The UN Committee Against Torture has determined the use of taser stun guns can be a form of torture and violate the UN Convention Against Torture. Four men in the United States and three in Canada have died after being shot with tasers in the past two weeks.
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UN rules tasers can torture
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007US dollar worth 93 cents Canadian
Saturday, November 3rd, 2007The US dollar fell to 93 cents Canadian, the lowest its been since the Civil War.
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Report: Canada high in cannabis consumption
Tuesday, July 10th, 2007Canadians smoke a lot of weed.
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Canada to assert control over “international territory”
Tuesday, July 10th, 2007Canada announced plans Monday to increase its Arctic military presence in an effort to assert sovereignty over the Northwest Passage – a potentially oil-rich region the United States claims is international territory.
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Arctic ice shelf broke off Canadian island
Sunday, December 31st, 2006A 25-square-mile shelf of floating ice that jutted into the Arctic Ocean for 3,000 years from Canada’s northernmost shore broke away abruptly in the summer of 2005, apparently freed by sharply warming temperatures and jostling wind and waves, scientists said yesterday.
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Canada ’sorry’ over deportation
Sunday, October 1st, 2006The head of Canada’s national police force has publicly apologised to a man deported to Syria after being falsely accused of terrorism.
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Canada hears asylum case for US soldier
Friday, March 31st, 2006In Canada, a US soldier who fled to avoid serving in Iraq is having his asylum case heard in front of an immigration board. Josh Key, who served in Iraq for eight months, said he decided to desert military service after witnessing several atrocities commited by the US military. In an interview with the BBC, Key said:
“The only people that were getting hurt was the innocent; that was innocent Iraqi people, as well as innocent soldiers.”
Canada: Red meat; sexual minorities
Friday, December 10th, 2004The Canadian Supreme Court approved legislation allowing for gay marriage.
Last week President Bush took a trip to Canada and was coerced to eat local beef, announcing afterwards that he was “still standing.”