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Canada and Quebec in June 2008: On the Cusp
July 8, 2008, Comments Off on Canada and Quebec in June 2008: On the Cusp

Following their annual visit to Ottawa, Montreal and points in between, David Jones has again produced an accurate snaps ...

Intellectual-Property Rights and Wrongs
July 2, 2008, 1 Comment

Last October, the General Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) decided to consider what a dev ...

Wednesday Night #1374
July 2, 2008, 1 Comment

See photos and more on Wednesday-night.com After last week’s fascinating and informative evening on Iraqi Kurdista ...

Clay Felker RIP
July 1, 2008, Comments Off on Clay Felker RIP

Tuesday Jul 01, 2008 Clay Felker, New York Founding Editor, Passes Away Clay Felker, founder of New York, passed away th ...

Margaret Somerville . The case against euthanasia
June 27, 2008, Comments Off on Margaret Somerville . The case against euthanasia

June 27, 2008 It’s impossible not to be moved by a plea to end someone’s suffering — but the arguments ...

Hunting for grizzly bears
June 26, 2008, 1 Comment

Ian McAllister photo By Andrew Findlay (Georgia Straight Magazine) More and more foreigners are paying top dollar for th ...

Tar sands: Canada’s next vacation wonderland?
June 26, 2008, Comments Off on Tar sands: Canada’s next vacation wonderland?

More on tar sands 26 June 2008 TravellingAlberta.com offers one-of-a-kind oil sands vacation packages As the Canadian As ...

Greening of academia
June 22, 2008, 1 Comment

With thanks to Professor Paul Quirk of UBC 22 June Higher Learning Adapts To a Greening Attitude Students Lead Drive Res ...

Canada's 39th Parliament winds down
June 21, 2008, Comments Off on Canada's 39th Parliament winds down

June 21 Cranky Parliament still got things done Don Martin, National Post Change anathema to Harper While there’s ...

China 2008 Earthquake
June 17, 2008, 1 Comment

June 17 More floods threaten south China Dykes and embankments are being reinforced in southern China amid some of the w ...

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