Ontario

A field trip to the fabled 905 region

By Kevin Potvin

The vast unknown region surrounding Toronto will continue to determine the political future of the country

War

Torture as infantalization

By Michael Nenonen

The cases of Khadr and Padilla reveal the true counter-dissent purposes of the US torture regime

Families

Invasion of the Baby Snatchers

By Tavis W Dodds

Things look bad for the resistance to today's war against families

East Van

Renegade lantern festival

By Devon Bates

They came without posters. They came without ads in pages. They came without doughnut trucks, co-ordination, or stages.

Down under

World Youth Day takes Australia

By John Butcher

Much gammon and mammon evident in Sydney’s religious “event”

Traffic

Ride a bike, Tonner!

By Andrew J Beddoes

Rider challenges police columnist to experience bicycle road safety for himself

Environment

Painted houses, world in shambles

By Andrew Teasdale

The time is nigh for radical change, not just more tinkering

Vancouver

Let the world see who we really are

By Kevin Potvin

Do nothing in the downtown eastside, and see if people from elsewhere can tell us how it happened

Books

Books we're reading

By Devon Bates

The Most Dangerous Animal; 69; Dubliners; If on a Winter's Night a Traveller . . .

Events

What some people are doing

What to do with your time

Film

Films we've seen

Batman; Global Metal

Feedback

Letters

We're the same as The National Post??

Thoughts for the day

Philosopher's Corner

The catastrophe called history

Quotes

They said what?!?!

Obama says you'll be unhappy

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