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Egypt Votes

They may live in the shadows of the oldest of civilizations but they are experiencing the newest of democracies and for Egyptians in day two... Read More »

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Changes to the fair-trade movement

The world of fair trade farming just got a little more fair for some. Maybe not for others. After all, how do you ensure the... Read More »

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Employment Insurance: No such thing as a bad job

Is a bad job better than no job? How far would you travel, where would you move to get work? And since workers pay into... Read More »

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Harper's Milestone Majority: One Year In

He's been Prime Minister for more than Six years but he's had a Majority government for precisely One year. And it is this past year... Read More »

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Staking claims in Space

It looks like a dog bone and takes up as much space as New Brunswick. They call it Kleopatra with a K and it is... Read More »

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The paucity of predictive power in polling

For Alberta voters this week, the bloom came off the Wildrose party and left pollsters blushing the deepest shade of red, in a province that... Read More »

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Is Dr. Jim Yong Kim right for the job?

He's a practicing physician, a medical anthropologist and a visionary on world health issues. But he's No Economist. Which is precisely why critics don't want... Read More »

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Tracking The Charter of Rights - Part 1 & 2

As Game-Changers go, they don't get much bigger or more controversial. Thirty years ago, with the flourish of signatures we got our Canadian Constitution complete... Read More »

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The embattled career of Minister Peter MacKay

Peter MacKay, the Minister of National Defence was front and centre yesterday in a ceremony marking the centennial of the sinking of the Titanic and... Read More »

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The Wildrose Party - Back to the Klein Days

Is change blooming in the wildrose country? Albertans go to the polls a week from Monday but last night's leader's debate may go a long... Read More »

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The Future of Assisted Human Reproduction

It was one of the "Quiet Cuts" of the federal budget, the agency to enforce Canada's reproductive technology laws will be gone within months. In... Read More »

Quebec student protests against tuition hikes

The longest student strike in Quebec history just moved into another day in the protest against tuition increases. Some university students in Quebec are weary... Read More »

Aung San Suu Kyi's win in Burma By-Elections

The delight at Aung San Suu Kyi's election on Sunday in Burma reached all the way across the globe and into the hearts of Canada's... Read More »

Environmental Assessment Changes

Ottawa's new budget will impose time limits on environmental assessments for energy and industrial projects and force reviews to be either federal or provincial but... Read More »

What's to blame for high gas prices?

In the U.S., they are fretting over the possibility of gas prices rising to as much as $ 5 a gallon. In Canada most of... Read More »

Innovation and the Budget

Jim Flaherty said earlier in the week that this was going to be a budget focused on spurring innovation. We hear from some innovative thinkers... Read More »

New NDP leader, new way forward ?

The federal NDP may have a new leader in Thomas Mulcair, but the race has exposed divisions on what strategies the party should pursue to... Read More »

Justice for Trayvon Martin

If Trayvon Martin really did attack George Zimmerman, he did it armed with an iced tea and a bag of Skittles. Martin is dead and... Read More »

NDP Leadership Convention Strategy

Who doesn't love a leadership convention? It's got it all... There's the potential for surprise. Remember Joe Clark's victory, that was so stunning it created... Read More »

How civilians are using drones

If you think unmanned drones are only used in war, or to chase after terrorists, you are wrong. We'll tell you how drone technology is... Read More »

International Criminal Court Track Record

Well it did take a decade and piles of money for the International Criminal Court to get a conviction. And now the Congolese warlord who... Read More »

The Decline of People Skills & Workforce Shortage

Canadians face a conundrum. Lots of people are unemployed and yet a labour shortage looms. And the upcoming workers - the Gen Ys aren't impressing... Read More »

Afghan Civilian Slayings

The news reports say he was methodical stalking from home to home in rural Afghanistan, killing 16 civilians, most of them children. A U.S. Army... Read More »

The Republican Female Vote

What better day than International Women's Day to take a look at the tenor of the discussion as U.S. Republican Presidential candidates trip over themselves... Read More »

Public perception of teachers during labour disputes

What is it about teachers? Their on-the-job performance, their pay, their benefits are polarizing to the parental public. And no more so than right now... Read More »

Re-Evaluating Mandatory Minimums

Back in the 80s, Eric Sterling was instrumental in the drafting of U.S. legislation for mandatory minimum sentences. Twenty-five years later, he feels responsible for... Read More »

Robo-Calling: Is this a scandal that will stick?

Like a Robo-call relentlessly pushing the next bit of information into yet another household, the outrage and questions over the Conservative's alleged election tactics keep... Read More »

European Union on Oil Sands

It has 7-percent of the world's population and accounts for 20-percent of global GDP. The European Union is an economic juggernaut with clout beyond its... Read More »

Doubting Personal Debt

The average Canadian family owes a-dollar-fifty for every dollar earned. Within 18 months, we'll owe a-dollar-sixty for every buck. But while some insist that leaves... Read More »

Vikileaks

This week, Canadians are getting an unusual look at the kind of political muck-raking that's commonplace in the United States. It comes from an anonymous... Read More »

Whither Campus Activism

This has been the year of the student protest in Montreal. At McGill University, after months of student activism, a group of occupiers staged... Read More »

Cyber Surveillance Bill

The government says its proposed legislation giving police more powers to catch predators online will bring Canada into line with laws already in place in... Read More »

How the internet changed the dating game

Online dating changed the game of love forever because it is now the second most common way that relationships start. We'll speak with two Canadian...

The Science of Online Dating

We also take a look at the science of matchmaking. Many online dating sites claim to have cracked the compatibility code, making true love as...

An Exploration of Dating Online

(Photo by: Flickr User, kjunstorm) Stats show about 1 in 5 new romantic relationships these days get their start online and for same-sex couples, that...

Where to Sell Alberta Oil

Canadian oil producers and governments are looking for new markets for Alberta oil because it seems regulatory processes are delaying pipeline projects such as Keystone... Read More »

Ovarian Cancer Game Changer

A Quebec cancer researcher may have made a real game changing discovery for women's health. Dr. Lucy Gilbert believes ovarian cancer can be detected... Read More »

Hobbled Cities

Some of Canada's big city mayors think they're not big enough. They want more power to fix their city's problems. Skeptics think a powerful mayor... Read More »

Regulating Trans Fats

They've been linked to coronary heart disease and increased cholesterol levels and now Trans Fats are being linked to Politics. Government documents show Health Canada... Read More »

Policing the Mentally Ill

Their lives end with a banner headline. A person believed to be mentally disturbed, shot dead by police. It is happening enough in this country... Read More »

PM Harper brings Canadian politics to China

He spent his first years in office with an unapologetically hard line on China's transgressions from Tibet to human rights. Now Prime Minister Harper is... Read More »

Theatre chill over staging controversial productions

Michael Healey spent eleven years writing plays with Toronto's Tarragon Theatre, tackling the political, the philosophical and the personal in acclaimed productions staged across the... Read More »

Damien Hirst - Spot Art

Britain's Damien Hirst has produced more than 300 paintings of spots. Big ones, little ones, bright ones and curious ones. But is it art? After... Read More »

Old Age Security Changes

Today we're talking about Old Age Security that right now kicks in at age 65. The Prime Minister made hints while in Davos, the NDP's... Read More »

Vancouver police dogs as weapons of excessive force

Most major police forces have canine units but Vancouver police dogs account for the highest number of dog-bite injuries of all municipal forces in B.C.... Read More »

Challenges ahead for the Arctic Council

So why is it that China is commissioning a second polar ice-breaker and India has plans to build one too? All this as both countries... Read More »

Whither National Parks

Visits to national parks are down and a proposal for a walkway built over a mountain valley promises to be a big draw in Jasper... Read More »

Regulating Body Modification

They are pierced, cut and even branded. From elfin ears to decorative scars to implants to make horns on the head - body modifications appear... Read More »

The Future of Research in Motion

RIM's U.S. market share is down, but the company is growing in other countries. The Blackberry is still the smartphone of choice for business...... Read More »

Abandoning Ship: History of Captains

Ships' Captains have a mythic quality in our collective psyches. We put our lives in their hands. Which is why people around the world have... Read More »