Jeffrey Simpson The Globe and Mail 24 Seven is a weekly production available on the Prime Minister of Canada’s website. The show is easy to access, although only a small number of Canadians seem interested, judging by how little chatter it generates.
Alexandre Shields Le Devoir (…) L’exemple le plus probant est effectivement le cerf de Virginie. Il est tout simplement interdit pour les Anticostiens de vendre de la viande de cerf. Jusqu’à il y a deux ans, une auberge exploitée par la Société des établissements de plein air du Québec (SEPAQ) avait pignon sur rue à Port-Menier. Elle…
Par Vincent Coquaz , Arrêt sur image “Nouveau : des restaurants poursuivent leurs clients qui osent les critiquer. Il faut dire qu’ils trouvent des juges pour leur donner raison.” L’avocat-blogueur Maître Eolas s’étonnait hier soir de la décision du Tribunal de Grande Instance de Bordeaux le 30 juin dernier, qui a condamné en référé la blogueuse “L’Irrégulière” à 1500 €…
From James Bond to Jason Bourne, the fictional world of spying is a world of danger and deception, glamour and lies. As the world prepares to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the James Bond film franchise, The Passionate Eye presents a 2 part series of revealing documentaries investigating the 21st century world of espionage. It features rare…
By Annie Lowrey, The New York Times WASHINGTON — A street prostitute in Dallas may make as little as $5 per sex act. But pimps can take in $33,000 a week in Atlanta, where the sex business brings in an estimated $290 million per year. It is not nearly as lucrative in Denver, where prostitution and…
Urban Institute The underground commercial sex economy (UCSE) generates millions of dollars annually, yet investigation and data collection remain under resourced. Our study aimed to unveil the scale of the UCSE in eight major US cities—Atlanta, Dallas, Denver, Kansas City, Miami, Seattle, San Diego, and Washington, DC. Across cities, the UCSE’s worth was estimated between…
By Carrie Poppy, CSI
How the west embraced Chairman Mao’s Little Red Book At the peak of its popularity, Mao’s bible was the most printed book in the world. It attained the status of a sacred, holy text during the Cultural Revolution, and retains its place among western devotees. In the years between 1966 and 1971, well over a…
Maroc : une barrière pour contrer l’émigration clandestine Évidemment il n’y a pas de carte. Seuls les Marocains du Québec et quelques spécialistes peuvent comprendre la phrase suivante: “Melilla et l’autre enclave espagnole de Ceuta constituent les seules frontières terrestres entre le continent africain et l’Europe.”