Intrigues

Tanzanian farmers are facing heavy prison sentences if they continue their traditional seed exchange In order to receive development assistance, Tanzania has to give Western agribusiness full freedom and give enclosed protection for patented seeds. “Eighty percent of the seeds ...

On Dec. 17, 2010, a street vendor in Tunis named Mohamed Bouazizi immolated himself in protest of the arbitrary seizure of his vegetable stand by a local government official. That act triggered the Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia and a wave ...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau just did what Stephen Harper wouldn’t: He approved Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline. I’m [anonymous author] devastated, but there’s one thing that gives me hope: the sheer amount of resistance to this project. Virtually every municipality ...

As an educator in global affairs for the past 20 years I have noted a number of anomalies that I would like to bring to your attention. The first you are likely aware of. The attachment of rights and responsibilities. ...

Danielle Dewar — On Nov. 9, 2016 at the John Sopinka Courthouse in Hamilton, Ont., Justice Bernd E. Zabel reportedly entered the courtroom wearing a red hat embroidered with the slogan “Make America Great Again.” The slogan is tied to ...

On Nov. 3, 2016  three women locked themselves within TD’s main office in Toronto’s financial district. They demanded that TD acknowledge they are complicit in the violence against Indigenous water protectors at Standing Rock who are blocking pipeline construction (the ...

Peer into alternate universes without leaving the Ontario Science Centre when Terracosm, a mixed-reality, mobile gaming adventure, officially launches on October 29, 2016. Created by Toronto’s Digital Howard, Terracosm invites players to travel virtually to alternate universes to complete four unique missions, using ...

From National Observer: In a historic legal first, foreign workers who have accused a Vancouver−based company of using slavery at an African mine will have their case heard in the Canadian court system. Read more here

Online shopping is commonplace amongst many who are juggling children, with persons facing mobility challenges or those just trying to conserve time and travel. Contrary to this trend, is the rising number of consumers who don’t trust the internet to ...

Jordan Kerbel — The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) discovered a video [below] posted Sept. 1, 2016 on a fringe website of former Green Party candidate Monika Schaefer continuing to spread Holocaust denial. In July, Schaefer was disavowed by the ...