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Anita Elash

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Christian Science Monitor

Is Canada about to face US-style housing meltdown?

By Anita Elash, Christian Science Monitor | 05/30/12

Concerns are growing that, like their American neighbors a few years ago, Canadians are spending themselves into financial disaster.

Christian Science Monitor

Canadians use social media to out Vancouver rioters

By Anita Elash | 06/30/11
Canadians were outraged when mobs rampaged through downtown Vancouver after the Canucks hockey team lost the Stanley Cup championship earlier this month.
Christian Science Monitor

Canada's 'kid' lawmakers poised to shake-up staid Parliament

By Anita Elash | 06/23/11
At 20 years old and just halfway through college, history and cultural studies student Laurin Liu has little in common with the middle-aged white men who dominate Canadian politics.
Christian Science Monitor

Canadian shake-up: Conservatives win but opposition makes head-turning gains

By Anita Elash | 05/04/11
Canadians woke up to a strikingly changed political landscape today, largely because of one national politician’s charisma and another’s lack of it. National elections yesterday produced Canada’s first majority government in seven years.
Christian Science Monitor

In France, U.S. advocacy for Muslim rights raises more than a few hackles

By Anita Elash | 02/18/11
PARIS — After two years of trying, human rights activist Abdelaziz Dahhassi realized his dream late last year of setting up a think tank to find new ways to fight ethnic and religious discrimination in France.
Christian Science Monitor

Qantas A380 engine emergency casts scrutiny on Airbus superjumbo jets

By Anita Elash and Mark Trumbull | 11/05/10
PARIS — Qantas and Singapore Airlines have grounded their fleets of Airbus A380 airliners after one of the jets operated by Qantas blew out an engine, shooting flames and dropping large metal chunks. Although the incident ended without injury, it i
Business Agenda

Will Jerome Kerviel's hefty sentence check rogue trading in France?

By Anita Elash | 10/06/10
Kerviel has been sentenced to at least three years in prison and ordered to pay back the nearly $7 billion that he lost for his bank, Sociéte Générale, as a result of bad trades.