The death of a Canadian whale rescuer led Canada and the U.S. to ban operations on right whales—’a real insult’ to their work, says one rescuer
The travel ban from several Muslim nations is dismantling any goodwill the U.S. has built up, and boosting Iranian influence
Visiting Kirkuk on a trip, military interpreter Alan Adil Abdullah isn’t sure what will happen when he tries to return to his kids and home in Seattle
A French town decides women shouldn’t be defined by their marital status
B.C. salmon are radiation-free, RCMP officers get off scot-free for tasering a child
Concerned parents want award-winning novel removed from Southern Ontario classrooms
Latest flip-flop by Halton trustees shows they’re not in it for the students
Spokesperson says remarks were taken out of context.
Proving the law is ‘unconstitutional’ may not be so easy
Following in the misguided footsteps of market regulators in Britain, the U.S. SEC is instituting a “temporary ban” on short selling in the U.S. markets. In a week of depressing, frightening bad ideas, mindless grandstanding, and scapegoating, this may stand out as the worst example of panicked non-thinking.