NATUASHISH, LABRADOR August 12, 2021 – Days after a human rights report slammed Canada for its treatment of the Innu, the Innu Nation sued the federal and provincial governments over the Muskrat Falls energy project affecting their ancestral lands. The suit, filed
VANCOUVER, B.C. – Canada’s first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation saw a national outpouring of grief and anger over indigenous residential schools, and the genocide of Canada’s aboriginal peoples. Now that the day’s drums are stilled, the joined voices of lament
By Greg Locke PETTY HARBOUR, Newfoundland – On a fish plant wharf in a small fishing village on the east coast of Newfoundland, a campaign stop by Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievre went mostly unnoticed in the blur of national
BONAVISTA, Newfoundland – While there are massive music concerts and arts festivals all over the world, usually in urban areas, that attract thousands of people, often those in remote and out-of-the-way places offer a more engaging and immersive experience. The Bonavista Biennale
by GREG LOCKE Originally published November 11, 2016 ST JOHN’S, Newfoundland – I can’t do Remembrance Day anymore. Just don’t have it in me. I don’t mean it to be disrespectful. In fact, my respect is infinite. I have had relatives
F&O wraps up the week with an eclectic range of slow journalism from the past, present and future: Critical Assembly: A Drama Critic Remembers Berlin. Two years before the wall came down, in 1987, historian and author Brian Brennan joined 139 other writers
Museum director and author Jack Lohman issues a warning about the future of our cultural institutions — and why they matter to increasingly cosmopolitan and multicultural societies: We have entered another Churchillian “period of danger,” but one of an unprecedented nature. We
Greetings on Valentine’s day, with a new ditty from American singer-songwriter (and journalist) Andy Revkin. … and if a slight country tang is not your thing, here — just because — is Peggy Lee’s unforgettable jazz classic Fever, from the 1950s:
A historic meeting between China and Taiwan is taking place this week. Will it become a turning point in relations between the two countries? Jonathan Manthorpe, in considering the history and political factors, is doubtful. An excerpt of his new column: This
Thirty two years after 250 Guatemalan men, women and children were massacred, and with the efforts of authorities in at least three countries, Guatemala, the United States and Canada, an American court sentence an former Guatemalan Army commander Monday to 10 years
Artist models fashion mannequins on people with disabilities, for their turn in the spotlight on Zurich’s Bahnhofstrasse.
F&O has a veritable treasure trove of new work for your weekend reading: The Cuban Five In 1998 Fidel Castro had his good friend Gabriel García Márquez, the Nobel prize-winning Colombian novelist, carry a top secret message to American President Bill Clinton.
Money is flowing into Iran again, but there are signs the reformist movement is being stymied by hardliners, including a dramatic upsurge in executions for “enmity against God” and “threatening national security.” An excerpt of international affairs columnist Jonathan Manthorpe’s new column:
British video artist Reuben Sutherland teams with “noise artist” Dan Hayhurst to create remarkable works on vinyl, such as the one in this video. Sutherland and Hayhurst call their visual/music collaboration Sculpture; they specialize in zoetrope-video art. Those prone to migraines or
Who will be Afghanistan’s next elected leader? International affairs columnist Jonathan Manthorpe considers the options – and finds all of the candidates wanting. Excerpt: The world will soon discover whether 13 years of war in Afghanistan at a cost of the lives
