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Oil spill - Gulf of Mexico
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Facts - provides both general and highly specific information about the spill and its aftermath
No sign of oil after Gulf platform fire: Coast Guard
(Reuters) - An oil and gas platform operated by Mariner Energy burst into flames in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, but the […]

NYT Photo gallery
(The Guardian) BP oil spill timeline From the construction of Deepwater Horizon to date
Times Topics: Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (2010)
Planet Green Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill: The What, When and Where
PBS Newshour coverage of the spill
27 May (WSJ) BP Decisions Set Stage for Disaster
BP made choices over the course […]

Pot and Politics: Canada and the Marijuana Debate; The top 10 Canadian health news stories of 2009; Swine Flu H1N1
Health Minister accepts ‘prudent’ advice not to fund MS treatment
Vascular procedure to treat multiple sclerosis is invasive and too risky for clinical trials, Leona Aglukkaq says
Health agency dampens MS patients’ hopes by rejecting clinical trials
24 August
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Munk Debates 2009: Climate change is mankind’s defining crisis, and demands a commensurate response.
December 2009 Munk Debate on Climate Change “Be it resolved: climate change is mankind’s defining crisis, and demands a commensurate response.” George Monbiot and Elizabeth May took the affirmative; Bjørn Lomborg and Lord Nigel Lawson the negative. [Watch the debate]
Lomborg […]

China and the world economy ; China, energy & economy ; China on Wednesday-Night.com
15 Facts About China That Will Blow Your Mind
(Business Insider) Despite all the wild stories you have already heard about China, expect the nation to keep blowing your mind. That’s because not only is China enormous and highly diverse, but most importantly, […]

Kilgour and Matas Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
David Kilgour and David Matas, two Canadian human rights crusaders, have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for their work related to the investigation of organ harvesting crimes against Falun Gong practitioners in China.
Infinithéâtre takes home the MECCA for best production
For the 2008-2009 Production of Blessed Are […]

Sidebar: Census backgrounder
Online Petition Keep the Canadian Census Long Form; Gardons le formulaire long du recensement canadien
Census debate still going strong across Canada - excellent summary of events to date (Aug 3)
Nonsense attacks on the census
(Boston Globe) THE REPUBLICAN National Committee’s new attack on the US Census is so nakedly transparent that you almost want […]

 
Reckless editing
(Ottawa Citizen) Two incidents of Wikipedia vandalism that seem to come from Canadian government computers raise an important question: Just how involved in the nuts and bolts of new media should public servants be?
Neither of the two incidents in question was an official government action. In one case, an article on the Joint Strike […]

Global voices Iranian elections 2009 ; NYT Topics Iran; The Economist Iran archives & country briefing
(Chatham House) Preliminary Analysis of the Voting Figures in Iran’s 2009 Presidential Election
Tehran’s Take: Understanding Iran’s US Policy (Foreign Affairs July/August 2009)
Iran Clamps Down on Reporting on Protest Leaders
In a further clampdown on Iran’s cowed political opposition, the authorities have […]

…the first principle of Arctic sovereignty is: Use it or lose it
- Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Resolute Bay, August, 2007

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Background
CBC archives: Creation of Nunavut
On April 1, 1999, the new territory of Nunavut was born. It meant the Inuit gained self-rule and control over their own institutions.; Canadian Arctic Sovereignty prepared by […]