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the {w} report: 2009
Our comprehensive look at the top stories of 2009, from landmarks in politics to the politics behind landmarks, the { w } report pulls together the compelling stories that continue to shape our world.{a}NNIVERSARIES
Approximately 100,000 Students Protest in China's Tiannamen Square {April 1989}. It is a moment that continues to mark the Chinese government and continues to stand as an iconic symbol of revolt
{b}OXING
If it wasn't for outstanding performances by Manny Paquiao, boxing would seem destined for obsurity as MMA/Extreme Fighting took North America by storm. Battles in the Octagon are gaining in popularity at such a torrid pace one can easily say that the sport is no longer an underground phenomenon.
{c}OPENHAGEN
COP15 marked the international conference on climate change. Despite numerous protests, an unprecedented hoax on Canada and a dramatic final few days, the world is still without a concrete document from which to draw our environmental accountabilities
{d}EBT
The World’s Economy t... Read more...
The Year That Wasn’t: 2009 in the Looking Glass
Mark Twain once claimed while history may not repeat itself, it does in fact rhyme. Lookin...
Jeffrey Sachs: why eradicating extreme poverty by 2025 is achievable
To millions of readers and supporters, his views represent the way forward for a sustainab...
To Boycott or Not to Boycott: ethical consumerism and the movement to ‘buy fair’
The timing for the release of No Logo was perfect. Naomi Klein's book reached North American...
Commonword, Cultureword and Pete Kalu
Every Wednesday evening, at about six forty-five pm, a man dressed in a business suit make...
Airport Security - Traversing the unfriendly skies
Who: Intrepid travelers, Terrorists
What: Enhanced airport security
Where: Airports around the world
When: January 4th
Why:
Bush’s
Barack’s war on terror
The Saboteur’s Spin: Wi...
The Kremlin Owns the Podium?
Who:
Kremlin, Russian Olympic officials
What:
Russian president tells officials - resign or be fired
Where:
Moscow
When:
March 1st
Why:
Because participation is not enough
The Sabo...
The Opéra de Montréal is 30 and Getting Younger
It is the first intermission of Tosca, the Opéra de Montréal’s lavish thirtieth-anniversary production. My girlfriend and I inch along in the company of thousands of eleg...
The Global Village: Engaging People in a Multicultural Society
Perhaps it is fitting the term ‘global village’ was coined by a Canadian. After all, Canada is quintessentially multicultural – we invented that term, too, eh. People fro...
The collective human spirit can be a vehicle for positive change in the wake of intolerance or war as was seen in the 1960’s in the United States with the Civil Rights Movement and the Anti-Vietnam rallies. That same spirit can also be summoned for evil in its thirst for hysteria and fear mongering as demonstrated by the Nazis or the Khmer Rouge. However, the most compelling examples of the collective human spirit exist within the personal spaces of our daily lives. |
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When a nation is on the brink of independence or partition, when injustice spits in the face of truth or when an individual attempts to engage the force of change, a collective spirit often swells and crests the precipice of otherwise complacent human behaviour.
the {Saboteur}
| The Kremlin Owns the Podium? |
Who: Kremlin, Russian Olympic officials The Saboteur’s Spin: Inspired by the Vancouver Games, President Medvedev vowed to take a torch to Russia’s Olympic officials. |
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