Articles filed under Canada Today

1. Columns // Canada Today0

   When children break the law

   By Joe Couto on Jun 20, 2008

   Where I come from there’s an old saying: “You’ll never know your mother’s pain until you have children.” The Portuguese in my family tend to be the “glass-half-empty” types. We are, after all, the people who gave the world the…Read More→

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   A prophet of God, flaws and all

   By Joe Couto on May 23, 2008

   This year marks the 40th anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King Jr. Forty years after that gunshot in Memphis what are we to think about the man and the legend? In an era when bombastic ranting from many…Read More→

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   Too little too late, Mr. Rogge

   By Janet Epp Buckingham on May 9, 2008

   The altered route of the Olympic torch through San Francisco, due to security concerns, is a perfect metaphor for the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) response to a global outcry against China’s human rights abuses: ignore the problem and maybe it…Read More→

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   We’re no nation of friendly fences

   By Joe Couto on Apr 25, 2008

   I’m always amazed by the media love-in whenever Statistics Canada releases census numbers on Canada’s population, especially when it comes to our ethnic/racial composition. We journalists like to think of ourselves as the ones that hold up the mirror so…Read More→

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   Is a disabled life not worth living?

   By Janet Epp Buckingham on Apr 11, 2008

   Man on a Mission,” screamed the headlines on March 17, the day Robert Latimer arrived in Ottawa on day parole. Latimer chose an Ottawa halfway house for his parole so that he could try to get politicians to review his…Read More→

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   “Jesus loves gays and wouldn’t carry and AK-47”

   By Joe Couto on Mar 28, 2008

   In politics, as in life, one needs to have friends that run the full spectrum of views. From the most rabid conservative to the most ideological socialist, knowing people who hold very different perspectives allows us to keep our mental…Read More→