Omar Khadr's Uncertain Future: An Interview with Michelle Shepard

In January, President Barack Obama gave an order to close Guantanamo Bay. What this means is that the actual American naval base will continue to exist, but by the end of the year, Camp Justice, an expensive legal complex that is portable and could be moved elsewhere, will be dismantled. It also means the closing of the prison camps which hold 245 men, one of whom is Canadian Omar Khadr. Now a 6 foot tall twenty-two year old man with a beard, Khadr was shot and captured by American forces as a fifteen year old on July 27, 2002. What is to become of this young man who has literally grown up in Guantanamo Bay, and how is it that he ended up there in the first place?

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God Save Canada!

"I swear (or affirm) that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, Her Heirs and Successors, and that I will faithfully observe the laws of Canada and fulfill my duties as a Canadian citizen."

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Ice Cream and Elections

While it will likely be one of the least important issues of the 2008 American election, Barack Obama's policy on ice cream is clear. Despite allegedly having worked in a Baskin Robbins, and having secured an endorsement from the founders of Ben and Jerry's, Obama simply does not like the stuff.

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