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Some Politics Posts.
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civic.ca
A simple, easy-to-use site to let Canadians find their government representatives
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Jack's final goodbye
"Let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world."
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Toronto police on the G20
Reviewing their actions, police find they could have done more with more officers at the G20 one-year ago
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Afghan detainee files
The Globe and Mail is asking for help to review the 4,000 pages of documents released by the government
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Tweet the election results
An explainer on the Canadian election results blackout and the effort to #tweettheresults
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Astrotweeting the Canadian election
How Twitter's being used to try and manipulate public perception of the issues
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Muzzling the election
What Elections Canada ban on reporting the results means for news organizations and social media
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Canadian election history
All the federal election results since Confederation in one iPhone app
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Social media game-cum-poll
GeoPollster partners with National Post and uses Foursquare to poll party loyalty in Canada
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Hastags for #elxn41
A evolving glossary of Twitter hastags for Canada's 2011 federal election
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The Vancouver License
When it comes to licensing open government data, the current standard falls short
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Open Twitter
Twitter declares its core, defining principle, saying "the open exchange of information can have a positive global impact"
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WikiLeaks a new form of media
Great analysis by Mathew Ingram on how the organization represents a new form media delivery
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The cost of free parking
Ties to a recent discussion about how much car transportation is subsidized in subtle ways
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On covering protests
Some advice on what to do as a journalists while covering potentially heated protests
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Kettled in at the G20
Reporter on being in a public intersection that became a de facto detention centre
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Photos of G20 in Toronto
Hard to see Toronto looking like this, even if it's a tiny snapshot of what really happened
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Talking to Canadians
Say what you will about about the G20, at least it's got American news outlets looking north
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G8 police intimidate reporter
Police use extensive security measures on a veteran, accredited journalist trying cover the summit
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Chimp warfare
Fascinating portrait of war as waged by chimpanzees, and possibly, humanity, too
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The price of an iPhone
There's a growing unease about the disparity between the manufacturing and marketing of Apple products
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