Archive - Dec 2009

Date

Type

December 29th

December 30, 2009 Media Analysis

Embedded at the Olympics

Media's sponsorship of 2010 compromises coverage, begs alternatives

Dec 30 by Tim McSorley 4 comments

December 27th

December 28, 2009 Literature & Ideas

December Books

New works by Hall, Rogers and With

Dec 28 by Shane Patrick Murphy, Megan Stewart 1 comment

December 26th

December 27, 2009 Business

A Slippery Supply

Oil and the market psychology of fear

Dec 27 by Chris Arsenault

December 25th

December 25, 2009 Environment

Making a Bio-Mess of Nova Scotia's Forests

Whole-tree clear-cutting not a green energy source, say environmentalists

Dec 25 by Aethne Hinchliffe

December 22nd

December 23, 2009 Canadian News

Torch Ignites Resistance

Opposition to Olympic Torch spreads across Canada

Dec 23 by Dan Kellar, Alex Hundert

December 20th

December 21, 2009 Original Peoples

From Potlatch to Welfare

Lutz on historical "dialogue" and the subordination of Indigenous economies in the Pacific Northwest

Dec 21 by Kim Petersen

December 18th

December 18, 2009 Sports

Tiger's Fall from Grace

Dec 18 by Dave Zirin

December 15th

December 16, 2009 Month in Review

December in Review, Part I

Italian Berlusconi attacked, Chilean "Berlusconi" ahead, coral reefs poisoned and Canada fossil fooled

Dec 16 by The Dominion 2 comments

December 12th

December 13, 2009 Agriculture

Not on the Backs of Farmers

Who pays for food security in Nova Scotia?

Dec 13 by Kayleigh MacSwain 1 comment

December 11th

December 11, 2009 Canadian News

Opposition to Canada-Colombia Free Trade Continues

Protest targets Liberal trade critic over his support for accord

Dec 11 by Tracy Glynn

December 9th

Apples, not applause, for AFN chief

Assembly of First Nations national chief Phil Fontaine's news conference in Vancouver on Feb. 18 was disrupted by an anti-Olympics native protester who dumped red apples on the podium. The red on the outside, white on the inside B.C.-grown fruit symbolizes aboriginals who adopt white peoples' values and culture.

December 10, 2009 Dec 10 by Bob Mackin 24 hrs

Homes not podiums, say Poverty Olympics organizers

The first Poverty Olympics were a light-hearted affair with an important message at Carnegie Centre in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside ghetto on Feb. 3. Activists used the satirical event to warn organizers of Vancouver's 2010 Winter Olympics that time is running out to fulfill the five-year-old housing and environmental promises.

December 9, 2009 Dec 9 by Bob Mackin 24 hrs

Honduran election fraud exposed

Honduran coup regime's claims about 60 percent turnout at free and fair elections is revealed as fraud. Also implicated in the video are the wide array of media outlets and governments that have unquestioningly accepted the electoral data of a regime that overthrew the last elected president.

December 9, 2009 Dec 9 by Jesse Freeston