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Seventy years ago this weekend, the Battle of Okinawa drew to a close after two and a half months; it would be the final major land battle of World War II. The Allied invasion of Okinawa, code-named Operation Iceberg, had begun on April 1, 1945, when U.S. forces made the largest amphibious...

'Team Nathan' from left to right: ​Master Cpl. Anthony Wiseman, Barbara Winters, Col. Conrad Mialkowski, Martin Magnan, Margaret Lerhe and ​Master Cpl. Kyle Button. Each received a medal in the Senate chambers on June 20 for their efforts to save Cpl. Nathan Cirillo amid the Parliament Hill...

Apparently Gerald Butts (Justin Trudeau adviser / boss) wrote something really awful about James Moore's retirement from politics. The tweet has been deleted, but Colby Cosh referenced it in a tweet. Colby Cosh ‏@colbycosh 10 hours ago Guess you won’t get to read that heckle about how...

Premier's office returns call made to Lou Arab's cell phone Lou Arab works as a communications officer at CUPE Alberta Premier Rachel Notley is facing renewed questions about connections between her government and her husband's job with the Canadian...

Canada was 7th, one spot behind Germany. https://twitter.com/CanadaAction/status/611892478937927680

Utah Valley University , with an enrolment of about 34,000 students, is trying out a staircase with lanes. Lane one is for walkers, two for runners and three for texters. but wait, there's more...a day without triggers is like a day without sunshine: Eugene Volokh on the now-official...

Dean Skoreyko ‏@bcbluecon Pointing out a sick domestic abuse joke from a Liberal candidate is an "attack" to iPolitics http://pllqt.it/XjaYBd An insensitive post about domestic violence was deleted from a...

Matthew McConaughey (from left), Gwen Stefani and Chris Pratt are all devout followers of Jesus Christ. Hollywood is having a Christian renaissance. Matthew McConaughey, Chris Pratt, Brad...

but not us. Canada Action ‏@CanadaAction 5 of the world’s 7 richest countries have increased their coal use in the last...

somehow the sun could affect climate change and rising sea levels.......in millimeters. (h/t sda) The IPCC and others blame CO2 for increases in sea levels, ignoring evidence that shows the sun to be the cause For many years we have been told that global warming is unprecedented over the...

Gen. Tom Lawson says Exclusive interview with CBC's Peter Mansbridge airs tonight on The National Sexual harassment is still an issue in the Canadian Forces because people are "biologically wired in a certain way," Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Tom Lawson said Tuesday, drawing...

via sda: And this explains the polls. By lance on June 16, 2015 7:01 PM...

Teacher offended by Shakespeare's 'white' male perspective The Common Core English Language Arts Standards include Shakespeare as a high school requirement. Dana Dusbiber, who teaches at Luther Burbank High School is objecting to Shakespeare because of his outdated 'white' man's...

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no kidding In an age where many children spend more time in front of a screen than a window, the argument for getting outside is supported by new research out of Canada. The risks associated with outdoor play in natural environments have proven to have positive effects for developing...

gaiatastic Pope Francis' Climate Change Encyclical Leaked Four Days Early Steve Milloy ‏@JunkScience I have translated the Pope's...

Canada Action ‏@CanadaAction These actions have done the most to reduce ghg emissions: Canada hosted #1, Is world leader #2 & Above Avg. in #3 https://twitter.com/CanadaAction/status/610467820275523584

via sda By lance on June 15, 2015 2:02 PM | 14 Comments jeezus h christ LOL Al GoreVerified account...

Thinking hard about history can be a useful exercise, if incorrect assumptions are reformed. This was one goal of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s report on residential schools, which, in early June, published a 388-page summary of its forthcoming final report. Others have already...