Culminating days of fierce resistance against plans to drill for Arctic oil, activists in Seattle on Monday are risking arrest as they attempt to shut down operations at Shell Oil’s drilling rig. In the wee hours Monday morning, hundreds of people stopped traffic on the Spokane Street Bridge before marching to the Port of Seattle […]
The U.S. Senate’s Tuesday passage of a limited ban on torture is being met with mixed enthusiasm from human rights advocates, who alternately praise it as a “historic” victory and “too little, too late, but better than nothing.” Co-authored by Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), the amendment to the National Defense Authorization […]
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OTTAWA — Canadians have a largely favourable view of police in their communities but Indigenous people, members of visible minority groups and younger Canadians are more likely to have had bad experiences and to feel threatened in the presence of police, a new poll suggests. Seventy-seven per cent of Caucasian respondents to the Angus Reid […]
TORONTO — Whistleblowers saved lives during the first wave of COVID-19 in Ontario’s long-term care homes, the patient ombudsman said in a report Thursday. And they need legal protection so they can keep speaking up. “Many of the whistleblowers Patient Ombudsman spoke with were very fearful of retaliation and the impact speaking to our office would […]
In a decision derided by the ACLU as “disappointing,” a federal judge on Wednesday ruled that the administration of President Barack Obama cannot be compelled by the court to hand over the full Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture. With a lawsuit citing the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the ACLU had sought to […]
The populist sentiment that is sweeping the nation has both a source and a solid base, according to new polling that shows a majority of Americans feel like the growing gap between the rich and the poor is cause for serious concern and should be proactively addressed by government policies. The new poll, conducted jointly […]
Despite “massive pressure” from both the UK government and the fossil fuel industry, local elected officials in the northwest county of Lancashire have rejected a drilling application from the energy firm Cuadrilla to start fracking at a site on England’s Fylde coast. The UK Telegraph described the vote as “a major setback” for Britain’s shale […]
By boat, by raft, or by swimming through frigid northern waters, the people will not back down against drilling in the Arctic. That was the message Wednesday morning as about 30 environmental campaigners on Greenpeace vessels—including Musqueam First Nation activist Audrey Siegl, featured in a video on Tuesday preparing for the action—chased down oil giant […]
Faced with ever-increasing global temperatures and rapidly melting Arctic ice, what might the next logical step be for U.S. President Barack Obama? To call for an end to Arctic drilling? No! More icebreakers! On the second day of his controversial three-day visit to Alaska on Tuesday, Obama declared that in order to stay competitive with […]