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    Liberals have early momentum in Monday byelections

    OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau's Liberals are poised to have a breakthrough night in four federal byelections held Monday, mostly at the expense of Thomas Mulcair's NDP. The Liberals were leading or in second place in all four byelections in early returns. In the downtown Toronto riding of...
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    Oh Canada

    10 things Canada does better than anywhere else - CNN.com 25 Reasons Why Canada Rocks (PHOTOS) 19 Totally Canadian Things That No Other Country Will Ever Have Top 10 Things to Do in Canada’s National Parks -- National Geographic...
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    Kindergartener Pulls Down Pants, Forced to Sign 'Sexual Misconduct' Confession

    A 5-year-old boy in Surprise is accused of sexual misconduct for pulling his pants down on the playground. The mother of Eric Lopez says back in April, her son was on the playground at Ashton Ranch Elementary School when another student told him to pull his pants down or else he would do it...
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    A hundred years ago today, the Archduke Franz Ferdinand was shot dead

    Intelligent Life @intlifemag A hundred years ago today, the Archduke Franz Ferdinand was shot dead on this spot http://bit.ly/1lvztW5 World War One anniversary: what if Archduke Franz Ferdinand had...
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    Closer look at Northern Gateway pipeline construction

    While Enbridge's $7 billion Northern Gateway pipeline project must overcome many political and bureaucratic challenges before the oil can flow, logistical challenges from its actual construction are also being mulled over. The joint review panel, commissioned by the federal government to...
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    Red Deer bans e-cigs in public places

    Asthema Inhalers are next. The Allison Redford, nanny-land of Alberta strikes again. Red Deer bans e-cigs in public places. They're calling it...
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    We Need A Famine

    ^ via sda And we need to pledge to one another that, when it finally comes, we will eat the "environmentalists" first. In February 2014, Fortune Minerals was given Ministerial Approval by Saskatchewan's Minister of...
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    Mapping the hottest day of the year in the USA

    From NOAA/NCDC, something interesting: a new map showing when to expect hottest days of the year and where. The long thin line on the west coast is interesting because that is where the bulk of the population of each state lives and one might think that has something to do with it, but it is...
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    httpS goings-on

    thought I'd share a tidbit I uncovered...probably doesn't apply to most of you but it solved my own problem. when the problem reared it's head here, I simply backed-off the https header then pasted the video address in a post...then a few months ago, big brother landlord massa google did some...
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    Are you ready for the slimmer trimmer Rob Ford

    He's back! Down from size 52 to 44, a slimmer Rob Ford is about to ‘turn the race upside down' With a straight face and a calm voice, Toronto Deputy Mayor Norm Kelly turned from a city hall lectern he has used many times while trying to steady a tumultuous term of office and said, “I expect...
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    Vet Could Lose Home For Displaying Small American Flag In Front Yard…

    Who in their right mind thought it was a good idea to fine him $8,000 and slap a lien on his home?JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (CBS Tampa) – A veteran could lose his home because of a small American flag he has placed in a flower pot in front of his home. Larry Murphree explained that his homeowners’...
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    Bill Ayers to Megyn Kelly: There Were “20,000 Bombings”

    in the US Against the Vietnam War (Video) 20,000? Really? Terrorist and Obama family friend Bill Ayers told Megyn Kelly his terrorist group wasn’t so bad. After all, his group only accounted for 20 of the 20,000 bombings in the US against the Vietnam War.“The Weather Underground I think took...
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    CRTC chair admits regulations outdated, promises change

    no kidding eh The chair of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission admits the regulator is dealing with an outdated rulebook and says his goal is to modernize the entire system by the end of his five-year term. Jean-Pierre Blais, who took over the role from Konrad...
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    Northern Gateway pipeline approval met with applause from Heartland

    Alberta’s Industrial Heartland met the federal government’s conditional approval of the contentious Northern Gateway Pipeline with applause. Amidst reaction from First Nations and environmental groups, the controversial $6.5-billion Northern Gateway Pipeline received the go-ahead earlier...
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    Jimmy Savile got rape victim, 16, PREGNANT and told her to threaten suicide

    if she was denied an abortion such a nice man Investigations found Savile had at least 103 victims across 28 NHS hospitals Boasted about having sex with corpses and 'wheeling them around' at night One former nurse said Savile would 'muck about' posing with dead bodies Barnet patient...
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    More CBC cuts coming

    good CBC announces ‘significant’ production cuts as it struggles with flagging ad revenue TORONTO — The CBC is slashing 25 per cent of its workforce over the next five years, while cutting back evening newscasts and in-house production in a bid to shift its focus from radio and television to...
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    Support for Keystone XL pipeline is almost universal

    Even Democrats who prefer to develop alternate energy sources before expanding the use of fossil fuels say they want the Keystone XL pipeline built. The new Pew "Political Typology" report shows huge majorities of all four Democratic-leaning groups support the development of wind, solar and...
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    Anti-shale gas protesters found guilty of weapons charges

    Two anti-shale gas protesters charged in connection with a violent clash with police near Rexton last fall have been found guilty of some of the charges against them, and not guilty others. Germain Junior Breau of Upper Rexton, N.B., and Aaron Francis of Eskasoni, N.S., were tried together...
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    Supremes strike down obama recess appointments...

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday limited the president's power to fill high-level vacancies with temporary appointments, ruling in favor of Senate Republicans in their partisan clash with President Barack Obama. The high court's first-ever case involving the Constitution's...
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    CBC pulls sexist Christine Elliott headline

    fukking slimy slippery cbc CBC pulls sexist Christine Elliott headline but doesn’t apologise or explain: