Posted by admin on Mar 10th, 2011
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, Mar. 10 2011
The United States government will set up radar along the border with Canada to thwart low-flying aircraft used to smuggle illegal drugs into the U.S., senators said Wednesday. The lawmakers, all Democrats from states that border Canada, had asked for the beefed-up surveillance in a February letter to U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.
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Posted by admin on Mar 10th, 2011
Agence France-Presse March 10, 2011
The United States government will set up radar along the border with Canada to thwart low-flying aircraft used to smuggle illegal drugs into the U.S., senators said Wednesday. The lawmakers, all Democrats from states that border Canada, had asked for the beefed-up surveillance in a February letter to U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York said Napolitano had indicated during a Senate Judiciary Committee that she was working to deploy the radar and called it “a critical step in the right direction.”
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Posted by admin on Mar 9th, 2011
By C. L. Cook, Canadian Free Press, Mar. 9 2011
Vandana Shiva was scheduled to speak tonight in Calgary, Alberta, spiritual home of far right Canadian prime minister, Stephen Harper. But, like other activists and writers trying to enter Canada lately, things didn’t go smoothly for her. Shiva is also scheduled to receive tomorrow a University of Calgary’s Consortium for Peace Studies award. (Please see below break for details). Swerve Calgary reports Shiva is being held tonight at the Canada/U.S. border due to “an issue with her visa.”
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Posted by admin on Mar 4th, 2011
CBC News, Mar. 4 2011
A former Surrey, B.C., border guard found guilty of sexually assaulting three women while he was on duty has been sentenced to two years less a day in jail. A B.C. Supreme Court judge in New Westminster also sentenced former Canada Border Services Agency agent Daniel Greenhalgh to three years probation. Crown prosecutor Winston Sayson said the sentence sends a strong message to people in positions of authority.
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Posted by admin on Feb 28th, 2011
By Paul Weinberg, IPS, Feb. 28 2011
TORONTO – The just-announced Canada-U.S. security perimetre discussions are comprehensive and potentially wide-ranging and could impact Canadian sovereignty. However, the domestic opposition appears to have been caught off-guard. It is hard to fight a deal when Ottawa and Washington are offering few details, said Vancouver-based international lawyer, author and commentator Michael Byers in a recent interview with IPS. “The people who are opposed to this are left pointing at shadows rather than anything concrete,” he noted.
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