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Today's Your Last Chance to Get Us More Webbys!
Every year around now, the Webby Awards announce their nominees, and we happen to be one those nominees. But, as is the case every year, in order to win, we need your votes. We know the internet is...
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Why Are Native People Who Use Community Clinics In Toronto Dying by Age 37?
Screenshot via. Indigenous people who use community clinics in Toronto have an average age of death of 37 years. That’s right. Toronto—home of pricey condos, Rob Ford, and organic pet food—is also...
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Australia Will Buy Any Fighter Jets the US Tells It to
Image via Flickr user San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive Australia’s alliance with the US is a linchpin of its defense policy. And to have a close relationship with the US is to have a close...
View ArticleVICE News: Russian Roulette: The Invasion of Ukraine - Part 29
Before VICE News correspondent Simon Ostrovsky was detained on April 21 and held by pro-Russia separatists in Sloviansk, he filed this dispatch featuring an interview with his future captor, the...
View ArticleVICE News Correspondent Simon Ostrovsky Has Been Released
VICE News Correspondent Simon Ostrovsky Has Been Released
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How the Military Collects Data on Millions of High School Students
Photo via Wikipedia Commons The calls started when I was a junior in high school—always in the evening, always after The Simpsons and always with an older gentleman on the other end of the line....
View ArticleNine Subgenres You Probably Don't Know About (and Maybe That's OK)
Nine Subgenres You Probably Don't Know About (and Maybe That's OK)
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Lady Business: Quebec City Is the Best Place for Women. Also, Please Stop...
A recent study has rated the beautiful cities of Canada on a scale of how friendly they are for women to live in—and, congratulations Quebec, three of your cities ranked at the top, with Quebec City...
View ArticleThis Week in Racism: Avril Lavigne's New Music Video Isn't Racist, It Just Sucks
Welcome to another edition of This Week in Racism. I’ll be ranking news stories on a scale of one to RACIST, with “one” being the least racist and “RACIST” being the most racist. –Avril...
View ArticleFallon Fox, MMA's First Openly Transgender Fighter, Is a Superhero
Fallon Fox, MMA's First Openly Transgender Fighter, Is a Superhero
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Renovictions on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside Aren’t Stopping Anytime Soon
Vancouver's downtown eastside. Photo via Flickr user Yaokcool. Dave Rouleau and Monika Benkovich were hired to gentrify the York Rooms. And it seems to have worked. The 36-room hotel was one of many...
View ArticleCanada Bought $50 Million Worth of 'Secure' Phone Systems from the NSA
Canada Bought $50 Million Worth of 'Secure' Phone Systems from the NSA
View Article‘I Had It Pretty Easy, Because I Was Let Go’
‘I Had It Pretty Easy, Because I Was Let Go’
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The Toronto Cop Charged with Murdering Sammy Yatim Is Back to Work
A demonstrator at the justice for Sammy Yatim protests in downtown Toronto, August 2013. Photo via Michael Toledano. James Forcillo, the police officer who has been accused of pulling his trigger nine...
View ArticleSikh Temples Aren’t Just About Eating Free Indian Food
Sikh Temples Aren’t Just About Eating Free Indian Food
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North Korea's Got a Big Crystal Meth Problem
Dancing girls in Pyongyang (Image via Flickr user Leef_Smith) North Korean meth is the bomb—at least, according to US officials who tested two batches last year. The packages of sharp, ice-like...
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'I Played for Gaddafi's Basketball Team at the Start of the Libyan Revolution'
Alex (center, in the black T-shirt) with some of his Libyan teammates. All photos courtesy of Alex Owumi There are a few things to expect when you start playing basketball at an international level: a...
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Cry-Baby of the Week
It's time, once again, to marvel at some idiots who don't know how to handle the world: Cry-Baby #1: A mystery Call of Duty player. The incident: Someone lost a game of Call of Duty. The appropriate...
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