Canada
Canada’s New Medical Weed Program Puts the Poorest Patients Last
A new program designed to turn Canada into a medical weed making machine will be great for the economy, but what about the cancer patients who need kush to ease their pain?
Rob Ford Needs to Step Down
The Toronto police just confirmed that there is indeed a video of Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack. It's increasingly obvious that the guy's a failure as a civic leader and needs to step down—the only question is when he'll do the decent thing.
A Canadian Branch of Anonymous Is Standing Up for Anti-Fracking Protesters
They're particularly mad about an RCMP officer who, at the protest, said, "Crown land belongs to the government, not to fucking Natives."
Canadian Cops Ambushed a First Nations Anti-Fracking Protest
Protesters say that the cops used rubber bullets and mace when they didn't need to while breaking up a demonstration blocking access to a natural gas company's facilities.
Things I Learned from Avril Lavigne and Chad Kroeger's Howard Stern Interview
If Avril’s bratty, I-don’t-give-a-fuck-I’m-chompin’-bubble-gum-like-a-cow attitude and Chad’s facial hair and leather choker necklaces weren’t enough to let you know where these two rockers are at, then this Stern interview will lay it all out.
What Tony Abbott and Stephen Harper can Learn From Each Other
Besides loving church and hating science, the Prime Ministers of Australia and Canada have a lot in common—including awkward expense scandals.
What Kind of Person Goes to a Men's Rights Rally?
We went to a men's rights rally in Toronto to interview the activists and question why they insist men and boys are in crisis. The rally was interrupted by a queer and feminist counterprotest, and that's when the real fun started.
Neo-Nazis Are Attacking Anti-Racist Activists in Calgary
For six years, Bonnie and Jason Devine have dealt with firebombs, home invasions, and severe beatings from white supremacists.
Why Are Canadian Prisoners on Strike?
There is a palpable amount of unrest inside Canada’s prison system right now, and it’s happening on all levels. Inmates are on strike, Kingston Penitentiary is closed, and Don Jail is soon to follow.
Mennonites in Alberta Have Cozy Relations with a Notorious Mexican Drug Cartel
Grassy Lake is a small Canadian hamlet made up of 80 percent Mennonites and a bunch of farms. According to the DEA, it's also a distribution hub for an international weed and coke smuggling operation linked to one of Mexico’s deadliest drug cartels.
Doctors in British Columbia Can Now Prescribe Heroin
Clinical studies have shown that prescribing some hardcore addicts heroin can give their lives some much-needed stability. The only question is whether the government's knee-jerk antidrug policies will allow the effective treatment to go forward.
Omar Khadr: War Criminal, Child Soldier... or Neither?
Toronto-born Omar Khadr was captured by Americans in Afghanistan in 2002 and was accused of throwing a grenade that killed an American soldier. After eight years in Gitmo, he confessed. Now he's sitting in a federal prison in Edmonton.