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Raging Grannies invade NYC Toys R Us

Dec 142012
 
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"Don't buy war toys" chant scares clerks, resonates with shoppers.

by Danielle Silva

Clamors for peace inside the mammoth Toys “R” Us emporium in Times Square might not be unusual coming from parents and directed at their toddlers demanding yet another Barbie doll or another ride on the store’s Ferris wheel.

But on Wednesday, the exhortations for peace were coming from an unexpected source – older women who belong to the Granny Peace Brigade and the Raging Grannies, two groups that have gained widespread attention for their demonstrations against the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars…

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10-hour day OK in new SK labour code

Dec 122012
 
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from The Star Phoenix

Ebenezer Scrooge made an appearance at the legislature last week. With the introduction of its new Employment Act, Premier Brad Wall's government showed us just how miserly it is when it comes to overtime pay for Saskatchewan's non-unionized workers.

Chief Theresa Spence on hunger strike

Dec 112012
 
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Omnibus Bill violates Crown's responsibility to honour treaties.

from APTN National News

OTTAWA — Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence stood at the steps leading up to the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill Monday and said she was “willing to die” if the federal government ignored her call for a meeting between Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Queen Elizabeth II and First Nations leaders.

Spence plans to begin her hunger strike Tuesday morning after a sunrise ceremony on Victoria Island, just up the Ottawa River from Parliament Hill.

“I am willing to die for my people, the pain is too much,” said Spence. “Somebody asked me if I was afraid to die. No, I am not afraid to die, it’s a journey we have to go on and I will go and I am looking forward to it.”

Spence told reporters who had gathered for her small press conference that the Canadian government was ignoring the treaties and that the Crown, in whose name the treaties were signed, is ignoring the breakdown of the relationship. She wants the prime minister, the Queen, or a representative, to sit down with First Nations leaders and reestablish the treaty relationship…

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F-35s’ pricetag could jump to $40B

Dec 072012
 
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from The Canadian Press

OTTAWA – Ottawa was awash in speculation Thursday that the pricetag for the life-time cost of the oft-maligned F-35 fighter was about to take a huge jump.

A government sponsored report written by the accounting firm KPMG is widely expected to show that the pricetag of owning 65 stealth fighters could stretch to $40 billion…

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