Here is another piece of news that makes you question whether free-press actually has the degree of freedom that it claims.
Hal Turner, a notorious shock-jock Internet radio talk-show host was arrested in June of 2009 for issuing speech advocating the death of three Federal Court judges on his blog.
He wrote, “Let me be the first to say this plainly: These judges deserve to be killed. Their blood will replenish the tree of liberty. A small price to pay to assure freedom for millions.”
The incredible Hollywood twist, however, came during the …

Two high school teachers from Churchill High School in Winnipeg were taped putting on a lapdance show that would make Elizabeth Berkeley jealous during a school rally, before hundreds of high school kids in the school gymnasium. Like all good lapdances, there was a modest amount of ass-to-face, crotch-to-face, ass-to-crotch, face-to-crotch action with a hint of spankings. Brilliant.

The clip was posted on YouTube titled “Two Teachers One Chair” (hehe, nice). It is not known whether the teachers were aware of the filming, but with hundreds of pubescent …

On January 29th, 2010, Canada’s Supreme Court declared that Omar Khadr, a Canadian arrested and detained for seven years without civil trial under Bush’s Military Commissions Act, had his “right to life, liberty and security of the person” violated in Guantanamo Bay after evidence surfaced that harsh interrogation methods were used on him by CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Services) and foreign affairs officials. And, well, that’s all, folks!
The highest court of Canada made a declaration that one of our citizens’ basic rights have been violated, yet stopped short of doing …

On December 30th, 2009, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper rang up Canada’s Governor General, Michaelle Jean to prorogue the Canadian Parliament.  Jean granted permission (as a good Governor General always does), and the Canadian legislative assembly was officially put into suspension until March 2010.
Since then, Canadians have been divided into two camps:
A) ones who are appalled by Harper’s seemingly despotic power and
B) people who just don’t care.
(Personally, I do not know anyone from a camp C who is ecstatic for prorogation.  If you do, let me know.)

It’s an interesting …

After Senate passed their version health-care reform on Christmas Eve, the prevailing wisdom was that Congressional Democrats would quickly resolve the differences between the House and Senate versions so that the President could sign the bill and use his State of the Union address to pivot to a new job-focused legislative agenda. Scott Brown’s victory on Tuesday in the Massachusetts Senate election now means the era of the Democratic Party’s senatorial “supermajority” is over and brings the fate of American healthcare reform into question.
An obvious solution would be for …

The release of Canadian freelance journalist Amanda Lindhout has brought a sense of relief to her friends and family and Canadians across the nation. After 15 months in captivity in Somalia by their kidnappers, Ms. Lindhout, along with her fellow colleague, Australian photographer, Nigel Brennan, will be home for Christmas.
The scenario, however, is much more bleak for Canadian journalist Beverly Giesecrecht. Not only does she lack the family support base, she seems to have lost the support the from the majority of Canadians.
That is because the 53 year-old West Vancouverite …

On the eve of the Chilcot inquiry into Britain’s involvement in the 2003 invasion and its aftermath, The Sunday Telegraph has obtained hundreds of pages of secret Government reports on “lessons learnt” which shed new light on “significant shortcomings” at all levels.
They include full transcripts of extraordinarily frank classified interviews in which British Army commanders vent their frustration and anger with ministers and Whitehall officials.
The reports disclose that:
Tony Blair, …

Lebanese Army commander Gen. Jean Kahwaji instructed his troops to raise the level of alert along the border with Israel in preparation for an attack planned by “the Israeli enemy”, London-based Alquds Alarabi reported on Saturday.
In a statement published ahead of Lebanon’s independence day, which will take place on Sunday, the Lebanese military chief called for “greater vigilance” on the border “to counter the planned attacks by the Israeli enemy against the homeland.”
All the available options must be used to address Israel’s violations of the country’s sovereignty “land, sea and …

Those of you who watch Canadian television may have recently been bombarded by ads that call for you to “Stop TV Tax”. It has been a successful campaign, utilizing one of the most instinctively dreaded words – taxes.
Regrettably, the “Stop the TV Tax” campaign is really nothing about taxes. Ridiculous as it may sound, the money accrued under this ‘TV Tax’, if approved, goes to the pockets of the same corporate giants who are leading this Anti-TV-Tax campaign – Rogers, Bell, Cogeco, and the cable companies. It …

Shrouded by more important news (such as one coined ‘Balloon Boy Hoax’), a pivotal UN Human Rights Council resolution passed 25-6 with little noise on the mainstream media.
The resolution endorsed a report accusing Israel and Hamas of atrocious war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the Gaza conflict in January of 2009, in which around 14,00 Palestinians and 13 Israelis were killed in three weeks.
In addition, it condemned Israel’s policies in its access to Muslim holy sites, demolition of Palestinian homes and excavation work near Haram al-Sharif in East …