides on buses and ferries.Metro...
View ArticleThe Greenwashing of Sustainable Seafood
The environmental community rejects the sustainable certification of Nova Scotia longline caught swordfish HALIFAX—Sustainable seafood certification announces to consumers that the fish they are...
View Article"What They Call Development, We Call Destruction"
Grassy Narrows resistance to corporate logging continues WINNIPEG—In December 2011, Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) released its “Long Term Management Direction,” a ten-year “development...
View ArticleNo Abortion Services on Prince Edward Island
Island women fight for access in their own province PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND— Kandace Hagen expected her nomination for a youth social justice award to be slightly controversial. After all, if she won,...
View Article"Stand With Us to Fight"
Hundreds protest Enbridge pipeline and oil tankers at Heiltsuk-led rally VANCOUVER—Hundreds of people from First Nations, environmental and community organizations, and others from Vancouver and...
View ArticleRed Squares Sweep Montreal
Hundreds of thousands took to the streets to protest tuition hikes in Quebec MONTREAL—On March 22nd, over 250,000 people marched on the streets of Montreal, making it possibly the largest...
View ArticleMarch in Review
Occupy Toronto brutalized, federal budget disrupted and criticized, immigration activists demonized Toronto police were accused of brutality when they arrested four members of Occupy Toronto on March...
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Hishuk Ish Tsawalk: Everything is One
Recovering an Indigenous language in Canada MONTREAL—Kathy Robinson is a language warrior. At the age of 81, she is one of the last two fluent native speakers of Tseshaht (pronounced “tsi-sha-aht”), a...
View ArticleWe Need to Fight Back!
Community March Against Racism takes to Vancouver streets VANCOUVER—Hundreds of people took to the streets of Vancouver on March 18 for the annual Community March Against Racism, marking the...
View ArticleCanada Deepens Ties with Deadly Regime
Honduran journalist visits Montreal, reaffirms strength of resistance movements MONTREAL—In June 2009, Honduran president Manuel Zelaya was kidnapped by soldiers and taken to Costa Rica in a military...
View ArticleSonic Weapon Rushed Through for G20
Calling LRAD ‘communications device’ allowed cops to skirt rules TORONTO—The police have tried to convince the public that its Long Range Acoustic Devices (LRAD), purchased for the G8 and G20 summits,...
View ArticleThe CETAstration of Canadian Municipalities
Pending trade agreement with EU only benefits big business CHARLOTTETOWN—As Canada negotiates its furthest reaching free trade agreement to date, cities and towns across the country are sounding...
View ArticleRoma Refused
Changes to refugee law shut doors to persecuted minority TORONTO—The Roma Community Centre's one-room office, located on the ground floor of the Crossways Plaza in Toronto, has been operating in this...
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Issue #82
Subhead: May/June 2012 Cover Image: dominion-issue82-cover.jpgBody: Download Issue #82 (May/June 2012) [4 MB, PDF]To read articles from this issue on the web, visit this page.Issue #82 is formatted as...
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