Regions / North America / Canada
Articles about Canada, ordered by date. 
Sticky business
Canada has put all its eggs into one big basket full of tar sands. That’s a major mistake, argues Andrew Nikiforuk – for the country and the planet.
Obama’s ‘free trade’ voyages are another big mistake
New agreements that enhance corporate power are bad news, writes Mark Engler.
Québec’s Maple Spring
Richard Swift says Canada's wave of pots-and-pans protests signal the first major rupture with the austerity agenda.
Tears are good medicine
Young First Nations people in Manitoba tackle their number one problem – suicide among their peers. Janet Nicol reports.
The credit union boom
Fed up with being fleeced, North Americans are flocking to co-operative savings societies. Wayne Ellwood reports.
Canada quits Afghanistan, almost
Canadian troops are withdrawing from Afghanistan this month. In theory, at least, reports Wayne Ellwood.
Fracking the world
Hydraulic fracturing, or ‘fracking’ – Big Oil’s newest way to extract natural gas from an exhausted planet – comes with a terrible environmental price tag. Joyce Nelson digs deeper.
Stop the tar sands trade talks
A protest against opening the EU's doors to Canada's polluting tar sands
Cook feels the heat
Canadian ambassador to Guatemala guilty of slander
Taking on Tarmageddon
The international campaign to shut down the tar sands is shaping up to be an iconic battle, reports Jess Worth.
Bloody oil
Canadian First Nations internationalize their struggle against the most destructive project on earth
No room for bigots
Canadian multiculturalism is in rude health and has licked the kinds of problems that crop up in other countries. Haroon Siddiqui explains how.
Articles in this category displayed as a table:
| Article title | From magazine | Publication date |
|---|---|---|
| 'How did our community survive this?' | The politics of language loss | June, 2014 |
| Oil-free art | Commodities - the pitfalls of resource wealth | March, 2014 |
| Sticky business | Commodities - the pitfalls of resource wealth | March, 2014 |
| Obama’s ‘free trade’ voyages are another big mistake | Debt - a global scam | July, 2013 |
| Québec’s Maple Spring | Co-operatives | July, 2012 |
| Tears are good medicine | Mental health | May, 2012 |
| The credit union boom | Haiti two years on | January, 2012 |
| Canada quits Afghanistan, almost | The changing face of masculinity | July, 2011 |
| Fracking the world | Climate change denial | May, 2011 |
| Stop the tar sands trade talks | Up in arms | March, 2011 |
| Cook feels the heat | Seed savers | September, 2010 |
| Taking on Tarmageddon | Bloody oil - shut down the tar sands! | April, 2010 |
| Bloody oil | Terror takeover | November, 2009 |
| No room for bigots | Multiculturalism | May, 2009 |
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