Canada Proposes Draconian Anti-Piracy Law
"The bill, dubbed the ‘Canadian DMCA’ has not been popular with many of those it will effect. Over 40,000 have joined a facebook group, run by Michael Geist opposing it. Geist, a law professor at...
View ArticleWHO results on drug use internationally - surprising, non?
A few choices excerpts: "This study is important because it's the first time a respected international group has surveyed drug use around the world, using the same questions and procedure everywhere....
View ArticleFDA pleases its true audience once again
So, according to the venerable FDA, bisphenol A is now safe for humans and not a health concern. This quote from the article sums it up nicely: "The FDA's draft report was greeted with enthusiasm by...
View ArticleFDA uses consumer fears to start irradiating food
All they needed was a big enough crisis to get this passed, I guess. The wording of the opening paragraph says it all: "Consumers worried about salad safety may soon be able to buy fresh spinach and...
View ArticleHow old is your food?
"Between 90 days and six months, we start seeing a breakdown of the aspartame and end up with products that give an extremely bitter flavour - and we don't even know the safety of that yet. They...
View ArticleCitibank stole $14 million from its customers!
"Nationally, the company took more than $14 million from its customers, including $1.6 million from California residents, through the use of a computer program that wrongfully swept positive account...
View ArticleGrowing of common herbs outlawed by multinational corps
Farmers and traditional medicine experts have reacted angrily to the listing of 13 widely used herbal plants as hazardous substances, suggesting there is a hidden agenda that favours chemical...
View ArticleFox News Goes Too Far: Insults Canadians in Afganistan
One story that hit Canadian channels fairly hard is Fox News' latest gaffe. Apparently on their latenight show "Red Eye," the host Greg Gutfeld chose to talk about Afganistan, since it seems to be the...
View ArticleYes! Canada wins its first at-home Gold!
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View ArticleVancouver's Olympic Village is the Greenest Neighbourhood in the World
The new neighbourhood features a building that produces as much power as it uses, a renewable neighbourhood heating system, and for combination of zoning uses. Congratulations on your Platinum LEED...
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