Canada emergency powers still needed, PM says, citing signs of new blockade
Ottawa, CanadaReuters Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday said his government still needed temporary emergency powers in the wake of a truckers’ blockade, citing “real concerns” about threats in the days ahead. Trudeau told a televised news conference there were signs some truckers were regrouping outside the capital Ottawa and might come back to […]
Honourable aims?
As humans we’re pack animals. We’re designed to pack; to be packed. To be ready to move, to be in motion, moving towards a noble goal. Stasis, stuck, is the beginning of death. PICTURE: Annie Spratt/Unsplash Now, we might live our whole life in one physical place, but we need to be heading towards an honourable aim […]
Beijing Winter Olympics: Human rights? China won that battle. Almost.
As the Beijing Winter Olympics came to an end earlier this week, JOHN LEICESTER, of Associated Press, reports on calls to reform the Olympic movement…
Like in Arizona, botched baptisms roiled Michigan church
Detroit, Michigan USAP One word caught the ear of a young priest a few years ago when his father shared a video of his 1990 baptism at a suburban Detroit church. “Wait,” Rev Matthew Hood recalled thinking. “Something doesn’t seem right here.” Indeed, an error by a deacon who said “We baptise” instead of “I […]
Essay: Jihadism and coups in West Africa’s Sahel region – a complex relationship
In an article first published on The Conversation, FOLAHANMI AINA, of King’s College London, looks at the links between West Africa’s recent coups and Islamist insurgencies…