Canada - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/canada/?source=rss&aim=canada en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 01 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT So long, Canada By Edward McClelland Thu, 01 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/01/canadian_border/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/01/canadian_border/index.html?source=rss Strict new border policies are turning Canada into a foreign country. Is this any way to treat our neighbors? Act like a man (who knows what that means)! Tracy Clark-Flory Thu, 01 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/04/14/canada/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/04/14/canada/index.html?source=rss A blogger sets out to answer what it means these days to be masculine. Welcome to the compact fluorescent twilight zone Andrew Leonard Thu, 01 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/03/21/freezing_by_compact_fluorescent/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/03/21/freezing_by_compact_fluorescent/index.html?source=rss When does it not make environmental sense to switch from incandescent lightbulbs to CFLs? The chronicles of Austan Goolsbee Andrew Leonard Thu, 01 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/03/03/nafta_obama_and_goolsbee_2/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/03/03/nafta_obama_and_goolsbee_2/index.html?source=rss Obama's economic advisor admits he talked about trade with Canadian officials. But he was misquoted! Except he was telling the truth! Will loose lips sink anti-NAFTA ships? Andrew Leonard Thu, 01 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/02/29/nafta_and_austan_goolsbee/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/02/29/nafta_and_austan_goolsbee/index.html?source=rss Canada's CTV says Obama's economic advisor Austan Goolsbee told a Canadian official not to worry about Obama's "rhetoric." Canada's ferocious NAFTA growl Andrew Leonard Thu, 01 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/02/28/canada_nafta_and_obama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/02/28/canada_nafta_and_obama/index.html?source=rss Don't worry your head about whether Obama lied about the free trade agreement. The real story is a threat by that petro-state up north to turn off the oil spigot. Canadian healthcare: Not "universal" for single women Lynn Harris Thu, 01 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/02/27/refuse_pap_smears/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/02/27/refuse_pap_smears/index.html?source=rss Some doctors are conscience-clausing their way out of performing basic gynecological screening. Girl murdered over hijab? Tracy Clark-Flory Thu, 01 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/12/13/hijab/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/12/13/hijab/index.html?source=rss A 16-year-old Canadian was reportedly killed by her Muslim father. Some hint it's because she wouldn't cover up. When did we become like Syria? By Alia Malek Thu, 01 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/11/14/arar/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/11/14/arar/index.html?source=rss As I watched a surreal torture case unfold in a U.S. courtroom, the line between dictatorship and democracy seemed to disappear. Lumber, housing, and the high-flying loonie Andrew Leonard Thu, 01 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/09/18/lumber_prices/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/09/18/lumber_prices/index.html?source=rss Even with the considerate help of the industrious mountain pine beetle, it's a rough time to run a saw mill in Canada Hey, at least he didn't call it "America Junior" Tim Grieve Thu, 01 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/08/08/americajunior/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/08/08/americajunior/index.html?source=rss Barack Obama and "the president of Canada." U.S. to merge with Mexico and Canada? By Alex Koppelman Thu, 01 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/07/16/jerome_corsi/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/07/16/jerome_corsi/index.html?source=rss In his new bestseller, Jerome "Swift boat" Corsi explains how immigration will destroy American sovereignty and the "amero" will replace the dollar. Pesticide harmony -- a sick free trade tune Andrew Leonard Thu, 01 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/05/09/pesticides/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/05/09/pesticides/index.html?source=rss Canada plans to reduce pesticide safety standards to match the U.S. Meanwhile, Europe looks on in disgust. Northern exposure By Gregory Levey Thu, 01 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/05/03/awol_in_canada/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/05/03/awol_in_canada/index.html?source=rss American soldiers are fleeing the Iraq war for Canada -- and U.S. officials may be on their trail. North of the border is no longer the safe haven it was during the Vietnam era. Fox's Ann Coulter 2.0 By Rebecca Traister Thu, 01 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/03/29/marsden/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/03/29/marsden/index.html?source=rss Conserva-babe and star-in-the-making Rachel Marsden has a, um, colorful past. What was Fox thinking? Banning veils from the polls Tracy Clark-Flory Thu, 01 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/03/23/veil/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/03/23/veil/index.html?source=rss Muslim women will have to remove their niqabs before voting. Canada: HPV vaccine for all! Tracy Clark-Flory Thu, 01 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/03/21/canadians/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/03/21/canadians/index.html?source=rss The federal government throws down $300 million for vaccinations. Canadian hide & seek team By David Puner Thu, 01 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/misc/2007/02/08/canadian_hide_and_seek_team/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/misc/2007/02/08/canadian_hide_and_seek_team/index.html?source=rss Teammates explain the ancient Chinese game called "Low Dong." Women shouldn't be stoned, but is that really the point? Catherine Price Thu, 01 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/01/30/declarations/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/01/30/declarations/index.html?source=rss A rural Canadian town's declaration of "norms" may border on xenophobia. No woman's land Carol Lloyd Thu, 01 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/01/18/womanless/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/01/18/womanless/index.html?source=rss Canadian producers hope to film what happens when a town's entire female population vacates. "Little Mosque on the Prairie" By David Puner Thu, 01 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/comedy/2007/01/17/little_mosque_on_the_prairie/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/comedy/2007/01/17/little_mosque_on_the_prairie/index.html?source=rss A look at a new Canadian comedy. "The YouTube Get Out of Iraq Campaign" By David Puner Thu, 01 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/misc/2007/01/08/youtube_get_out_of_iraq_campaign/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/misc/2007/01/08/youtube_get_out_of_iraq_campaign/index.html?source=rss From a soapbox in cyberspace. Hating the haters Carol Lloyd Thu, 01 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/12/07/carleton/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/12/07/carleton/index.html?source=rss Does denying campus antichoice groups funding help protect women's rights, or discriminate against unpopular views? Canada's oil sands industry: Made in China? Andrew Leonard Thu, 01 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/12/07/china_oil_patch/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/12/07/china_oil_patch/index.html?source=rss A wild plan to cut costs by building synthetic crude oil rigs in Asia and floating them to Alberta Destination: Vancouver By Jeff MacIntyre Thu, 01 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/literary_guide/2006/10/30/vancouver/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/literary_guide/2006/10/30/vancouver/index.html?source=rss This livable, futuristic, far West outpost of our continent has been a home for writers from Alice Munro to Douglas Coupland.