Canada’s Legion Magazine commissioned a video to mark the centenary of the poem “In Flanders Fields” by Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae, read by Leonard Cohen. ICYMI, from F&O archives: Far from Flanders Fields Deborah Jones, Free Range column It’s at Ypres that my imagination falters, along with my
From our Findings file: for thinky types and policy wonks, the Disruptive Innovation Festival — site here — might be of interest. From November 2 – 20, mostly online but also in physical locations around the world, the annual festival “brings together entrepreneurs, designers, industry, makers, learners
World Indigenous Games, a photo-essay by Ueslei Marcelino Ahead of the Summer Olympics in 2016, Brazil is host to a new event – the World Indigenous Games. Ahmed Chalabi: Death of a Salesman, by Jonathan Manthorpe, F&O International Affairs column Ahmed Chalabi
JONATHAN MANTHORPE: International Affairs November 6, 2015 Ahmed Chalabi is lucky he died this week. Had he lived even a few months longer he would have had to face yet more charges that he is personally responsible for the death and destruction
UPDATED: The U.S. rejected the final phase of the Keystone pipeline, President Barack Obama announced at his Friday morning press conference. “The State Department has decided that the Keystone XL Pipeline would not serve the national interest of the United States,” said Obama in a
TOM REGAN: SUMMONING ORENDA November, 2015 It was a bombshell. A well-known local paper printing a front-page exposé on sexual abuse by Catholic religious figures in an overwhelmingly Catholic region of the country. Not only did the story expose malfeasance on the
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By Ueslei Marcelino, Reuters October-November, 2015 Ahead of the Summer Olympics in 2016, Brazil is host to a new international event – the World Indigenous Games, with contests including a hockey-like game using a ball of fire. Competitors from ethnic groups in
PENNEY KOME November, 2015 My hero and longtime friend William Wutunee has gone to meet the Great Creator at the age of 87. Or maybe not. Although Bill was a shaman who sometimes donned his Grand Chief eagle feather headdress to lead
Welcome to Facts and Opinions. We rely on the honour system: enjoy one story at no charge, and if you value our independent, no-spam, no-ads journalism, chip in at least two bits. Click here for details. World: America’s Lying Season. By Tom Regan, Summoning Orenda
