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    Electricity rates in Ontario to rise again May 1

    just in time for the longer summer days. wynneing! Time-of-use electricity prices will jump half-a-cent to 18 cents a kilowatt hour for peak periods, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, starting May 1. The rates are up slightly less for mid-peak periods -- between 7 and 11 a.m. and...
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    We Are All Metis People

    The number won't be staying down at 600,000 for long I think therefore I am. CBC; The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that tens of thousands of Métis and non-status Indians are the responsibility of the federal government, ending a 17 year court battle. Who's a "Metis"? "Métis" means a...
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    Trudeau defends corporate dealings against accusations of tax avoidance

    Details about Trudeau’s corporate holdings came after questions were raised in La Presse and in the Commons Wednesday, where NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair accused Trudeau of using various companies to “shelter his investments and avoid paying his full share of taxes.” MONTREAL—Prime Minister...
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    Failed Green Deal scheme cost £17,000 for every household that signed up

    really. Taxpayers have been left with a £17,000 bill for every household that signed up to the Government’s failed flagship energy efficiency scheme, the Green Deal. Ministers wasted a total of £240 million on the ill-fated programme, which was launched in 2013 with the intention of...
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    Do tell

    But the long-belated saga of the Minnesota Coronary Experiment may also make a broader point about how science gets done: it suggests just how difficult it can be for new evidence to see the light of day when it contradicts widely held theories. *apply to any of the pet and trendy...
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    Climate change causes Bullschit Bureaucrats to kill free speech!

    'complaints' HuffPost Canada Verified account ‏@HuffPostCanada Ad watchdog nixed anti-abortion flyer, climate-change billboards http://huff.to/1TROS5r TORONTO — Canada's advertising watchdog says it...
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    Guilty plea in homeless murders

    Three fatal beatings caught on surveillance video A man arrested in the killings of three street people will plead guilty to three counts of second-degree murder, a court heard Wednesday. John Paul Ostamas was arrested last April in the killings of Donald Collins, 65, Stony Stanley Bushie...
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    Why is the CBC refusing to hand over info to CRA about potential CDN tax cheats?

    can't understand why. The Conservative Party’s national revenue critic is calling on the CBC to hand over its Panama Papers data to Canada’s tax agency, something the Crown corporation is refusing to do. Ziad Aboultaif (Edmonton Manning, Alta.) says information coming out of a mammoth...
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    Hump Day Hilarity – The 97% climate expertise

    Josh writes: I had an idea with Brandon [Shollenberger] about discovering a secret stupid chart along the lines of the one he found. Shollenberger writes: I think I may have found the strangest chart I have ever seen. You can see it below, taken from the newly published paper on the...
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    Russian war planes buzz U.S. destroyer in Baltic

    Russian attack planes buzzed the guided missile destroyer USS Donald Cook during the U.S.'s joint exercises in the Baltic Sea this week in what defense officials on Wednesday described as "aggressive" and "unsafe flight maneuvers." Two Russian SU-24 jets made "numerous, close-range and...
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    Stephen Fry is right about our infantilised outrage culture

    Remember that childhood rhyme "sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me"? It seems that more than ever, adults are finding ways to proclaim that words do hurt. Stephen Fry hit the nail on the head this week when he spoke out about our increasingly infantilised...
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    CDC conclude Zika Virus does indeed cause microcephaly & other birth defects

    CBC News Alerts Verified account ‏@CBCAlerts #NEJM, CDC's Frieden cites 'turning point' in outbreak. 1/2 CBC News Alerts Verified account ‏@CBCAlerts...
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    Toronto officer who fatally shot Andrew Loku won't be charged, SIU says

    fukk blm. 'I have no doubt that the subject officer feared for his life and that of his partner': SIU director The Toronto police officer who fatally shot 45-year-old Andrew Loku in July 2015 will not face any criminal charges, the Special Investigations Unit said Friday. "I am...
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    The secret Saudi memo: Dissecting how the document contradicts what Ottawa has said

    Newly released secret documents show how the Foreign Affairs Minister quietly gave the green light to sell combat vehicles to Saudi Arabia – challenging the Liberal government’s claims that their hands were tied on the $15-billion ‘done deal’ brokered by their Conservative predecessors. Here...
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    Bono Wants To ‘Send In’ Comedians To Combat ISIS

    because mental illness ISIS. It’s a problem. The Obama Administration has spent more time denying the reality of the situation than crafting a viable solution to defeat the savages. We’ve heard it all– “They just need jobs!” “We don’t understaaaaaand their culture!” “They don’t even have...
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    Regimental funeral for Cst. Sarah Beckett draws thousands

    She’s the first female RCMP officer to die on duty in B.C. Thousands braved the rain and cold in Victoria today to pay their respects to Constable Sarah Beckett, the Mountie and mother of two killed on the job last week in a car crash. “It’s unfortunate to see a young life taken so soon.”...
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    How Charity Destroys Price Discovery...and Thus Society

    At first you may find this distasteful. "Come on Cappy, how can you go after something like charity." But remember, for anybody who dared to criticize housing or education, they were equally lambasted because "housing should be a right" and "you can't put a price on education." But need...
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    With cheaper gas, the guzzler is making a comeback

    Amazing what the populace actually wants: With cheaper gas, the guzzler is making a comeback ... Full-sized pickup trucks represented 18.5 per cent of Canadian vehicle sales in March, compared with the long-time average of about 15 per cent. Sales of the F-Series pickup by Ford Motor Co. of...
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    Ooo... she's cranky

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