Every year I dread the arrival of November. Yes the month of November has my birthday and means the countdown to Christmas has begun. However, it also marks the start…
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No means no. My mother first explained that phrase to me when I began showing interest in boys. It was even more important when they began showing interest back. But…
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Burma’s media: state versus freedom of expression
by Sameera Rajaby Sameera RajaAlthough Burma has lifted its 50-year media censorship, government intervention still looms over freedom of expression and journalists. “Journalists still face problems in freedom of expression,” said surgeon and human rights…
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James Cohen is an 83-year-old veteran selling red poppies in the Scotia Plaza. He’s hunched over, missing a few teeth and his eyes are glazed over — that is until someone…
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Remembrance Day through the eyes of a Tibetan
by Pema Tseringby Pema TseringThe feeling I have on Remembrance Day can only be described as a form of identity crisis. Who do I have to remember? A crowd of nameless bodies dressed in…