‘News’ Archives
Twenty years later, the Hagersville tire fire has left »
I have been quite busy lately, thus the 2-week period since my last post. I also went to Quebec City and Toronto during my reading week... Last Thursday, I drove to Hagersville and Townsend, Ontario, with my girlfriend's dad for an article I had to write about the Hagersville tire fire. I summited this piece for my reporting methods [...]
Canadian companies now exempted from ”Buy »
Canada's International Trade Minister Peter Van Loan announced Friday that Canadian companies will now be exempted from the so-called Buy American Act. Previously, Canadian suppliers of iron, steel and other construction materials were not allowed to bid on US public infrastructure projects financed by the multi-billion dollar recovery plan set [...]
Omar Khadr’s rights violated, but won’t »
Yesterday, the Supreme Court of Canada rendered judgment in Omar Khadr's case. I was at the court in the morning as a reporter for Radio News -- the show we are producing each Friday for the coming weeks in my radio class. The justices ruled that Khadr's fundamental rights were violated with the complicity of Canadian officials, but added [...]