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Times Square Shooting »
A 25 year old street vendor was shot dead in New York’s Time Square by a plainclothes New York police officer today. According to another police officer who spoke on a condition of anonymity, the police...
December 10 2009 / No comment / Read More »
100th British Soldier, in 2009, Dies in Afghanistan »
A British soldier became the 100th British causality of 2009 in Afghanistan today. The British soldier from the 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment was shot to death in central Helmand Province. The family has...
December 7 2009 / 1 comment / Read More »
Analysis: HIV progress blunted by discrimination and sexual violence »
Gender discrimination, sexual violence and poverty are undermining global progress in tackling HIV/Aids, Amnesty International said on World Aids Day.Women are at greater risk of HIV infection and HIV has a particularly devastating impact on...
December 1 2009 / 1 comment / Read More »Featured
UVic Report: HST and Booze »
UVic report calls on BC to use HST as an opportunity to reduce spiralling alcohol-related deaths A new report from the University of Victoria’s Centre for...
Dec 9 2009 / 2 comments / Read More »Vancouver Police Will Not Use New Powers To Force Homeless Into Shelters »
The chief of police for the Vancouver Police Department says his department will not use new powers recently granted to police officers to physically...
Dec 7 2009 / 2 comments / Read More »Weezer Bus Crash »
Rivers Cuomo, the frontman of popular alternative-pop band Weezer, is in the hospital following a bus crash yesterday. Cuomo suffered from three cracked ribs, and...
Dec 7 2009 / No comment / Read More »White House Security Breached 91 Times Since Carter: Report »
The Salahi’s were not the first people to breach White House security and are probably not going to be the last according to a...
Dec 7 2009 / 1 comment / Read More »Freed Journalist to Return to Canada: Reports »
Freed journalist, Amanda Lindhout, and her family will be returning to Canada later this week according to a website dedicated to the release of...
Dec 6 2009 / No comment / Read More »
