Judge grants U.S. deserter’s last-ditch effort to stave off deportation The Canadian Press, September 22, 2008 TORONTO — A high-profile American war dodger won a desperate bid to stay in Canada on Monday as a judge refused to allow Canada…
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Peace activists occupy Tory candidate’s office to protest planned deportation of American Iraq war resister Jeremy Hinzman and his family
Peace activists occupy Tory election campaign office in Winnipeg, Sept. 20, 2008 to focus attention on deportation of American war resister Jeremy Hinzman. Photo: Paul Graham (Winnipeg, Sept. 20, 2008) Anti-war activists peacefully occupied the campaign office of federal Conservative…
Canada’s Afghanistan war tab $22 billion
by David Pugliese, Canwest News Service The Afghan war is going to end up costing the Defence Department more than $22 billion, both in actual money spent on the mission and future payments to rebuild equipment and provide long-term care…
Update: War resister Robin Long sentenced to prison
War Resister Robin Long Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison Sarah Lazare, Alternet, August 25, 2008 Robin Long, an Iraq War resister deported from Canada into U.S. military custody last month, was sentenced today to 15 months of confinement and…
Taliban vow to boost attacks against Canadians unless they leave Afghanistan
The Canadian Press August 17, 2008 KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — The Taliban say Canada must pull out of Afghanistan or face more attacks like the one that killed two Canadian aid workers. In an open letter addressed to “the Canadian people,”…
Canadians demand 9/11 Truth Investigation
The Vancouver 9/11 Truth Society has announced a “2008 Truth Tour,” set for August 29th – September 15th, 2008. Calls for domestic probe into 9/11 By Carlito Pablo Straight.com On August 29, Drew Noftle and about a dozen other Vancouver-based…
Help bring Omar Khadr home
Peace Alliance Winnipeg is a signatory to a letter prepared by Lawyers Against the War demanding the immediate repatriation of Omar Khadr. The message below summarizes the position of over 200 individuals and groups representing thousands of Canadians and some…
Lanterns for Peace 2008
About 80 people participated in Winnipeg’s annual Lanterns for Peace commemoration of the 1945 U.S. nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The event was organized by Project Peacemakers, the National Association of Japanese Canadians and Peace Alliance Winnipeg. Here are…
Repatriate Omar Khadr
Omar Khadr has been detained without trial in Guantanamo Bay since he captured by the U.S. military in Afghanistan in 2002. At the time of his capture he was 15 years old. Omar Khadr is the youngest detainee and the…
National Day of Action for Iraq War Resisters: July 10, 2008
[youtube XSYn3BnTx7E] The War Resisters Support Campaign has called for another National Day of Action for Iraq War Resisters. If you haven’t done so, please call Minister Diane Finley and insist that she: stop deportation proceedings against Corey Glass and…