The population in our rural area is drawn from a mix of local businesses, farmers, blue collar workers and retirees who have moved from the city to enjoy the four season lifestyle. We have a high percentage of seniors. The community is growing rapidly and now provides an opportunity for young families to stay and [...]
There are few things rarer than a major politician doing something that is genuinely courageous and principled, but Jim Webb’s impassioned commitment to fundamental prison reform is exactly that. Webb’s interest in the issue was prompted by his work as a journalist in 1984, when he wrote about an American citizen who was locked away in a Japanese prison [...]
For better or worse, a federal government task force is becoming a guiding force in the automotive industry – stopping just short of actually coming to Detroit to install headlights.
A stronger federal role is the price that two of the big US-based carmakers, General Motors and Chrysler, must pay to win new government funding to [...]
This is the way things work in the real world, the one where real people live and work, where they don’t fly in on private jets to ask the government to bail them out after they have lost billions.
They don’t get bonuses for being failures. They lose their jobs. They hit the bricks like the [...]
Habitat for Humanity ReStore is a Home Improvement Center that accepts and resells quality new,used and surplus building materials. ReStore supports reuse and recycling, and the funds generated support Habitat for Humanity building projects. They are an environmentally friendly store that makes sense!
From time to time areas of the ReStore may be filled and as [...]
A vast electronic spying operation has infiltrated computers and has stolen documents from hundreds of government and private offices around the world, including those of the Dalai Lama, Canadian researchers have concluded.
In their report, the researchers said the system was being controlled from computers based almost exclusively in China, but they could not say conclusively [...]
Germans wreck ‘global new deal…
GORDON BROWN’S carefully laid plans for a G20 deal on worldwide tax cuts have been scuppered by an eve-of-summit ambush by European leaders.
Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, last night led the assault on the prime minister’s “global new deal” for a $2 trillion-plus fiscal stimulus to end the recession.
“I will not [...]
A WEEK or so ago America was seized by a spasm of fury over the bonuses paid to executives at AIG, a troubled insurance company. Across the country Americans were enraged that people who had helped to cause the financial meltdown were being rewarded for their incompetence. And Washington responded in kind.
Congressmen queued up before [...]
The world feels a bit out of control. But through collective action, we can demand a fair result for people feeling the worst effects of this recession – including those living in extreme poverty – and by doing so have a positive long-term impact on the global economy.
With his unique position of global leadership, President [...]
US economic power is crumbling, but China is not yet ready to take over the reins. Martin Jacques reflects on the potential impact of the G20 ahead of world leaders arriving in London. Part of the NS’s unrivalled coverage of the global crisis
The G20 meeting on 2 April will deliver little but, like the first G20 [...]
Brass get bonsues. Consumers lose jobs, go bankrupt:
By LINDA LEATHERDALE
March 24 — Sadly, this is just another sign of these disgusting times.
One of Canada’s worst managed companies – Nortel Networks, now in bankruptcy protection – is paying out $7.3 million in executive bonuses so key personnel won’t leave, while senior brass already walked away with [...]
Canada’s media networks have all been slammed by the recession. But the government is reportedly considering bailouts for its friends at private companies CTV and CanWest, while forcing the CBC to drastically cut 800 staff and programming.
Our CBC is a national treasure, and a pillar of public−interest journalism in a country whose media is owned [...]
Canada “will not be bullied” by Russia when it comes to staking claim over the Arctic, Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon said Friday.
His remarks in Montreal came the same day as Russia said it would amass an army dedicated to protecting its interests in the Arctic.
The plan, revealed in a document released by the presidential [...]
Japan is mobilizing its missile defense system, and U.S. Navy ships are deploying to the Sea of Japan, as North Korea prepares to launch a rocket that is expected next month, officials said.
Japan’s move, aimed at shooting down debris from the launch that might fall into its territory, is notable for a country with a [...]
More troops, new legislation, improved troop training and added civilian expertise highlight President Obama’s strategy to fight terrorism in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Obama on Friday announced his plan to tackle what he called an “international security challenge of the highest order.”
Stressing soberly that “the safety of people around the world is at stake,” Obama said the [...]
