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You will also learn a twenty-first-century skillset in storytelling, public speaking, social media networking, and media engagement from successful grassroots organizers who will share best practices for positive impact. :lol:

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...

By the very nature of their philosophy, conservatives are disposed to be more optimistic and fun-loving than liberals. Liberals (a short hand I’ll use to cover the political spectrum on the left including progressives and socialists) base their outlook on causes, whether eradicating social...

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Wishing it was true doesn’t make it true–it makes you a chump who fell for the con. Once upon a time in America, no adult could survive without possessing a finely tuned BS detector. Herman Melville masterfully captured America’s fascination with cons and con artists in his 1857 classic The...

via sda: Cold Camembert and Broken Crackers By lance on June 14, 2015 12:39 PM | 12...

via sda Question the CBC? By lance on June 14, 2015 1:57 PM...

David AkinVerified account ‏@davidakin Anti-oil sands campaigners are pulling the wool over your eyes says @FairQuestions http://pllqt.it/blwwy4 Invisible: U.S. foundations and Tides pour money into ‘earned...

Has he got the vapors? Michael Sam has left the Montreal Alouettes' training camp and returned home for personal reasons, the team said Friday. "With all due respect for Michael Sam, the nature of this decision will remain confidential," the Alouettes said in a statement, which said Sam...

FLASHBACK: ABC's ’08 Prediction: NYC Under Water from Climate Change By June 2015

PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: ‘I consider myself to be black and I don’t give two sh*ts what you think’: Defiant NAACP leader is pictured for the first time since her white parents’ said she is pretending to be black Rachel Dolezal, 37,was pictured outside her home Friday for the first time since...

An improving economy and better resources in the developing world may not equal a more open nation, according to the World Justice Project (WJP) in its report on open governments globally. The inaugural WJP Open Government Index, which ranks more than a 100 countries based on how open their...

Via Drudge, we learn that Hulk Hogan is going for the suplex on Gawker. That's just the latest in their ongoing ordeals. First GamerGate's letter campaign cost them 'seven figures' which is nothing to sneer at. But they're also being sued by their slaves err, unpaid interns. It's...

Celebrity activist David Suzuki told a Prince Rupert audience last night that "an increase in the human population" was one of the factors impacting "climate change." Suzuki is the father of five children, as well as a grandfather of five. The Northern View reports: In addition to an...

In a development that may not go down well with the Alberta oilpatch Rachel Notley’s new NDP government has been trying to reassure, the Wildrose Party says Energy Minister Marg McCuaig-Boyd’s new chief of staff is a registered anti-pipeline lobbyist. Graham Mitchell became LeadNow’s interim...

VANCOUVER - A Malaysia-led consortium has become the first in British Columbia to announce conditional approval of a liquefied natural gas project, a major step forward for the Liberal government as it stakes its future on development of the industry. Pacific NorthWest LNG, which is...

a new study...excuse me, a landmark study... says, so there ya go: A landmark Canadian study instructed participants on how to confront the risk of sexual assault on campus, reports Erin Anderssen. While it’s a partial solution – and an imperfect one – research shows resistance tactics work...

and when we do it right, it enhances public safety" Toronto police chief Mark Saunders on carding The pressure is growing on Toronto police to abolish the controversial practice of carding, but the city's police chief continues to back it. Carding allows police officers to stop and...