Human Rights
Refugees from North Korea are defecting to Canada in record numbers
A Toronto United Church on Bloor Street welcomes an influx of refugees from one of the harshest regimes on Earth
World
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Health
Medical tourism, with risks, is becoming more common for Canadians
The goals are faster and cheaper hospital care, but crossing borders for operations carries a lot of ethical baggage, too
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Society
Refugees are flooding into South Sudan looking for safety and food
The world's newest country is hosting tens of thousands fleeing bombardment and war further north, as hope lives on
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Environment
Climate change is eroding the beach, worrying villagers on Ghana’s coast
Oil drilling has begun off the coast with no monitoring and little oversight and locals wonder about long-term effects
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Technology
Developing countries see big benefits from seven simple innovations
Cheap, easy and reliable, these inventions tend to spark yet more fresh ideas in the people who use them, amplifying the original social good
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Society
9/11 attacks a decade ago force us to assess visions of peace today
Does traditional pacifism still have a role in the 21st century, or is taking up arms the only way to settle conflicts and protect the vulnerable?
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Society
Detroit is blooming with urban agriculture and so are its citizens
Once known as Motor City, Detroit's economy collapsed and it became one of the most derided communities in the United States. Now, it's in the throes of reinvention
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Justice
Ottawa clamping down on human smugglers of refugees to Canada
But some say the practice shouldn't be vilified. It's not trafficking and may be the only way for people in danger of persecution to remain alive
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Justice
Iran’s opposition group, now peaceful, is still labeled “terrorist”
The Mujahedeen-e-Khalq laid down its arms a decade ago, after many years of brutal violence, but it is still on Canada's public safety list of terrorists
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Human Rights
Afghanistan schools, training programs get support from Canadians
What Afghanis need is security and education to flourish on their own terms, rather than patronizing attitudes
