Starkest warning yet about nitrites that turn cured products pink Jamie Doward Lovers of a fry-up will be dismayed to learn that chemicals regularly used by the meat industry have been linked to cases of bowel cancer. Photograph: Alamy The reputation of the meat industry will sink to that of big tobacco unless it removes […]
NOTE: The first part of the article will be a “review” for many. You may wish to start reading at the heading: Contagious act of resistance Opinion by Nozomi Hayase — Counter Currents THIS has been the seventh year that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange spent Christmas in confinement inside Ecuador’s London embassy. For nearly a […]
US Embassy Shopping List, from Wikileaks Website 21 December 2018 Today, 21 December 2018, WikiLeaks publishes a searchable database of more than 16,000 procurement requests posted by United States embassies around the world. All US embassies post requests for quotations and job listings on their websites when they need to purchase goods or services. In […]
Wednesday’s decision followed a July ruling by the Ontario Securities Commission that Chan and his top executives “engaged in deceitful or dishonest conduct” that they knew constituted fraud and violated securities law. – – – – – – – – – – – – I am interested in Corruption, and the effectiveness of Canadian courts. […]
“Unsettling Canada“, by Arthur Manuel, should be required reading, it’s a “page turner” to boot. I don’t have time just now to write more. The article below tells some of the story. A companion book, easy to read, also enlightening: The Haida Gwaii Lesson, A Strategic Playbook for Indigenous Sovereignty, by Mark Dowie. See 2004-11-18 […]
From: Dianne I am needing extra information on Ecuador and more info on Correa and of course the Assange case and I know that you were working in that direction a while back. I see the attached article is blaming Correa for taking big loans from China. Indigenous peoples denounce ongoing land rights violations in Ecuador mongabay.com […]
Return to INDEX A paste-together of information about a superb book. RELATED: I happened to read “The Haida Gwaii Lesson; A Strategic Playbook for Indigenous Sovereignty” (2017), by Mark Dowie. It’s short, and very interesting. Read about it at: 2004-11-18 Supreme Court of Canada decision, Haida Nation v. British Columbia, Terri-Lynn Williams, Haida […]
RENATA D’ALIESIO Published March 30, 2011 Updated April 30, 2018 A few weeks ago, Gerry White slipped into the pilot’s seat of his helicopter and took off for a remote lake in Newfoundland. He flies there a couple of times a year, sometimes to salmon fish in the area, but often just to glimpse the […]
The Newfoundland government has endorsed Ottawa’s request that provinces ban bulk-exports of fresh water, but the feds will have to enforce the ban themselves, says the province’s environment minister. Oliver Langdon, Newfoundland’s environment minister, says it will be up to the federal government to prevent existing proposals from going ahead. “It is our opinion that […]
Six Nations youth organize by: Tony Saxon – – – – – – – – – – — ABERFOYLE – Youth from Six Nations and members of the Wellington Water Watchers joined forces for a common cause Saturday. Roughly 200 people protested outside the Nestle Waters water bottling plant and head office in Aberfoyle. Protesters gathered at […]