Wednesday-Night

The “Wednesday Night Salon” series - west coast edition is going for its fifth monthly anniversary! As the new relationships are developing amongst all of these great Vancouverites, we are still enjoying the discovery period of new connections and degrees of separation unfolding at each event… Many of you are away […]

On the eve of the opening of the Beijing Olympics, we have some very special guests, along with the much-anticipated return of Cleo Paskal from her wanderings (who else do we know who covers the UK, Athens, Faroe Islands and India in what seems like a minute?). Cleo […]

(Strategic Forecasting Inc.) Kosovo, Russia and the West
2007 saw the resurgence of a long-dormant issue: independence for Serbia’s breakaway province of Kosovo. The tiny region is a key pressure point on the fault line between Russia and the West.
The subject of independence for Kosovo is re-emerging as a serious issue. The West seems intent on […]

August 1
Pakistanis Aided Attack in Kabul, U.S. Officials Say
By MARK MAZZETTI and ERIC SCHMITT
The conclusion that Pakistan’s powerful spy service helped to plan the bombing of India’s embassy has strained relations between the U.S. and a longtime ally.
Afghan violence ripples across region
Monday’s bombing outside the Indian Embassy in the Afghan […]

Feeding the future (IPS news round-up)
The World Bank Group’s New Deal on Global Food Policy

Food security measures should target Africa’s poor, IMF says
African governments looking to mitigate the effects of rising food prices on their populations should look to targeted measures specifically geared towards aiding poor families and avoiding unnecessary […]

Zimbabwe Must Fight for Itself

David Jones,

Citizen Special

It is time to tell some truth — cruel truth. Words, even the most hectoring or denunciatory, are not going to lever President Robert Mugabe out of power in Zimbabwe. Nor are condemnations from the United Nations or elsewhere or sanctions of one ilk or […]

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Starting this Wednesday Night on a different note (!), our very special diva, Susanna Eyton-Jones, and Shem Guibbory will give a brief performance as a warm-up to their in-studio recording the following week. They will present a 13-minute chamber piece for violin and soprano entitled ‘Iglesia Abandonado’, by […]

See also: Candidates and Issues
July 30
Afghan Ambassador Trumpets Obama Agenda
Afghanistan’s Ambassador to the United States trumpeted major portions of Barack Obama’s approach towards his country on Tuesday, marking the second time in as many weeks that an official at the center of U.S.-Mideast policy has echoed the Illinois Senator’s agenda.
Said Jawad, […]

Two and a Half Cheers for the Mediterranean Union
by Chris Patten
(Project Syndicate) Maybe it is time to be a bit more generous to French President Nicolas Sarkozy and look at the outcome of what he does rather than the way that he does it.
The original launch of the Mediterranean Union almost […]

Marc Garneau - Westmount-Ville-Marie
July 24
Where’s the Conservative plan for industry?
Marc Garneau, Montreal Gazette
Investing in key industrial sectors has long been a cornerstone of Canada’s economic strategy. Governments have used these investments to ensure that quality jobs are created and maintained in all parts of the country and to reinforce Canada’s position on the world stage […]