Ransom Paid, Canadian Journalist in Somalia Freed
Canadian Journalist Amanda Lindhout was freed yesterday after being abducted and spending fifteen months in captivity. Her colleague Australia journalist Nigel Brennan was also in captivity for that time and was also freed yesterday. The families of both families became frustrated with the

Detainee Scandal Not Looking Good for the Prime Minister
The Prime Minister has so far avoided answering questions on the testimony of diplomat Richard Colvin on 18 November 2009 before the Special House Committee on the Mission in Afghanistan. It is easy to understand why with new reports that the Prime Minister's Office issued directives to deny any knowledge of detainee abuse. Furthermore, the government's official line that no credible evidence of torture

Harper Praying in Front of the Golden Temple in India
PM Stephen Harper in India in front of the Golden Temple, Sikhism's holiest site. Unfortunately for the prime minister, none of his aides informed him that November 18th is the anniversary of the assassination of Tara Singh Hayer, a Sikh publisher in Surrey, B.C. and a witness in the Air India bombing inquiry.SOURCE:

Protests for Khadr Show that Political Correctness Kills
This past weekend several dozen protestors in Edmonton displayed their colossal ignorance by demanding that Canadian citizen Omar Khadr be repatriated. As a young man Omar Khadr threw a grenade that killed a U.S. soldier and was subsequently detained by American forces at Guantanamo Bay. The protestors claim tha

Remembrance Day 2009
Remembrance Day this year was especially solemn with Prince Charles attending the ceremony at the National War Memorial in Ottawa. He was joined by the Governor General, Michaelle Jean, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and thousands of onlookers including veterans from the Second World War, the Korean War, and subsequent peacekeeping missions around the world. In an especially heart-wrenching ceremony, Defense Minister Peter Mackay stood with Canadian military families at the Remembrance Day Ceremony at Kandahar Base where recently fallen Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan were vividly remembered.