• Will justice be served for Trayvon Martin?

  27 Mars 2012 - 11 h 19

  On the evening of February 26, Trayvon Martin—a 17-year-old African American-- was shot, and killed near his home by George Zimmerman, a “self-appointed” neighbourhood watch captain in Sanford, Florida. For the full story, read here. 

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• The Kony2012 conundrum

  22 Mars 2012 - 13 h 25

  Most of you have seen the video by now. Since going viral, Kony2012 produced by Invisible Children, has reached an incredible 100 million hits worldwide. Founded in 2003, the advocacy group aims to raise awareness about Ugandan war criminal,...

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  Pro Football’s All-Time Passer visits Beurling Academy

  16 Mars 2012 - 14 h 55

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• Should medically-assisted suicide be legalized in Canada?

  16 Mars 2012 - 13 h 47

  For those interested in hearing more on the much-contested and highly controversial issue of euthanasia, the Centre for Inquiry is hosting a debate about medically-assisted suicide.

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• Halal hysteria grips Quebec

  15 Mars 2012 - 10 h 08

  “Nous mangeons tous Halal” (We're all eating Halal) screamed the front page of Le Journal de Montréal this morning, complete with stomach-churning, blood-smattered images to add to the panic and mass frenzy that would soon engulf its readers....

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• Justin Trudeau: his family heritage, his political present, his bright future

  12 Mars 2012 - 13 h 25

  We as interviewers, whether it be in print or electronic media, tend to always have that wish list of people we really want to talk to. I have two of them this year, and one came through recently and graciously granted my request for an interview.

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• The Leisure Society; a morality play without morals

  7 Mars 2012 - 12 h 42

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• From Rush Limbaugh to fellatio parties; double standards persist

  6 Mars 2012 - 16 h 58

  Every year, as International Women’s Day approaches, I contemplate whether – as a woman and a weekly columnist – I’ll write on the issue. Every year, I question whether there’s anything new to write about, or whether – after years of...

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• Robocalls a new low in Canadian politics

  29 Février 2012 - 16 h 14

  “Everyone knows politics is a contact sport,” Barack Obama once said, and those who follow politics religiously, whether because it’s their job or it’s in their best interest as voters to do so, know that to clearly be the case.

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• Parents wrong to reject ethics and religion course

  23 Février 2012 - 10 h 29

  If "education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one," as Malcolm Forbes once stated, it stands to reason that the frantic attempts made by the Drummondville couple to exempt their child from the new ethics and religious culture...

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