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Dean Skoreyko ‏@bcbluecon 12 days of testimony needed and a 392 page report generated to fire 1 federal employee...

The opposition New Democratic Party is calling for clearer rules to govern millions of dollars worth of performance pay for public service executives as well as for parliamentary hearings into how that money is being doled out. “What strikes me is a real lack of consistency and that’s...

The same problems facing Quebec’s public sector pension plans are happening across the rest of Canada too, where governments at all levels are staggered by the cost of funding pensions. In 2002, Canadians contributed $8 billion into the pension plans of public sector employees and this year...

John Tory would be mayor of Toronto if the municipal election were held today instead of Oct. 27, according to a new poll. Among decided voters, Tory leads with 39.1 per cent, followed by Olivia Chow with 32.7 per cent and Rob Ford 21.7 per cent. None of the other major candidates received more...

:lol: One New York Yankees fan hopes that suing for snoozing will work out in his favor. Andrew Rector, 26, was caught taking a serious nap during an April 13 “Sunday Night Baseball” game against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium. The ESPN cameras didn’t let him get away with it...

For 10 minutes, it seemed like the shooting was everywhere in the South Chicago neighborhood. It started when someone shot and wounded a couple, then two people fired at the shooter, then there was a chase and shots exchanged and a man sitting on a porch was hit. Responding officers kept...

They're bulldozing a fifth of Detroit Bad news for fans of ruin porn: Detroit is hoping to rid itself of its unique collection of dilapidated buildings and elegantly rubbish-strewn abandoned lots, and all within the next five years. In May, a group ominously...

That well-known bastion of right wing nuttery - the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - has released data showing that US temps have not risen in the last decade and have, in fact, dropped. Forbes: Responding to widespread criticism that its temperature station readings...

According to new figures released by Natural Resources Canada, roughly one in 10 Canadians gets their employment from natural resources. About five percent of working Canadians are employed directly in natural-resource industries (900,000), and another five percent...

Use of opioids such as OxyContin and codeine is a leading cause of death in young adults, say researchers in Ontario who reviewed coroner reports from a period of nearly 20 years. Rates of opioid-related deaths are increasing rapidly in the province and are concentrated among the young — a...

The papers, smuggled out of Russia by KGB archivist Vasili Mitrokhin after the breakup of the Soviet Union, describe sabotage plots, booby-trapped weapons caches and armies of agents under cover in the West. CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND—The papers spent years hidden in a milk churn beneath a...

News: The flag is stolen when she hung it up outside. Fark: Then returned 4 days later with a note reading 'I am so sorry' American flag given to family of firefighter killed on September 11 is returned four days after its theft with note saying: 'I am so sorry' Melissa Brengel, sister...

Ezra LevantVerified account ‏@ezralevant Obama will do business with Iran, but not Canada/Keystone XL “@RT_com: US signs billion-dollar energy deal with Iran http://on.rt.com/n7r8bl ” US company World Eco Energy has...

cool idea bro A controversial scientist who carried out provocative research on making influenza viruses more infectious has completed his most dangerous experiment to date by deliberately creating a pandemic strain of flu that can evade the human immune system. Yoshihiro Kawaoka...

well, his profile anyway...most people wouldn't give it a second thought I imagine. interesting: How one American became the symbol for U.S. POWs and those missing in action Most Americans don't know who Jeffrey Heisley is, but chances are good they've seen his profile and contemplated the...

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson and his wife Amy Robertson are separating, according to a statement from the mayor’s office on Saturday. “As people close to our family are aware, we recently agreed to separate,” the Robertsons said, in a joint statement. “This is a personal and private...

not exactly Mr. Warmth - Don Rickles...they need to listen to Rex and alter their rhetoric schtick some Prime Minister says Liberal Leader has ‘absolutely nothing’ to offer Canada Prime Minister Stephen Harper was his own Conservative attack ad Saturday night, launching a scathing critique of...

All this because some drunken immature retard mucks around like a teenager. About 500 guests at a hotel near Pearson International Airport had to leave their rooms after an unwanted wake-up call early Sunday morning. Toronto firefighters responded to a call for water damage and an...

Brigitte Gabriel gives a young woman a little history lesson: Brigitte Gabriel gives FANTASTIC answer to Muslim woman claiming all Muslims are portrayed badly » T - YouTube Source- Small Dead Animals best few minutes you'll ever listen to in a long time

In NSA-intercepted data, those not targeted far outnumber the foreigners who are Files provided by Snowden show extent to which ordinary Web users are caught in the net Ordinary Internet users, American and non-American alike, far outnumber legally targeted foreigners in the communications...