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Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'foreignaffairs'

May 28, 2008

David Miller's plan to ban recreational shooting ranges in the city of Toronto is arousing ire from shooting enthusiasts, who argue that banning air guns and single-shot target rifles isn't going to decrease gun violence. A representative from a suburban range said their members come from all walks of life, including homemakers, students, professionals, and those friendly Crip boys who always bring their own guns. Toronto Catholic School Board trustees have tentatively agreed to......

Continue Reading "Miller In Gun Battle, TCSB Trustees Whine, Nations To Bicker Over Climate Change Windfall"

January 28, 2008

We hate to burst your bubble, but there's a good chance that the government of Australia hates Canada and all Canadians...especially you. This is, of course, nothing more than a wildly inappropriate and unverifiable allegation on our part, but we do have a bit of evidence to support our theory. You see, Australia's official position on Canada is that we're a dangerous country to visit. What did we do to incur the wrath of......

Continue Reading "Canada, The Scariest Place On Earth"

December 13, 2007

Canadian DMCA to be introduced to Parliament today? That's what a lot of sources are saying, and the bill will likely be an abomination, essentially outlawing, among other things, freeware hacks for the iPod, automatic intellectual property rights for research purposes, making copies for your own personal use, and the above image. Al Gore rips into John Baird at the Bali conference. So, with two of the most pressing legal issues of the new......

Continue Reading "Canadian DCMA Introduced, Baird Mocked At Bali, Mulroney Claims Innocence: It's All About The Tories Today"

November 6, 2006

Saddam Hussein has been sentenced to death for war crimes, and may be hanged within the next few months. What does the international community say? U.S. President George W. Bush calls the verdict "a milestone in the Iraqi people's effort to replace the rule of a tyrant with the rule of law". The UN and European Union criticize the former Iraqi leader's death sentence. Vatican representative, Cardinal Renato Martino, calls the sentence "eye for an......

Continue Reading "Saddam Sentenced To Death, Toronto Honours Arts Giants, Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes"

March 6, 2006

Canada's hardest working diplomat doesn't work for Foreign Affairs and he's never been thought of as a possible Liberal leadership candidate. Torontoist argues that that man is Stephen Lewis, former Ontario NDP leader and current UN envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa. And lucky for you he's speaking for free at Ryerson (Jorgenson Hall, POD 250) tonight 6:00pm. Lewis has been in Canada a lot over the last year due to his delivering the Massey Lecture,......

Continue Reading "Stephen Lewis, Canada's Hardest Working Diplomat"

March 3, 2005

Torontoist will attempt to put the current state of Canadian-US foreign relations into perspective. As earlier reported, Canada’s refusal to participate in the President’s Missile Defense Shield, has led to a variety of fallouts - leaving the situation in a bit of disarray. In the classic movie Mean Girls, Lindsay Lohan plays the role of Cady Heron, a home-schooled foreigner who arrives at her new California public school and finds out that teenage life is......

Continue Reading "The Adorable Files: Lohan, Missiles, Good Metaphor"

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