Medical Weed Growers in Canada Are Ready for a Fight

Mik Mann is the articulate hippie and Frank Zappa lookalike we interviewed for our documentary BC Bud. He lives out in Port Alberni, a pretty remote town on Vancouver Island where he grows medicinal weed from the comfort of his basement garden—or at least he used to. Under Canada's new marijuana law, Mik will be forced to purchase corporate dope. Full story

What Does Canada's Blocked Terrorist Attack Mean for the Canucks?

Just as the Boston terrorist saga was coming to an end, a new Canadian terrorist plot was thwarted. Yesterday the RCMP revealed in a news conference they arrested two foreign citizens named Chiheb Esseghaier and Raed Jaser from the Montreal and Toronto areas respectively. Full story

What Are the French Really Up to in Mali?

When it comes to going to war, it’s not too often we get to see France beat the US to the punch. But in the case of Mali, the troubled north African country with a serious jihadi problem, the French are playing the usual American role of global terrorist-hunter. Full story

What Exactly Is Idle No More?

In an era where the streets of Athens seem to be permanently burning, senseless partisanship nearly sent America off the fiscal cliff, and a delicate global economy fuels revolutions everywhere, continual political unrest is par for the course. Even Canada—peaceful, tolerant Cana… Full story

How Canadian Police Overlooked a Serial Killer

Back in December 2011, while producing an article about the state of First Nations women in Canada we interviewed Anishinaabe activist Audrey Huntley. She gave us some valuable insights into Vancouver’s infamous crime and drug-riddled Eastside, then told us something we couldn’t… Full story

Is Central Asia on the Verge of a Water War?

A new kind of conflict is rising in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan that could eventually lead to the first water war of the 21st century. Full story

Uh-oh, the Rise of the Machines Is for Realsies

Rich Terrile, the NASA scientist who told us we were all Sims in a video game, fucked our brain folds again by explaining how human beings are outdated and will soon merge with machines to become a robotic race. Full story

Whoa, Dude, Are We Inside a Computer Right Now?

This NASA Scientist Thinks We Could Be

Two years ago, Rich Terrile appeared on 'Through the Wormhole,' the Science Channel’s show about the mysteries of life and the universe. He was invited onto the program to discuss the theory that the human experience can be boiled down to something like an incredibly advanced, me… Full story

Shooting Proud, Legal Gun Owners (with a Camera)

Photographer Ben Philippi spent four years working on "God, Guns & Guts," a visually striking celebration of gun-toting patriots exercising their rights. His subjects are welcoming people who shoot magnums in their spare time instead of running model trains, and are largely misun… Full story

How to Prepare for a North Korean Invasion

The North Korean Army is a horde of unholy super soldiers fiercely loyal to their Dear Leader. Besides building underground tunnels that stretch into South Korean territory—from which they will burst out of in a rage unknown to Western militaries—they can swim for days, shoot peo… Full story