Category: Canada

Will the RCMP be able to restore its reputation?

Categories: Canada, Community, Politics

Tags: Politics, POV, RCMP

Bob PaulsonRCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson says he will update his force's bureaucratic disciplinary system to remove delays so that "the bad apples are sent packing." Will the RCMP be able to restore its reputation?

Should print media be cut to focus on digital?

Categories: Business, Canada

Tags: Business, Canada, POV

si-postmedia-cp9972099.jpgPostmedia Network is cutting Sunday newspapers in Calgary, Edmonton and Ottawa, and scaling back on its print-related operations to focus on digital, the company announced Monday.

Is this a move in the right direction?

BullyProof LIVE CHAT: Join us Wednesday evening

Categories: Canada, Community

Tags: LiveChat

si_bullyproofchat.jpgJoin us Wednesday evening to chat with our special guests about bullying in Canada. Award-winning bullying educator Bill Belsey, cyberbullying expert Dr. Shaheen Shariff and teen anti-bullying activist Jaques St. Pierre will be on hand to answer your questions May 30 from 8 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Canadian woman continues tweeting her way to the top of Everest

Categories: Canada

Tags: LiveBlog

ii-sandra-leduc-300-courtes.jpgSandra Leduc is taking a second run at Mount Everest's summit after a deadly storm forced her back down the mountain and killed four others on Sunday. The Canadian lawyer and government worker is tweeting her progress along the way.

Should striking CP workers be forced back to work?

Categories: Canada, Community

Tags: Canada, Politics, POV

RaittTalks between Canadian Pacific Railway and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference broke off Sunday after both sides rejected a proposed deal.

Labour Minister Lisa Raitt said she was "disappointed" at the impasse.

Should CP workers be forced back to work?

May photo contest: Pewter Sunflower

Categories: Canada, Community

Tags: May, Photo Contest

si_pewter.jpgOur photo contest pick for today was sent in by CBC Community member Jan Wilson who took this photo of a petwer sunflower "lying on a Beaver-chewed stump" in Lillooet, BC.

Is kettling a valid police tactic?

Categories: Canada, Community

Tags: law, POV, protest, Quebec

quebec-protest-220.jpgMontreal and Quebec provincial police surrounded
protesters in Montreal Wednesday night, using the controversial tactic of kettling to arrest 450 people. 

Is kettling a valid police tactic?

Will Quebec's emergency law quell the protests?

Categories: Canada, Community

Tags: education, law, protest, Quebec

quebec-protest-220.jpgThe Quebec government's emergency law aimed at restoring peace on Montreal's streets is being called a flop by opposition critics and absurd by student leaders. Will Bill 78 quell the protests?

What advice would you give Nik Wallenda?

Categories: Canada, Community

Tags: Canada, Community, U.S.

si-wallenda-rope-cp02681577.jpgDaredevil Nik Wallenda is getting ready to cross Niagara Falls on a high wire no thicker than a soda can - and we're asking other daredevils to share their advice.

What advice would you give Wallenda, if you could?

Should the U.S. apologize to Maher Arar?

Categories: Canada, World

Tags: Canada, POV, U.S., World

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U.S. human rights and religious groups are calling on their country to apologize officially to Maher Arar, the Canadian citizen who was tortured in Syria after being deported there by U.S. officials on terror allegations in 2002.

Should the U.S. apologize?