Tag: politics
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WLUSP campaign platforms
President Dani Saad In the past year, I have built relationships with people I work with at The Cord and in other departments. As an editor, I have learned how hard volunteers…
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Dennis and the dictator: Rodman’s friendship with Kim Jong-Un
Kim Jong-un is a name some may have never heard, but those who have can attest to the fact that he fits the widely accepted definition of “dictator”: “a ruler with total…
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Ontario plans changes to aboriginal justice system
The Ontario government is creating a special advisory group to look at judiciary issues specifically affecting those in the First Nations population. The new group, which will be known as the Aboriginal…
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@TheBrazman Gets Away: My Special Distaste for Senator Patrick Brazeau
To start, last week, suspended Senator Patrick Brazeau criticized a reporter for asking if he drank the previous night, leading him to ask if that was her view on native people. In…
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Ford Cracks
November 13th 2013 – Mayor Rob Ford admitted to buying illegal drugs while he was in the position of mayor. The Toronto City Council then voted 37-5, asking Rob Ford to step…
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Rob Ford has had enough… and gets enough
November 15th, 2013 – TORONTO, ON: Toronto’s Mayor, Rob not only used graphic language but finally cracked and admitted to being “pushed over the line,” while apologizing for his comments towards released…
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Ford repents … Kind of.
By Swathy Sooriyakumar, Staff writer and Nathanael Lewis, News Editor November 7th, 2013 – TORONTO, ON: Toronto Mayor, Rob Ford is in the fire again after the release of a video. Not the…
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Nation of scandal: What is going on with Canada?
It is hard to turn on the news or read the paper without being blasted with coverage of scandals in our country. Scandals and controversy are a part of life and…
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Goodbye, Jack
Canada continues to mourn as one of its greatest political leaders has left us forever. After a lengthy battle with cancer, beloved New Democrat Party leader Jack Layton has passed away. Layton…
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Losing London: Trying to put the riots in perspective
Up until a month ago, someone hearing the word “riot” may generally think of some conflicted Middle Eastern dictatorship or maybe a disappointing loss for the Canucks, but few people would think…
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Famine supplies believed stolen from UN
Since July a severe drought has been affecting East Africa, and Somalia, in particular. As a result of the drought several countries and more than 12 million people are facing severe food…
