Connie Kidd

AUSTRALIA: Claims of child abuse pretext for land grab, uranium mining This is a very horrible act of aggression by the Australian government, under a particularly egregious pretext. This is today ... now ... 2008 ... not 1908. Canada is no less guilty of continuing land grabs, under various guises. Mining and forestry alone consume billions and billions of acres of land worldwide, and total … En savoir plus

Postponement to Mining Act revisions good for industry Currently, mining is the only cash cow left of the province's four main industries so tampering with it would be more than foolhardy, it would be economic suicide. Postponement to Act revisions good for Ontario's mining industry Posted By Posted 17 hours ago… En savoir plus

Postponement to Mining Act revisions good for industry Currently, mining is the only cash cow left of the province's four main industries so tampering with it would be more than foolhardy, it would be economic suicide. Postponement to Act revisions good for Ontario's mining industry Posted By Posted 17 hours ago… En savoir plus

Thai protesters force police to abandon checkpoint Sat Nov 29, 2008 12:26am EST By Ed Cropley BANGKOK, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Hundreds of anti-government protesters forced several dozen Thai riot police to abandon a checkpoint on Saturday as they tightened their siege of the country's main airport, witnesses said. Around 2,000 People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) supporters … En savoir plus

Thai protesters force police to abandon checkpoint Sat Nov 29, 2008 12:26am EST By Ed Cropley BANGKOK, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Hundreds of anti-government protesters forced several dozen Thai riot police to abandon a checkpoint on Saturday as they tightened their siege of the country's main airport, witnesses said. Around 2,000 People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) supporters … En savoir plus

Staff emerge as heroes in Mumbai hotel sieges Fri Nov 28, 2008 4:07am ESTBy Krittivas Mukherjee MUMBAI (Reuters) - Prashant Mangeshikar could be dead, one of more than a hundred victims of militant attacks across Mumbai landmarks, if it had not been for an employee at the Taj Mahal Hotel. Mangeshikar, his wife and daughter were in the foyer of the 105-year-old hotel on Wednesday … En savoir plus

Staff emerge as heroes in Mumbai hotel sieges Fri Nov 28, 2008 4:07am ESTBy Krittivas Mukherjee MUMBAI (Reuters) - Prashant Mangeshikar could be dead, one of more than a hundred victims of militant attacks across Mumbai landmarks, if it had not been for an employee at the Taj Mahal Hotel. Mangeshikar, his wife and daughter were in the foyer of the 105-year-old hotel on Wednesday … En savoir plus

Tradition, Modernity or Both? TVO, The Agenda Thursday, November 27 Canada's First Nations: Tradition, Modernity or Both? Aboriginal identity at a crossroad: 1.2 million strong and growing, but with more than half of Canada's First Nations now living off-reserve, can the traditional way of life be … En savoir plus

Tradition, Modernity or Both? TVO, The Agenda Thursday, November 27 Canada's First Nations: Tradition, Modernity or Both? Aboriginal identity at a crossroad: 1.2 million strong and growing, but with more than half of Canada's First Nations now living off-reserve, can the traditional way of life be … En savoir plus

More native kids in B.C. living away from parentsLives of aboriginals appear to be getting worse, children's rep warnsLindsay Kines, Times ColonistPublished: Thursday, November 27, 2008The lives of B.C.'s aboriginal children may be getting worse instead of better, the province's child advocate said yesterday.Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond warned that seven of every 10 children living in care or … En savoir plus

More native kids in B.C. living away from parentsLives of aboriginals appear to be getting worse, children's rep warnsLindsay Kines, Times ColonistPublished: Thursday, November 27, 2008The lives of B.C.'s aboriginal children may be getting worse instead of better, the province's child advocate said yesterday.Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond warned that seven of every 10 children living in care or … En savoir plus

Canada is put to shame . . . but do we care? Published Thursday November 27th, 2008 Canada has been put to shame in the last … En savoir plus