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The Art of Walking

Submitted by admin on Fri, 10/31/2008 - 18:44

On July 15, 2007, Eryn Foster started her vacation predictably enough: by walking out of her Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, home and locking the door. Her destination of Sackville, New Brunswick, lay a couple of hundred kilometres away, or about a two-hour drive. But rather than throw a suitcase into the back seat of her car, Foster threw a backpack on and started the first day of New Canadian Pilgrimages.

Only Non-Irving Owned Newspaper in New Brunswick Goes Under

Submitted by admin on Fri, 10/31/2008 - 18:42

A press release issued by the Carleton Free Press, less than a year after the small paper began circulation in northern New Brunswick:

Carleton Free Press suspends publication

Citing the downturn in the economy and inability to compete with a chain that has cut its advertising and subscription prices to the bone for the next year, the Carleton FreePress today announced it is suspending publication.

Today’s paper will be the last.

Britannia Board Moves Forward with Olympic Plans

Submitted by admin on Fri, 10/31/2008 - 18:20

A contentious meeting last night kept Olympic plans on Commercial Drive moving forward, but as locals stir lattes, trouble is also brewing.

In a move that disappointed the majority of those who packed into a special meeting yesterday, the board of the Britannia Community Centre voted in favour of offering up their ice rink as a hockey practice site during the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.

So An

Submitted by admin on Sat, 08/09/2008 - 03:05

So An in Montreal.

Missing voices

Submitted by admin on Sun, 06/29/2008 - 11:33

Reactions in the media to the federal government’s June 12 apology for the horror and tragedy of the residential school system came quickly and were plenty. Many, including pieces in the Vancouver Sun and the Toronto Star, called on the federal government to take further, immediate action to back up the apology.

Corporate Rights Trump Indigenous Rights in Ontario

Submitted by admin on Wed, 06/18/2008 - 21:12

In attempts to skirt constitutionally required consultations with First Nations, mining corporations are seeking access to territory by dragging the process through the Ontario legal system long enough to bankrupt cash-strapped First Nations.

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