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Project Water rolls out water bottles to Toronto's homeless Special

Toronto - Toronto area agencies that deal with the homeless and at risk people got a hand up today as Project Water launched their 12th summer campaign.

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Op-Ed: Sick of writing about global insanity? You’re not alone

As the two sickest places on Earth, the US and Middle East, wallow in the 11th century, complete with religious psychotics, poverty, endless wars and “representatives” of every known form of human hatred, some writers have had enough. Me, for one.

In the Media by Paul Wallis - 77 comments

Op-Ed: UN report on Indigenous Peoples- 370 million living in hell

The UN report The State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is a tale of horror. 370 million people, more than the population of the United States, are in a state of what could only be called “situational genocide”.

In the Media by Paul Wallis - 7 comments

Contemporary art: Cultural coffin, art for plutobrats, or what?

I wish the title of this article was a rhetorical question, but it’s a practical issue. Rather than “What is art?” we are now confronted with “Why is art?” As an artist and the son of an artist, I’d like to explore “Why?"

In the Media by Paul Wallis - 5 comments

Op-Ed: Poll shows 81 per cent of Americans think U.S. is going the wrong way

Turns out most Americans can agree about something, after all. A New York Times/CBS poll has shown an almost universal dissatisfaction with the country’s direction. That’s unusual, given the left/right screaming match over the last few years.

In the Media by Paul Wallis - 3 comments

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US Army issues Facebook warning

Photos posted on social media sites like Facebook that are geotagged - marked with a location - put soldiers and their families in danger, the US Army warns.

VIDEO: India rocks to new protest bands

A new breed of musicians playing rock and reggae with highly topical lyrics are doing their best to keep social and political issues in the spotlight in India.

Political Storm Came Before Rutgers Trial

Tyler Clementi's suicide put an immediate face to the homophobic cyberbullying issue promoting legislation and social change.

Judge halts First Nations welfare cuts in Maritimes

A federal court judge has issued an injunction that will temporarily prevent the federal government from reducing social assistance rates for First Nations in the Maritimes.

Morgan Stanley said to get subpoena in Facebook IPO

Reuters reported Tuesday that Massachusetts had issued a subpoena to the investment bank leading the initial public offering of shares in social networking website Facebook.