Daily Brief Saturday, July 19th, 2008

In The News – 2008/07/19

fowgre avatarLocal, regional, national, and international. Whatever catches my attention and interests me. Updated throughout the day!

Disclaimer: I regret that I can only ensure the validity of these links at the time that the articles are published. The (unscrupulous?) practise of some media outlets to subsequently redirect links to advertisements is completely out of my control and beyond my capacity to monitor.

Canada/Ontario/London

Celebrating Colombia
Did the LFP sensationalize job absenteeism of city workers?
London’s spiritualist church is Ontario’s largest
Police Media Releases
Pushing the floodplain limits

Canada/Ontario

Boreal protection is only a McGuinty promise
Crown tried to hide Fantino’s threats with a publication ban
Did the College of Physicians and Surgeons do enough?
McGuinty Liberals opt for pollution credits in Ontario
PeakSaver device makes good sense
The Star’s Community Editorial Board
Toronto’s shade audits

Canada/Other

CCF Anniversary
Community services are cheaper than the alternative
Fast growth triggers crime
Incarceration of the poor
Should citizens intervene?
Taxpayers to be hit by Conservative prison costs

International

Global illicit weapons trade assisted by U.S.
Olympics ‘media freedom’ is already a broken Chinese promise
Sexually exploited children
Violence grips the Congo
What to do when police taint evidence?

  • 0 Comments
  • Daily Brief

Leave a Reply

XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>

  • 0 Comments

Enjoy this article?

Why not buy us a drink and support From My Bottom Step!
(Click here to donate via Paypal!)

Contribute! Write for FMBS!

Interested in contributing to FMBS?
Find out how you can be a guest writer.