After years of tax exemptions, the religious communities in the City of Montreal are facing big tax bills. It has recently come to light that […]
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Chelsea Manning Walks Free
Chelsea Manning, the American soldier jailed in 2010 for leaking information to Wikileaks, is finally free after serving seven years out of her 35 years […]
Don’t Call it Stealthing: Non-Consensual Condom Removal and the Law
It is appalling that in 2017 we still need to have a conversation about sexual consent. In April 2017, Alexandra Brodsky published an article in […]
Discussing Solidarity and Climate Change in Pierrefonds’ Flooded Streets
Pierrefonds-Roxboro is one of the three Montreal boroughs under state of emergency, but you certainly wouldn’t know it from walking on the dry and clean […]
RCMP Mistakenly Tackles and Handcuffs Teenage Girl in Surrey
The RCMP is investigating an upsetting incident in Surrey (BC), where a 16 year-old black girl was handcuffed and taken down in a case of […]
Canada Still Dropping in the Press Freedom Index
The change of government didn’t stop the steep decline of press freedom in Canada according to Reporters Without Borders. Canada now ranks 22nd in the […]
Surprise French Language Spot Check of Almost 600 Immigrants Challenged in Court
Almost 600 immigrants were subjected to a peculiar probe into their French language skills, despite having already passed the required government tests. The provincial Ministry […]
Gold-Plated Horse-Drawn Carriage Rides with the Queen and World War III
In a week that saw US warships sent to North Korea, increased tensions in Syria following a US missile strike and the American military drop, for […]
Defining Atrocities: A Crash Course on Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes in International Law
Germany, Rwanda, Kosovo, Syria – what do these places have in common? They were and are the sites of some of the worst atrocities in […]