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Despite Health Canada’s Sketchy Rules, Our Medical Marijuana Program Is Improving
Health Canada’s MMPR program has been criticized for only offering patients dried weed buds, making it difficult for those who are unable to smoke due to pre-existing health concerns. Now, a new Health Canada anti-weed ad illuminates their disconnect...
We Went to Marc Emery’s Welcome Home Party
Marc Emery was just released from prison after serving five years for his marijuana seed-selling business, so we spent the night with him during his Toronto welcome home party.
Anonymous’s Offensive Against Israel Reveals the Splintered State of Hacktivism
Anonymous has been wounded by numerous hackers being arrested, one of its elites turning into an FBI informant, and NSA surveillance. But there are still factions fighting on both sides of the Israel/Gaza conflict.
Ignore or Engage? The Rob Ford Conundrum
Rob Ford has only been back at work for five days, and he's already polarized the city. Some people are angry enough to run up on him in public. Others are pretending he doesn't exist.
The Globe and Mail Refuses to Discuss their Latest Election Endorsement
Did the Globe and Mail's editor-in-chief really censor his own editorial board's decision to endorse the Liberals? If it's true, he's certainly not saying one way or another. Patrick McGuire pressed him for an answer anyway.
Touring Regent Park with Mustafa the Poet
Mustafa isn't even 20 yet, but he's already getting props from Margaret Atwood. We asked him why he does spoken word instead of rap, and how Regent Park is changing, while scoping out the neighbourhood.
Elliot Rodger’s Online Life Provides a Glimpse at a Hateful Group of "Anti-Pick-up Artists"
Friday, Elliot Rodger allegedly killed six people before taking his own life. Before committing the massacre, Rodger released a string of vile, woman-hating videos detailing his sexual frustrations and plans for murder, in a manifesto that appears to...
Canada’s New Cyberbullying Bill Will Give It Unnecessary Surveillance Superpowers
A new bill will allow any “public officer” or “peace officer” the freedom to request personal data from telecom companies.
Canada’s New Cyberbullying Bill Will Give the Government Unnecessary Surveillance Superpowers
This week, the Conservative government’s controversial cyberbullying bill, C-13, is nearing the final stages of making its way into law. Here, Patrick McGuire posits that the problem with cyberbullying has less to do with a lack of surveillance powers...
VICE Canada Conversations: Ronald Deibert
VICE Canada's Managing Editor Patrick McGuire sat down with Ronald Deibert, Canada's foremost cybersurveillance expert. If you were ever curious about how and why our government monitors the internet, you should check this out.
Why Is the Canadian Government Issuing Over 1 Million Annual Requests to Telecom Companies for Our Data?
News broke last night that over 1.2 million requests were issued from Canadian government agencies to the nation's telecom companies in 2011--but no one is quite sure why. Will this disclosure be enough to stir up a substantial public reaction about...
Heartbleed Tore a Hole In the Internet
Heartbleed has made a large swath of the internet vulnerable in a big way, by eroding the reliability of a widely-used encryption standard.