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'Gilmore Girls,' 'Lost' named by Canadian Press among top TV shows of decade
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | about 4 hours ago
Credibility
The Sopranos" was sublime, Tina Fey and Ricky Gervais gave us the giggles, and the fictional towns of Dillon, Texas, and Stars Hollow, Conn., became beloved TV destinations. It may be the most successful unsuccessful TV show of the decade, an irreverent,...
Tags: tv shows, Canadian Press, Tony Sirico, Ricky Gervais, Los Angeles, Serial drama television series, Pilot, Veronica Mars, Once More with Feeling, Gilmore Girls, Joss Whedon, Entertainment Culture, Teen dramas, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Canada's doors still closed to Afghan interpreters
Toronto :: Canada | about 22 hours ago
Credibility S ome eight months after Immigration Minister Jason Kenney announced Canada was proud to offer sanctuary to Afghan interpreters facing Taliban threats, none have been permitted to enter Canada. Meanwhile, one of Canada's former Kabul-based interpreters...
Tags: Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Canadian Embassy, Kandahar, Taliban, Canadian High Commission, Canadian Forces, Canadian Council for Refugees, afghans interpreters, Kabul, Canadian Press, Canada, Toronto, Islamism, Afghanistan, War in Afghanistan, Islamic terrorism
Spin overshadows policy as Afghan prisoner debate rages internally in 2006: memos
Ottawa :: Canada | 2 days ago
Credibility The records, examined on a confidential basis by The Canadian Press, show the Harper government placed a greater emphasis on drafting "key messages" to the public and preparing "approaches" for embarrassing disclosures than on dealing with the human rights...
Tags: Canada, International Red Cross, Afghanistan, afghans prisoners, Canadian Press, harper government, Harper, Kandahar Airfield, federal officials, House of Commons, Ottawa, Human rights abuses, Gordon O'Connor, Human rights in Afghanistan, Canadian Afghan detainee abuse scandal, War in Afghanistan, Military history of Canada
Opposition MPs urge government whistleblowers to leak government documents
Ottawa :: Canada | 7 days ago
Credibility Frustrated opposition MPs called on would-be government whistleblowers Thursday to send along brown envelopes about the Afghan detainee issue. Liberal MP Ujjal Dosanjh and Bloc Quebecois MP Claude Bachand said they would like to see more leaks from bureaucrats...
Tags: Richard Colvin, Afghanistan, afghans prisoners, Canadian Press, International Red Cross, Canada, opposition mp, captured prisoners, diplomat richard, Ottawa, Human rights abuses, Politics, Canadian Afghan detainee abuse scandal, Human rights in Afghanistan, War in Afghanistan, Gordon O'Connor, Peter MacKay, Dosanjh, Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, Year of birth uncertain, National Directorate of Security, War Conflict, Canadians of Scottish descent, International Committee of the Red Cross, Kandahar International Airport, Torture, Laurie Hawn, Bachand, Ujjal Dosanjh
Canada's athletes leaving country unprotected from swine flu
Vancouver :: Canada | 20 days ago
Credibility Canada's top female biathlete wanted vaccination for the swine flu before she boarded an airplane this weekend, but Zina Kocher couldn't get it. "I leave for Europe on Saturday, so it's doubtful I will get it," the 26-year-old from Red Deer, Alta., said...
Tags: B.C. McCormack, Dr. Bob McCormack, swine flu, Canada, getting vaccination, Canadian Press, Vancouver, health officials, Randy Ferbey, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, Influenza, Influenza vaccine, Swine influenza, flu pandemic, Pandemics, Immunology, Vaccines, Health Medical Pharma, allnews
Ottawa’s media problem
Ottawa :: Canada | 2 months ago
Credibility Ottawa’s media problem Norman Spector L ast week, fellow blogger Adam Radwanski penned a provocative post on Michael Ignatieff’s Ottawa problem . To his credit, he did not spare the media in his analysis of what’s wrong with Ottawa: “You eat, drink and...
Tags: Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff, Stephen Harper, Canada, Ottawa, Canadian Press, tax hikes, Canadian Broadcasting Corp., minister stephen, prime minister
Stranded woman awaits dismissal of charges
Toronto :: Canada | 3 months ago
Credibility Kenya–Her throat is sore, her chest aches when she breathes, and after three months of trying to figure out why she's trapped here, Suaad Hagi Mohamud's head hurts, too. Sitting in the courtyard of a guarded residence where she has sought sanctuary, Mohamud...
Tags: Kenya, Suaad Hagi Mohamud, Toronto, Canadian Press, Nairobi, toronto woman, Canada, Canadian High Commission, Suaad Haji Mohamud, Barack Obama
Whose fault is it?
Nairobi :: Kenya | 4 months ago
Credibility But outrage is growing that officials didn't help her when she was detained in Nairobi and had to fight to prove her identity Allan Woods In Ottawa Lesley Ciarula Taylor In Toronto Nothing in Canadian law stops the government from "picking and choosing"...
Tags: Kenya, Dalton McGuinty, Toronto, Canadian Press, Nairobi, Suaad Hagi Mohamud, toronto woman, premier dalton, Ontario, federal government
Montrealer facing beheading pleads with PM for help
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | 5 months ago
Credibility ET The Canadian Press Mohamed Kohail was sentenced in Saudi Arabia to a public beheading after a schoolyard brawl that led to a death. (Canadian Press) A Montreal man facing beheading in Saudi Arabia has written directly to Stephen Harper, asking the...
Tags: Saudi Arabia, Mohamed Kohail, facing beheading, Canadian Press, Montreal
Ottawa appeals Omar Khadr court order
Toronto :: Canada | 5 months ago
Credibility The courts should not interfere with political decisions and force Prime Minister Stephen Harper to ask for Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr's return, Justice Department lawyers argued in a special appeals court hearing today. Calling the case "difficult...
Tags: Omar Khadr, Federal Court of Canada, Abdullah Khadr, Mr. Khadr, federal courts, Ottawa, Canadian Press, Guantanamo Bay, appeal courts, Toronto
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