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Was there just a coup in Portugal? Why did Canada's media ignore the story? | Oct 26 2015 | David J. Climenhaga | We are no longer being very well served by out mainstream media when they fail to cover important and relevant stories like the Portuguese constitutional crisis.
Which Witch? | Oct 26 2015 | Mindy Ran | A lively exploration of changes in Western European ideas about witches, from Shakespeare's time to ours.
Election 2015: What happened in Atlantic Canada? | Oct 26 2015 | Christopher Majka | Although all the seats in Atlantic Canada in the 2015 election were won by the Liberal Party, on closer examination a number of fascinating electoral trends are apparent. What lessons do they provide?
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Voters reject Harper and demand change
Oct 23 2015 | After nearly a decade in power, Stephen Harper and the Conservative Party of Canada were voted out of office.
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ETFO escalates strike action to compel OPSBA, government to return to bargaining table
Oct 23 2015 | ETFO will be escalating its current Phase 3 strike action. Beginning Wednesday, October 28, ETFO teacher and occasional teacher members will withdraw from all voluntary extracurricular activities.
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Impunity reigns, history repeats: Anti-mining activist survives second armed attack
Oct 23 2015 | Forty-eight international organizations are calling for an investigation into the second armed attack in as many years against a well-known activist.
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Canadian politics goes Back to the Future | Oct 23 2015 | Rick Salutin | Politics in the modern era has been haunted by a sense that we are travelling on a route: the past is over our shoulder; the future, around the next bend.
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Film 'Defenders of the Dawn' highlights environmental rights battles | Oct 22 2015 | June Chua | The Canadian documentary Defenders of the Dawn examines the fight in the Maritimes for environmental rights, situated within the perspective of the world stage.
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Mississippi students demand removal of racist state flag | Oct 22 2015 | Amy Goodman|Denis Moynihan | Students at the University of Mississippi in Oxford have been organizing to force the removal from campus of the state flag of Mississippi.
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Election 2015: What happened in Atlantic Canada? | Oct 26 2015 | Christopher Majka | Although all the seats in Atlantic Canada in the 2015 election were won by the Liberal Party, on closer examination a number of fascinating electoral trends are apparent. What lessons do they provide?
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Was there just a coup in Portugal? Why did Canada's media ignore the story? | Oct 26 2015 | David J. Climenhaga | We are no longer being very well served by out mainstream media when they fail to cover important and relevant stories like the Portuguese constitutional crisis.
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Strategic voting didn't defeat Harper. Voter turnout did. | Oct 26 2015 | Kai Nagata | When the election finally arrived, turnout in B.C. surged from 60.4 to 70.4 per cent. That's what defeated the Conservative Party in B.C. -- not "strategic voting."
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You tell me, Dear Readers: Did I unfairly beat the Wildrose finance critic like a piñata? | Oct 25 2015 | David J. Climenhaga | As Opposition finance critic, Derek Fildebrandt will be in the spotlight Tuesday when Alberta Finance Minister Joe Ceci tables the NDP’s first budget. Time for him to up his game?
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Oct 22 2015
The disastrous shift of gun culture in North America
How has the gun culture in North America shifted into one advocating against safety and gun laws? A.J. Somerset examines this shift and how the gun control movement came to exist in Canada.
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Oct 15 2015
Harper's litany of abuses must compel Canadians to fight for change
Many, many people have warned Canada that Harper's time in power has been awful. But what happens when a non-partisan observer starts saying the same thing?
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The real legacy of Stephen Harper
Canada has an international reputation for justice and environmental protection. But do we really deserve it, especially after nine years under the Harper government? Nope!

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