Canada

Report: Indigenous women in Canada face high murder rate

January 22, 2015 By Andrea Perkins

A new report exposes how indigenous women in Canada are being murdered and are disappearing at alarming rates.

Laughter through tears in Canada’s “Rez Sisters”

October 17, 2014 By Tim Wheeler

First Nation women and one man give virtuoso performances in a play as true today as when written 28 years ago.

“Echoes of Valour” in Newfoundland: A story of racism defeated

September 9, 2014 By Eric A. Gordon

On the stormy night of February 18, 1942, the USS Truxton and the USS Pollux, headed toward Iceland for refueling, foundered against the rocky cliffs near St. Lawrence.

Conservatives pass new election law designed to suppress vote

July 9, 2014 By Tim Pelzer

The right-wing Conservative Party government of Stephen Harper has finally succeeded in imposing U.S. Republican Party style voter suppression legislation in Canada.

Union cheers mass transit advocate’s election in Canada

June 19, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

Wynne swept to victory in the voting in Canada's largest province, home to approximately one of every three Canadians.