Canada

Human-trafficking in Canada affects isolated and vulnerable, expert says

Human-trafficking in Canada affects isolated and vulnerable, expert says
Poor co-ordination between law-enforcement jurisdictions is making Canada a haven for the human traffickers who prey on young, isolated and vulnerable women, a B.C.-based researcher says.
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MADD Canada – Braking Point – No Way Home

Braking Point is a new classroom educational tool created by MADD Canada that targets and portrays 14 to 18 year-olds who use and abuse alcohol and marijuana. The educational package and accompanying DVD dramatize real situations of alcohol and marijuana use as well as the risks and consequences of heavy… Continue reading

Texas Rangers’ Celebration Was Dry – Canada Dry, That is

Texas Rangers’ Celebration Was Dry – Canada Dry, That is
The bubbly spilled and splattered all over players and anyone else in the Texas Rangers’ locker room after they beat the Tampa Bay Rays last Tuesday to clinch their American League Division Series.
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Marijuana March May 2, 2009 Penticton, BC, Canada AlwaysChangingClothing.com

The protest started at Gyro Park and headed down to Stockwell Day’s Office May 2, 2009 and took place in Penticton, BC, Canada. Filmed by Will: alwayschangingclothing.com Cannabis, also known as marijuana, marihuana, and ganja (from Sanskrit: गांजा gañjā, meaning “hemp”), among many other names, refers to any number of… Continue reading

MADD Canada – Braking Point – Over the top

Braking Point is a new classroom educational tool created by MADD Canada that targets and portrays 14 to 18 year-olds who use and abuse alcohol and marijuana. The educational package and accompanying DVD dramatize real situations of alcohol and marijuana use as well as the risks and consequences of heavy… Continue reading

E-cigarettes on Daily Planet on Discovery Channel Canada

Very interesting video talking about Health Canada’s reasons for preventing the sale of electronic cigarettes in Canada. This video is from May 5th, 2009. Host Jay Ingram interviews associate professor Carl Phillips of the University of Alberta as he discusses his research on e-cigarettes. He is studying quality control as… Continue reading