Stephen Harper
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.
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.
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.
Native American Women Are Being Sold into the Sex Trade on Ships Along Lake Superior
Native women, children, and even babies are being trafficked in the sex trade on freighters crossing the Canada-US border on Lake Superior between Thunder Bay, Ontario, and Duluth, Minnesota.
The Canadian Government Is Withholding Documents Concerning the Torture of Children
Despite numerous testimonies stating that children who attended St. Anne's residential "Indian" school were sexually abused and sat in an electric chair, the Canadian government refuses to release 7,000 pages of investigative documents that seemingly...
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...