Bell Canada’s packet inspection violates privacy law, group

And you didn’t like Comcast’s TCP resets. Something far more egregious is going on in Canada, where Bell Canada has been engaged in deep-packet inspection of traffic. Bell is using DPI to find and limit the use of peer-to-peer applications such as BitTorrent, which it says are congesting its network, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reports.
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Dreadlocks remain grey area? Canada’s Wonderland prejudice again? racism? sterotype?

In basic terms, Jessica Devnani is a brunette, yet, her dreadlocks hairstyle is a grey area in terms of employment at Canada’s Wonderland.
“unnatural colour and beads” ?
So, maybe it’s no surprise the initial park employment staffer who interviewed Ms Devnani didn’t see her hair as extreme, but in the eyes of another, in the human [...]

Girl Refused Wonderland Employment Because Of Dreadlocks

Jessica Devnani was excited about the prospect of starting her first summer job at Canada’s Wonderland, but in the end, she found no amusement in the park’s request that she cut her dreadlocks, or find work elsewhere.
“I went in for my interview and they hired me on the spot so a week later I went [...]

Tar sand investments now a dead duck?

As one Canadian newspaper put it. Ducks in Alberta died a crude death. One of the species of ducks that died on a pond filled with crude oil polluted water.
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Tories stand by MP who made homophobic remarks

Tom Lukiwski rocks back and forth in the camera frame while pontificating about the differences between alpha and beta males.The camera operator fiddles with the zoom a bit to frame up the future Member of Parliament’s face. Lukiwski looks for the red light to make sure the tape is rolling.
The Saskatchewan NDP found the jaw-dropping [...]

Lack of transit link between airport and downtown Toronto embarrassing

It’s an embarrassment that Canada’s busiest airport still isn’t linked to Toronto’s downtown core by public transit and getting it done should be a priority, federal Transport Minister Lawrence Cannon said Friday.
In a speech to the Toronto Board of Trade, Cannon called it unbelievable that a world-class city like Toronto doesn’t have the transit infrastructure [...]

Immigrants choose to settle in Canada’s largest cities

Immigrants are still choosing to start their lives in Canada in one of the “big three” -Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver - but there are signs of changing times.
Among all the census metropolitan areas, Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver again attracted most of Canada’s new immigrants, according to 2006 census data on immigration released Tuesday by Statistics [...]

Canadian Remembrance Day Video 2007

A Timely Video for Remembrance Day in Canada. Please take some time today to remember those who died for our freedom in Canada.

Fallen Soldiers’ Families to Observe Remembrance Day in Afghanistan
Relatives of fallen soldiers visit Kandahar base
Canadian soldiers approaching Nov. 11 as participants instead of onlookers

Ontario racism in Simcoe against Asians reaching the tipping point

Who would think that this is happening in Ontario? We are so tolerant of others that you would think that this would be occurring somewhere else. Unfortunately racism and bigotry occurs all around and now some of the hate crimes that happened have placed a stain on Simcoe country’s once tranquil atmosphere. By: Andy MJ
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Canada likely to stay in Afghanistan until 2011 - Throne speech

OTTAWA — Canada’s military involvement in Afghanistan will likely continue to 2011, two years past the current commitment, the government’s throne speech declared Tuesday. The Conservative speech laid out the clearest timeline for the controversial mission. It also affirmed that while the Commons will be asked to vote on Canada’s future.
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Stupid to the last drop - Alberta oil thirst leading to disaster

The author of a new book on the future of Canada’s oil industry says Alberta is destroying itself in its rush to extract every drop of fossil fuel from the oilsands.William Marsden, a Montreal journalist and author of “Stupid to the Last Drop: How Alberta is Bringing Environmental Armageddon to Canada (And Doesn’t Seem to [...]

Ontario’s dirty little election secret – Canadian citizenship is only based on trust

It may be a surprise to you but in Ontario we do not require voters to prove their Canadian citizenship. Yes, I said it! It is no lie! As clearly stated voters “MUST” be Canadian, whether by birth or by becoming a Canadian citizen. However, what many people do not know is our voters list [...]