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Wed, 16 May 2012 12:01:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/trial-begins-for-the-butcher-of-srebenica/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/trial-begins-for-the-butcher-of-srebenica/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 11:56:10 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258841 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/trial-begins-for-the-butcher-of-srebenica/feed/ 0 The trial of Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian-Serb general who helped plan and oversee... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/chinese-telecoms-canadian-ties-raise-security-fears/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/chinese-telecoms-canadian-ties-raise-security-fears/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 11:53:06 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258836 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/chinese-telecoms-canadian-ties-raise-security-fears/feed/ 0 A former top U.S. intelligence official is sounding the alarm about a Chinese tech... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/tom-mulcair-and-the-tar-messengers/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/tom-mulcair-and-the-tar-messengers/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 04:36:24 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258822 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/tom-mulcair-and-the-tar-messengers/feed/ 0 One obvious response to Tom Mulcair’s remarks about the Western premiers — apparently they... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/the-commons-more-than-400-pages-and-still-short-on-details/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/the-commons-more-than-400-pages-and-still-short-on-details/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 22:16:22 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258789 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/the-commons-more-than-400-pages-and-still-short-on-details/feed/ 0 Funny how the opposition can't seem to find much in this budget bill http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/where-do-you-stand-on-quebec-student-strikes/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/where-do-you-stand-on-quebec-student-strikes/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 21:27:09 +0000 David Newland http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258805 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/where-do-you-stand-on-quebec-student-strikes/feed/ 0 ... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/gm-drops-facebook-ads-days-before-ipo/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/gm-drops-facebook-ads-days-before-ipo/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 20:59:24 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258792 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/gm-drops-facebook-ads-days-before-ipo/feed/ 0 General Motors announced plans to stop advertising on Facebook Tuesday, just days before shares... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/throwing-john-baird-under-the-bus/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/throwing-john-baird-under-the-bus/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 20:43:27 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258787 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/throwing-john-baird-under-the-bus/feed/ 0 Pressed this afternoon to explain John Baird’s linking of the National Roundtable’s demise to... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/judge-was-right-to-keep-raffertys-laptop-out-of-the-trial/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/judge-was-right-to-keep-raffertys-laptop-out-of-the-trial/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 20:43:26 +0000 Jesse Brown http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258495 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/judge-was-right-to-keep-raffertys-laptop-out-of-the-trial/feed/ 0 His Google searches and downloads--however sick--were not the point http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/did-texas-execute-another-innocent-man/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/did-texas-execute-another-innocent-man/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 20:10:01 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258647 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/did-texas-execute-another-innocent-man/feed/ 0 A new investigative report by the Columbia Human Rights Law Review is providing the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/stockholms-twenty-somethings-cut-loose-at-mid-day-discos/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/stockholms-twenty-somethings-cut-loose-at-mid-day-discos/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 19:43:01 +0000 Gustavo Vieira http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=257855 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/stockholms-twenty-somethings-cut-loose-at-mid-day-discos/feed/ 0 Lunchtime dance parties break up the monotony of the workday and are spreading across Europe and beyond http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/review-the-art-of-the-sale-learning-from-the-masters-about-the-business-of-life/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/review-the-art-of-the-sale-learning-from-the-masters-about-the-business-of-life/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 19:42:13 +0000 Ken MacQueen http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258088 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/review-the-art-of-the-sale-learning-from-the-masters-about-the-business-of-life/feed/ 0 Book by Philip Delves Broughton http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/hunger-games-in-cannes/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/hunger-games-in-cannes/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 19:16:46 +0000 Brian D. Johnson http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258692 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/hunger-games-in-cannes/feed/ 0 Twilight kids Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart come of age, and get naked, in Cannes http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/leonard-cohen-honoured-as-ninth-laureate-of-the-glenn-gould-prize/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/leonard-cohen-honoured-as-ninth-laureate-of-the-glenn-gould-prize/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 18:30:23 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258703 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/leonard-cohen-honoured-as-ninth-laureate-of-the-glenn-gould-prize/feed/ 0 John Prine, Cowboy Junkies, Michael Ondaatje, Adrienne Clarkson, and Alan Rickman paid tribute to the bard http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/post-nuclear-etiquette-of-cool/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/post-nuclear-etiquette-of-cool/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 18:25:01 +0000 Nancy Macdonald http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=257859 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/post-nuclear-etiquette-of-cool/feed/ 0 The country's government encourages 'office casual' but workers are reluctant to dress down, despite soaring temperatures http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/byron-sonne-acquitted-of-all-charges/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/byron-sonne-acquitted-of-all-charges/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 18:04:19 +0000 Jesse Brown http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258699 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/byron-sonne-acquitted-of-all-charges/feed/ 0 Guilty of curiosity http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/eu-dodges-recession-greece-lurches-toward-new-vote/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/eu-dodges-recession-greece-lurches-toward-new-vote/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 17:36:00 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258636 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/eu-dodges-recession-greece-lurches-toward-new-vote/feed/ 0 The EU and the Eurozone narrowly dodged a second recession in three years, with... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/byron-sonne-accused-g20-plotter-not-guilty-on-all-charges/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/byron-sonne-accused-g20-plotter-not-guilty-on-all-charges/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 17:10:19 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258661 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/byron-sonne-accused-g20-plotter-not-guilty-on-all-charges/feed/ 0 Byron Sonne, an accused G20 saboteur and professed civil libertarian, was found not guilty... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/life-with-help-how-did-we-get-so-useless/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/life-with-help-how-did-we-get-so-useless/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 16:20:01 +0000 Cathy Gulli http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=257821 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/life-with-help-how-did-we-get-so-useless/feed/ 0 We’ve outsourced our lives. Now we can’t do a thing for ourselves. http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/jim-flahertys-philosophy-of-employment/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/jim-flahertys-philosophy-of-employment/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 16:18:20 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258669 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/jim-flahertys-philosophy-of-employment/feed/ 0 While deferring to Human Resources Minister Diane Finley for further details of what the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/top-murdoch-lieutenant-charged-in-phone-hacking-probe/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/top-murdoch-lieutenant-charged-in-phone-hacking-probe/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 15:41:36 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258633 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/top-murdoch-lieutenant-charged-in-phone-hacking-probe/feed/ 0 Rupert Murdoch’s former top-lieutenant in the UK was charged Tuesday with conspiring to pervert... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/the-slow-quiet-death-of-vic-toews-internet-surveillance-plan/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/the-slow-quiet-death-of-vic-toews-internet-surveillance-plan/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 15:36:06 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258625 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/the-slow-quiet-death-of-vic-toews-internet-surveillance-plan/feed/ 0 The Conservative party has quietly shelved Bill C-30, the Internet surveillance act Toews once... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/a-special-cake-for-the-queen/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/a-special-cake-for-the-queen/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 15:00:03 +0000 Mitchel Raphael http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258599 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/a-special-cake-for-the-queen/feed/ 0 The Monarchist League of Canada held a special reception on the Hill to mark... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/c-38-the-ndps-response/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/c-38-the-ndps-response/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 14:41:03 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258660 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/c-38-the-ndps-response/feed/ 0 The official opposition has launched a three-part response to the budget bill, including public... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/the-carbon-tax-historys-greatest-monster/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/the-carbon-tax-historys-greatest-monster/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 14:14:02 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258652 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/the-carbon-tax-historys-greatest-monster/feed/ 0 Without amendment or correction, John Baird’s warning that a carbon tax would kill your... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/apple-wants-the-ipad-to-be-the-next-must-have-business-tool/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/apple-wants-the-ipad-to-be-the-next-must-have-business-tool/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 13:58:01 +0000 Gabriela Perdomo http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=257851 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/apple-wants-the-ipad-to-be-the-next-must-have-business-tool/feed/ 0 That means developing more business apps, and taking on RIM http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/north-dakotas-oil-rich-bakken-region-boom-busts-and-trouble/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/north-dakotas-oil-rich-bakken-region-boom-busts-and-trouble/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 13:46:01 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=257849 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/north-dakotas-oil-rich-bakken-region-boom-busts-and-trouble/feed/ 0 Cross-border crime is only one of the issues affecting 'the Fort McMurray of the U.S.'s north' http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/potash-fails-to-fertilize-the-canadian-economy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/potash-fails-to-fertilize-the-canadian-economy/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 13:34:01 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=257825 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/potash-fails-to-fertilize-the-canadian-economy/feed/ 0 The Tories’ decision to protect the ‘strategic’ asset in 2010 has backfired on shareholders. http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/we-havent-made-any-final-decisions/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/we-havent-made-any-final-decisions/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 13:30:11 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258598 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/we-havent-made-any-final-decisions/feed/ 0 Global reports that NATO would like Canadian troops to continue training the Afghan army... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/tories-set-to-redefine-ei-suitable-work/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/tories-set-to-redefine-ei-suitable-work/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 13:27:13 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258620 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/tories-set-to-redefine-ei-suitable-work/feed/ 0 No job is a bad job, according to Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, who... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/20th-world-falun-dafa-day-on-the-hill/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/20th-world-falun-dafa-day-on-the-hill/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 13:10:31 +0000 Mitchel Raphael http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258585 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/20th-world-falun-dafa-day-on-the-hill/feed/ 0      ... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/what-has-jim-flaherty-heard/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/what-has-jim-flaherty-heard/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 12:30:03 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258573 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/what-has-jim-flaherty-heard/feed/ 0 On April 24, Peggy Nash asked Human Resources Minister Diane Finley how much money... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/one-time-cadbury-heiress-sells-her-mansion-to-fund-chocolate-venture/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/one-time-cadbury-heiress-sells-her-mansion-to-fund-chocolate-venture/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 06:27:01 +0000 Tamsin McMahon http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=257784 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/one-time-cadbury-heiress-sells-her-mansion-to-fund-chocolate-venture/feed/ 0 Felicity Loudon is moving on with a vengeance after Kraft's purchase of Cadbury in 2010 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/on-mitt-romneys-father-issues-his-mormonism-and-his-canadian-blood/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/on-mitt-romneys-father-issues-his-mormonism-and-his-canadian-blood/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 06:18:01 +0000 Luiza Ch. Savage http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=257805 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/on-mitt-romneys-father-issues-his-mormonism-and-his-canadian-blood/feed/ 0 On Mitt Romney’s father issues, his Mormonism, and his Canadian blood http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/peter-milliken-hung/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/peter-milliken-hung/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 03:10:21 +0000 Mitchel Raphael http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258572 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/peter-milliken-hung/feed/ 0 Former Speaker Peter Milliken had his official portrait unveiled last week.      ... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/quebec-tuition-protesters-winning-streak-just-never-ends/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/quebec-tuition-protesters-winning-streak-just-never-ends/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 03:03:22 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258571 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/quebec-tuition-protesters-winning-streak-just-never-ends/feed/ 0 Bliss it is in this dawn to be alive, and to be young, Trotskyist,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/c-38-goes-to-committee/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/c-38-goes-to-committee/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 23:21:55 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258563 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/c-38-goes-to-committee/feed/ 0 The budget bill has passed at second reading by a vote of 149-132. It... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/the-commons-john-baird-saves-your-family/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/the-commons-john-baird-saves-your-family/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 22:56:38 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258530 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/the-commons-john-baird-saves-your-family/feed/ 0 Or perhaps the minister misspoke... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/quebec-education-minister-line-beauchamp-steps-down-says-shes-no-longer-part-of-the-solution/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/quebec-education-minister-line-beauchamp-steps-down-says-shes-no-longer-part-of-the-solution/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 21:08:05 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258539 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/quebec-education-minister-line-beauchamp-steps-down-says-shes-no-longer-part-of-the-solution/feed/ 0 Quebec’s education minister is resigning, not just from cabinet, but from politics altogether, walking... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/ron-paul-halts-campaign-sort-of/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/ron-paul-halts-campaign-sort-of/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 19:17:27 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258510 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/ron-paul-halts-campaign-sort-of/feed/ 0 Republican hopeful and noted gold bug Ron Paul announced to his followers Monday that... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/microsofts-horrifying-story-about-usage-based-billing-abuse/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/microsofts-horrifying-story-about-usage-based-billing-abuse/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 18:10:18 +0000 Peter Nowak http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258498 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/microsofts-horrifying-story-about-usage-based-billing-abuse/feed/ 0 A new South Africa-based study is a cautionary tale for Canadian Internet users http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/senior-jpmorgan-official-retires-after-massive-trading-loss/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/senior-jpmorgan-official-retires-after-massive-trading-loss/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 17:32:22 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258488 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/senior-jpmorgan-official-retires-after-massive-trading-loss/feed/ 0 The top executive in a JPMorgan Chase unit that lost more than $2 billion... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/tony-clement-responds/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/tony-clement-responds/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 17:10:54 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258489 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/tony-clement-responds/feed/ 0 To John McCallum’s challenge, the President of the Treasury Board tweets a citation. Section... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/review-mr-broadway-the-inside-story-of-the-shuberts-the-shows-and-the-stars/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/review-mr-broadway-the-inside-story-of-the-shuberts-the-shows-and-the-stars/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 15:39:17 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258090 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/review-mr-broadway-the-inside-story-of-the-shuberts-the-shows-and-the-stars/feed/ 0 Book by Gerald Schoenfeld http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/review-sacre-bleu-a-comedy-dart/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/review-sacre-bleu-a-comedy-dart/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 15:38:15 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258089 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/review-sacre-bleu-a-comedy-dart/feed/ 0 Book by Christopher Moore http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/brain-fitness-and-video-game-benefits/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/brain-fitness-and-video-game-benefits/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 15:35:01 +0000 Jason Kirby http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=257815 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/brain-fitness-and-video-game-benefits/feed/ 0 Our semi-regular roundup of findings from the world of academia