Archive for June, 2006
Tightening the Net
The U.S. Congress aims to put limits on the Internet’s free market model
Every year it gets bigger. Last year, the global online population of the web grew another five per cent, according to an Ipsos Reid report in March. In 2004, it leaped 20 per cent. Everywhere, people are warming to the web for business, […]
Crashing it in Caledonia
How a hodge-podge of radical Toronto groups ended up hijacking the land-claims standoff–and the Six Nations’ message
From the outside, the conflict in Caledonia, Ont., looked like a straightforward confrontation over native land rights. On one side of the barricade were members of the Six Nations reserve, opposed to a housing development on 40 hectares of […]
The mandarin, the mogul and the missing millions
He went from the legislature to a high life of private jets and caviar parties. They feted him as a brilliant lawyer and philanthropist. Only when the cops came looking for millions in laundered, stolen cash, did Edmonton’s elite discover who Michael Ritter really was
“Everyone was hiding their true identities.” When Michael Ritter wrote those […]
Pushing over pyramids
A Canadian crusader against ponzi schemes may end up silenced by the law. So, who’ll be left to shine a light on the scammers?
David Thornton spends a lot of time looking out his little window. It’s not a great view, just a small piece of sky. He lives in the basement of a friend’s suburban […]
Whistler-ed out of work
Working as a freelance reporter for the Western Standard has its risks
Working as a freelance reporter for the Western Standard doesn’t pay much, but it has benefits. Risks, too. As Alan Forsythe discovered, contributing to Canada’s only independent newsmagazine means you’re free to write critical stories about powerful people other news outlets won’t, for fear […]
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