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National Guard shooting and the CIA’s secret Afghan army
Last week, two National Guard soldiers were shot in Washington, D.C. after they were ambushed by a lone shooter near the airport. One was killed and …
9 months ago
Should universities have opinions?
Our guest today has taken a long look at an out-of-fashion principle in higher learning – institutional neutrality. Basically it’s the importance of …
9 months ago
Will the U.S. invade Venezuela?
Over the weekend, Donald Trump declared on Truth Social that the airspace around Venezuela should be considered closed. Venezuela’s foreign ministry …
9 months ago
Ukraine peace plan,or Russian ‘wish list’?
In a somber speech last week Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned his people that their country was on the brink of a critical choice: eith…
9 months, 1 week ago
In Chad, inside camps for Sudan’s refugees
Sudan’s civil war is now the worst displacement crisis in the world, with more than 12 million people currently displaced from their homes. Earlier t…
9 months, 1 week ago
Hatchet buried? The politics of an Alberta energy deal
On Thursday Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta’s Danielle Smith are set to announce the outlines of a plan that could set Alberta and B.C. on a c…
9 months, 1 week ago
Gunshots, arson, threats: B.C’s extortion crisis
After meeting on the sidelines of the G20 in South Africa, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have announced they wou…
9 months, 1 week ago
The hunt for alleged cocaine kingpin Ryan Wedding
At a press conference last week U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi laid out fresh allegations against Ryan Wedding, a 44-year-old Canadian and former Ol…
9 months, 1 week ago
Is the notwithstanding clause bad for democracy?
Section 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms — the so-called "notwithstanding clause" — allows governments, both provincial and federal,…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
The ‘sniper tourists’ of Sarajevo
For decades there have been allegations that wealthy foreigners traveled into the Bosnian war, during the siege of Sarajevo, to shoot at besieged civ…
9 months, 2 weeks ago