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Jared Ferrie

Jared Ferrie is a writer based in Vancouver.

Stories by Jared Ferrie

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Cambodia's Displaced: Can Canada Make a Difference?

As farmers and city dwellers are uprooted by developments, advocates call on CIDA to rise to their defence.

By Jared Ferrie, 2 Oct 2009


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In Texas for the Big Shootout

Our man in Austin gauges mood for Clinton and Obama.

By Jared Ferrie, 4 Mar 2008


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Afghan Extremists Flexing Power

Gov't is 'in their hands,' warns brother of journalist facing execution.

By Jared Ferrie, 4 Feb 2008


'The Poppy Problem'

And how not to deal with it. Report and photos from Afghanistan.

By Jared Ferrie, 6 Nov 2007


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Canada, Bring Home Omar Khadr

Young Guantanamo prisoner needs Ottawa rescue, says US military lawyer.

By Jared Ferrie, 18 Sep 2007


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A Tourist in 'the Axis of Evil'

Crossing the Bad Lands with Tony Wheeler.

By Jared Ferrie, 20 Jun 2007


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A 'Development Surge'

Rebuilding Kandahar, before it's too late.

By Jared Ferrie, 17 May 2007


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Afghanistan's Coalition of the Killing

Group wants to topple Karzai, but has bloody hands. A Tyee special report from Kabul.

By Jared Ferrie, 3 Apr 2007


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Amnesty for Afghan War Criminals?

Proposed bill has rights groups steamed. A Tyee report from Kabul.

By Jared Ferrie, 12 Mar 2007


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RCMP Get Second Crack at Own Scandal

Former Commissioner accused of interfering in federal campaign.

By Jared Ferrie, 5 Feb 2007


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Taliban Tenacity

What to read before judging Canada's mission.

By Jared Ferrie, 7 Nov 2006


opinion

'Like Giving Germany Back to Nazis'

A Canadian in Kandahar on why Canada can't leave Afghanistan.

By Jared Ferrie, 1 Nov 2006


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Tamil 'Terrorism' Not So Simple

Among a war's roots, and recruits, in Sri Lanka.

By Jared Ferrie, 1 Sep 2006


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Mining Gold, and Outrage, in Guatemala

Vancouver-registered firm pushes big project.

By Jared Ferrie, 21 Dec 2005


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Precarious Lives of Privatized Hospital Workers

Strikers' best deal may mean poverty wages.

By Jared Ferrie, 16 Nov 2005


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Wake up, Bloggers!

UBC students survey best (and sleepiest) campaign coverage.

By Jared Ferrie, 15 Nov 2005


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A Tyee Series

Aid Workers, Under the Gun

General Dallaire wants military and aid communities to work together.

By Jared Ferrie, 10 Nov 2005


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A Tyee Series

Why Global Poverty is Canada's Enemy, Too

End it or get used to terrorism says economist Jeffery Sachs.

By Jared Ferrie, 9 Nov 2005


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Haiti Turning into Canada's Iraq

'Peacekeeper' image at risk as violence, repression mount.

By Jared Ferrie, 25 Oct 2005


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James Barber Scorches Mayoral Candidate

Celeb chef no fan of former biz partner James Green.

By Jared Ferrie, 24 Oct 2005


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BC Greens Shifting Right?

Private health care, corporate tax cuts divide members.

By Jared Ferrie, 14 Oct 2005


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Surrey Voters May Shift Entire Region

Toppled right-wing council would alter GVRD decision making

By Jared Ferrie, 11 Oct 2005


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Inside Afghanistan's Struggle for a Free Press

Canadians are part of a pricey push to build open media there. Will it pay off?

By Jared Ferrie, 14 Jul 2005


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What a Black Beetle Can Teach Us

Mountain pine beetle–infested timber is helping B.C. boom. Will we learn the bug plague's lessons before the bust?

By Jared Ferrie, 4 Jul 2005


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When Good Drugs Go Bad

Adverse pharmaceutical reactions are a major killer, and a B.C. group is fighting to reduce the risk.

By Jared Ferrie, 19 Apr 2004


opinion

In Antigua, the Troubled Canuck

The idea was to flee the rain for the sunny paradise I knew as a child. But slavery's legacy is inescapable.

By Jared Ferrie, 15 Mar 2004


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Pulled Grants Send Students Scrambling

End of $30 million program plays havoc with plans, says a single mom college student trying to escape welfare.

By Jared Ferrie, 9 Mar 2004


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Farmed Salmon Even Enviros Can Swallow

Agrimarine's cutting edge aquaculture may offer the way past B.C.'s 'War in the Waters.'

By Jared Ferrie, 23 Feb 2004


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Sweat Free? You're in Fashion

Some revolutionary B.C. designers offer a chance to be stylish, guilt free.

By Jared Ferrie, 23 Feb 2004


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Mary Poppins Had It Great…

Compared to a lot of live-in nannies here on special visas. One mistreated caregiver says the program breeds 'a modern type of slavery.'

By Jared Ferrie, 21 Jan 2004