Assertive Chinese Held in Mental Wards
By SHARON LaFRANIERE and DAN LEVIN
Published on 11-12-2010

Xu Lindong, a poor village farmer with close-cropped hair and a fourth-grade education, knew nothing but decades of backbreaking labor. Even at age 50, the rope of muscles on his arms bespoke a lifetime of hard plowing and harvesting in the fields of his native Henan Province.

But after…

A tale of two ghettoes
Kalle Lasn, National Post ·
Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010

Why is Shoppers Drug Mart pulling 3,500 copies of Adbusters, my magazine, off its shelves?

A week ago, in the National Post, the Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC) accused Adbusters of anti-Semitism for publishing side-by-side photographs of the Gaza and Warsaw ghettos ( “Anti-Semitism on your magazine rack — courtesy of…

Google’s Privacy Woes Extend to Canada
BY CAROLYN KING
OCTOBER 19, 2010

Canada’s Privacy Commissioner says Google Inc. violated the privacy of perhaps thousands of Canadians when it inappropriately collected personal information from unsecured wireless networks while its cars were photographing neighborhoods for its Street View mapping service.

Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart’s investigation indicates the company captured sometimes highly sensitive personal information such as…

Canada Becomes First Nation to Officially List BPA as Toxic
by Brian Merchant
10.13.10

Effective immediately, the chemical Bisphenol A is officially considered toxic in Canada. BPA, as you’re likely aware, is a chemical commonly found in plastics, food cans, water bottles, and paper receipts. BPA mimics the hormone estrogen and has been linked to a number of severe health woes, including breast cancer…

Canada’s prostitution laws unconstitutional, court rules
09/28/2010
Legal Affairs Reporter

A Toronto judge has struck down Canada’s prostitution laws, effectively decriminalizing activities associated with the world’s oldest trade.

“These laws, individually and together, force prostitutes to choose between their liberty interest and their right to security of the person as protected under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms,” Justice Susan Himel of Ontario’s…

US Judge OKs confession extracted by threatening suspect with rape
08-12-2010
Eric W. Dolan

Khadr, now 23, is accused of throwing a grenade in 2002 that killed a US soldier. He also is alleged to have been trained by Al-Qaeda and joined a network organized by Osama bin Laden to make bombs.

“It’s very…

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