Archive for 'Politics'
Celine Dion and The Invisible Elephant
Throughout all the commentary and articles dealing with the Celine concert cancellation in Halifax, I am yet to see anyone mention one obvious and major observation. So, at the risk of joining Jim Meek’s “Big No” [...]
Save the Ooompa-Loompa
Yet another meaningless and needless Halifax bylaw (Click here for Chronicle Herald article). This is what happens when some of your chosen representatives have nothing significant to contribute to the betterment of the city. They waste [...]
Yemeni Tribal Norms: Better To Kill A Woman Than To Beat Her
A frank interview in the Yemen Times investigates tribal norms in Yemen and the role of ‘Sheikhs’ as tribal leaders who influence a country’s judicial, political, and security climate. This comes on the heels of two [...]
Mattel Apologizes to China, And Sues Porn Star
This just in! In a surprising move, U.S. toy manufacturer Mattel issued an extraordinary apology to China today, taking responsibility for recent toy recalls and admitting they were due to “design flaws”, not manufacturing flaws, an MSN article [...]
Cute China Internet Censorship
China has installed ‘digital cops’ to monitor internet surfers and deter them from accessing illegal sites. A post on trendhunter.com notes that the cartoon figures will walk, bike, or drive across the screen every half hour, [...]
UAE-USA Trade Deficit: Opportunity for Canada
The United States Bureau of Statistics recently announced what many trade professionals have known for some time now: trade between the US and the Middle East is on the decline. Exports from the USA to the [...]
Battle for Media Control: Middle East Fighting Back
Once upon a time not long ago, the international community received its dose of Middle East news from outlets that were predominantly European or American. In those times, the Arabic street always complained about the biases [...]
Ad Executive Down
The verdict was in yesterday on Lafleure for his role in the Liberal Sponsorship Scandal. Despite his letter to the Judge proposing to pay his ‘debt to society’ in time instead of money, Judge Suzanne Coupal [...]
Telus-BCE Merger: A Blessing or a Curse?
The big news on the M&A front these days are the talks of a Telus acquisition of Bell (‘Belus’ is the current street term I see being loosely coined during some discussions of the merger). The [...]
Ridiculous Red Tape
Readers rejoice! After a mere three years of deliberation, Halifax City Hall finally gave its endorsement to the $80 Million Waterfront Hotel and Condo project of developer Ralph Medjuck of Centennial Properties. The last waterfront project to be [...]
Confirmed: Islamic Banking in Canada
Brother I am not familiar with canadian environment.But as a student o
Muslim Prayer in Toronto Schools: Social Engineering vs School Board Policy
With regards to Farak's comments: 1st, Hitler and the others you ment
Muslim Prayer in Toronto Schools: Social Engineering vs School Board Policy
Stumbled upon this accidentally and didn't finish reading, but I'm won
Confirmed: Islamic Banking in Canada
Salam All, This is in response to the comment from Abdirizak and all
Muslim Prayer in Toronto Schools: Social Engineering vs School Board Policy
Nice article. It just goes to show that the Canadians are becoming the