Full Coverage: Canada
06/03/2008
Popular social networking site Facebook has been accused of breaching privacy laws in Canada. A public interest group in the country has lodged a complaint stating that the site collects sensitive information about its users and shares it without their permission.
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05/16/2008
NEW YORK, May 16 (OneWorld) - Pressure is mounting on the Canadian government to take actions against private loggers and other business concerns that encroach upon indigenous peoples' territories.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Corporations] [Business] [Forests] [Indigenous Rights] |
05/02/2008
UNITED NATIONS, May 1 (OneWorld) - The Canadian government has drawn fierce condemnation from the world's indigenous communities for its refusal to sign an international document that recognizes native people's right to self-determination.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Indigenous Rights] [Geopolitics] [Governance] |
04/28/2008
The significant shifts driven by climate change in the polar regions present new opportunities and pressures for development. These are challenges which demand holistic, integrated responses (PDF briefing).
Read moreFrom: International Institute for Environment and Development Related: [Antarctica] [Greenland] [Norway] [Russian Federation] [Energy] [Fisheries] [Climate Change] Image: Offshore oil and gas exploration are likely to increase © Global Witness
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04/24/2008
This week's closed-door meeting of leaders from Canada, Mexico, and the United States is likely to produce changes that "will favor narrow corporate interests over the public good," write trade analysts Sarah Anderson and Manuel Pérez Rocha.
Read moreFrom: Institute of Policy Studies Related: [Mexico] [United States] |
04/11/2008
A project to plant 15,000 trees across abandoned coal mines in Appalachia will create new homes for forest birds whose numbers are declining due to loss and fragmentation of North American forests.
Read moreFrom: American Bird Conservancy Related: [United States] |
03/27/2008
North American environmental leaders recently issued a report calling for a greater commitment to green buildings in the region, where commercial and residential structures currently consume an average of 30 percent of total energy needs.
Read moreFrom: Worldwatch Institute Related: [Mexico] [United States] Image: Environmentally friendly construction reduces carbon emissions, on average, by 35 percent, say experts. © Center for Rural Strategies
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12/12/2007
Alkuperäiskansojen oikeuksien puolesta toimivat tahot nimesivät alkuperäiskansojen kannalta ongelmallisimmat maat vuonna 2007. Länsimaista listalle joutuivat Yhdysvallat, Kanada, Australia ja Uusi Seelanti.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld España Related: [Australia] [New Zealand] [United States] [Indigenous Rights] Image: © Pan American Health Organization
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12/11/2007
The 10th anniversary of the Kyoto Protocol today – which requires industrialised countries to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by at least five per cent from the 1990 level – was marked by a warning that the treaty is under threat at the UN climate change negotiations in Bali, Indonesia.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld UK Related: [United States] [Japan] [Indonesia] [Australia] Image: Kyoto Protocol demonstration
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12/07/2007
YK:n Balin ilmastoneuvotteluissa jaettiin valtioita vuohiin ja lampaisiin. Hyvikseksi on nousemassa Kiina, jonka asennoituminen ilmastonmuutokseen on muuttunut selvästi viime vuosina. Moitteita keräävät erityisesti Malesia, Saudi Arabia, Japani ja Kanada.
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12/07/2007
China was named Good Guy at the UN climate change negotiations in Bali on Friday, Malaysia was condemned to join Saudi Arabia, Japan and Canada in the Bad Guys group and Australia and India were told to make up their mind which category they wanted to be in.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld UK Related: [Saudi Arabia] [Malaysia] [Japan] [India] [China] [Australia] |
10/31/2007
NEW YORK, Oct 31 (OneWorld) - Traditionally, it's the kids who receive sweets from the elders on Halloween, but that years-old ritual is getting a makeover this year in hundreds of communities across North America.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [United States] [Children] [Agriculture] [Food] [Labor] [Poverty] [Youth] [Consumption] [Corporations] [Trade] [Human Rights] [Culture] [Activism] Image: © Global Exchange
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10/19/2007
Innovative service programs in North America, Pakistan, India, and South Africa are helping young people push for the advancement of their communities as well as their own personal development.
Read moreFrom: Innovations in Civic Participation Related: [United States] [South Africa] [Pakistan] [Mexico] [India] |
10/16/2007
Kanadan arktisella alueella sijaitsevalla Melvillensaarella mitattiin kesällä jopa 15 astetta keskimääräistä korkeampia lämpötiloja. Roudan sulaminen pani liikkeelle valtavia maamassoja.
Read moreFrom: Suomen IPS Related: [Climate Change] |
10/04/2007
The Inuit people's intimate relationship with their environment makes them particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, says indigenous activist Sheila Watt-Cloutier.
Read moreFrom: Global Issues Related: [United States] [Russian Federation] [Greenland] |
09/14/2007
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 13 (OneWorld) - Despite strong objections from the United States and some of its allies, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution Thursday calling for the recognition of the world's 370 million indigenous peoples' right to self-determination and control over their lands and resources.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Australia] [New Zealand] [United States] [Indigenous Rights] [Ethics & Value Systems] [Geopolitics] [United Nations] |
08/23/2007
In 1994 the signatories to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) welcomed the convention as a means to help Mexican living standards reach those in the United States and Canada. But the last 13 years have been rather unfavorable for Mexicans.
Read moreFrom: Global Exchange Related: [United States] [Mexico] |



