Tag Archives: British Columbia
By Aaron Berhane When is the Vancouver-based mining company, Nevsun Resources Ltd., going to do business ethically? When will it admit to knowing about its gross human rights violations in Eritrea? The Eritrean Canadian Human Rights Group testified at an … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Amnesty International, British Columbia, Eritrea, Human rights, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Minister of International Trade, Nevsun Resources, Politics of Eritrea
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By Allison Martell and Teresa Carson REUTERS Squamish Elder Eugene Harry blesses photos of women missing from Vancouver’s downtown eastside, prior to the start of a commission of inquiry into their disappearance, many of them victims of serial killer Robert … read more »
Farooque Chowdhury Hundreds of indigenous women and girls were murdered in Canada. To many, it’s a baffling fact. Recently, there were proposals in the UK parliament to expand the use of secret court hearings in civil cases. In Greece, migrants … read more »
Toronto police have arrested a British Columbia man in connection with the brazen daylight shooting death of a man in Little Italy earlier this week. Det. Sgt. Terry Browne said in a news conference that Dean Wiwchar, 26, will appear … read more »
Rafe MAIR To understand what I’m about to say, here is a map of the Northern Gateway pipeline proposed by Enbridge Pipelines, a large Canadian company. The province of British Columbia, where I have lived all my life is where … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues
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Tagged africa african news, Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Enbridge, Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines, First Nation, indepthafrica africa news, Northern Gateway, Supreme Court of Canada
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January 15, 2011 by benim
One person was injured when an avalanche struck Saturday at the Fernie Alpine Resort in southeastern British Columbia. In a written statement, resort general manager Andy Cohen said the avalanche hit an area known as Currie Bowl, which is rated … read more »
Posted in Canada
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Andy Cohen, Avalanche, Avalanche control, breaking news, British Columbia, Canadian Press, Embassies and Consulates, Fernie Alpine Resort, IndepthAfrica, Kootenay Pass, News local news, newspapers, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, World news
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Some 22,000 jobs were added in December, keeping the unemployment rate for the second consecutive month at 7.6 percent — the lowest level since January 2009, the national statistics institute said Friday. It was a slightly rosier outcome than analysts’ … read more »
Posted in Canada
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Afrika, breaking news, British Columbia, Canada, Economy of Canada, Employment, IndepthAfrica, News local news, newspapers, Ontario, Private sector, Quebec, Unemployment, World news
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November 23, 2010 by benim
Young women at a school in Bountiful An unusual legal test case is taking place in Canada aimed at clarifying whether polygamy is a crime. Does the country’s anti-polygamy law violate a constitutional guarantee of the freedom of religion? Over … read more »
Posted in Canada, Relationship
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Tagged Bountiful British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada, Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, IndepthAfrica, Law Crime, lifestyle-news, Mating systems, Mormon, nature, polygamy, Polygamy and the Latter Day Saint movement, Polygamy in North America, Social Issues, Social systems, toronto, Warren Jeffs, Winston Blackmore
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October 28, 2010 by benim
Can you put a price on an indigenous community’s culture? Is a company’s bottom line worth more than a traditional way of life? Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government will soon weigh in on these human rights questions. The Canadian … read more »
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