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Who was the first president of the United States? All of us say “George Washington.” But it’s wrong at least technically. Washington was not inaugurated until April 30, 1789. And yet, the United States continually had functioning governments from as early as September 5, 1774 and operated as...

Bounceback for U.S. economy expected in spring quarter All it took was an icy wind from the Arctic to topple the economy into its worst contraction since the depths of the Great Recession of 2007-2009. That’s what the latest report from the Commerce Department showed Wednesday, revealing...

Here’s a headline from Forbes that caught my eye: “IRS Employees Union Is ‘Very Concerned’ About Being Required To Enroll In Obamacare’s Health Insurance Exchange” You can’t blame ’em. Workers in the private sector are...

TORONTO — The “horror” stories of Hydro One customers over their bills have unleashed an unprecedented number of complaints to his office, Ontario ombudsman Andre Marin said Monday. So far, his office has received more than 7,900 complaints about the provincial utility’s billing practices...

Overly protective mothers can cause their children to become obese, a study has found. Researchers from the Telethon Kids Institute analysed data from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children and identified a connection between overprotective parenting and the rate of child obesity...

thaaaat's right... Environmental Protection Agency workers have done some odd things recently. Contractors built secret man caves in an EPA warehouse, an employee pretended to work for the CIA to get unlimited vacations and one worker even spent most of his time on the clock looking at...

After Historic Bank Heists, $500K Oddly Returned (Newser) – A weird twist in what are being painted as two of the largest bank heists in Colorado...

just in case flossy missed this one: One year ago this week, President Obama announced that the Keystone XL pipeline would have to pass a "climate test" in order to be approved. Opponents of the pipeline cheered. They cheered because the president had just made their chief...

religion of peace, man. Nigeria explosion at Abuja shopping mall kills 21, wounds 17 Nigerians are immediately blaming the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram after an explosion killed 21 people at a shopping mall in the capital, Abuja on Wednesday. The blast came as many Nigerians were...

via Dean Skoreyko ‏@bcbluecon Metis National Council paying inflated rent for office from numbered company owned by Manitoba Metis Federation OTTAWA - The Metis National Council is paying a numbered company owned by...

Two protesters interrupted Employment Minister Jason Kenney [...] the um, rest Jason Kenney news conference on temporary foreign workers hit by protest - Politics - CBC News probably the lead story on power in politics tonight

OTTAWA - The University of Ottawa has relieved the head coach of its men's varsity hockey team after an internal investigation of allegations of drinking and sexual misconduct by some players during a trip to Thunder Bay in February. The university will also maintain the suspension of the...

cbc sad face :lol: 'We’re still very bullish on the Canol Shale,' says Premier Bob McLeod Northwest Territories Premier Bob Mcleod says the approval of the Northern Gateway Pipeline is good news for the North. He says that pipeline won’t just open up new markets for Alberta crude — it will...

Just as bad as beating a dog. John Leonard MacKean sentenced to 2 years in chained-teen case A man convicted of sexually assaulting a teenage boy who was chained for days in a remote cabin in Nova Scotia has been sentenced in Bridgewater Supreme Court to 24 months in prison. Justice...

In less than the blink of an eye, your subconscious “gaydar” makes a judgment about someone’s sexual orientation based entirely on facial traits — and it’s usually right. So says the research of Nicholas Rule, a University of Toronto psychologist giving a talk on the subject this week as...

Former Sun and News of the World newspaper editor Rebekah Brooks is overcome with emotion as she is cleared in phone hacking trial but Andy Coulson is found guilty Andy Coulson has been been found guilty in the phone hacking trial, but his co-defendant, Rebekah Brooks has been...

Iraqi air strikes kill 19 in battle to reclaim largest oil refinery from ISIS as it's revealed 1,000 people - mostly civilians - have died during jihadi uprising A total of at least 32 killed in strikes as government seeks to regain control of Baiji refinery and a strategic town Sunni...

Islamic extremists have abducted 60 more girls and women and 31 boys from villages in northeast Nigeria, witnesses said Tuesday. Security forces denied the kidnappings. Nigeria's government and military have attracted widespread criticism for their slow response to the abductions of more than...

Last month, the Nanaimo city council voted to ban Christians from using publicly funded facilities video: The shame of Nanaimo : Prime time : SunNews Video Gallery

^via sda Liberals passed a bill to change this fish’s name because it is “hurtful” and “offensive” Because banning names is all the rage with liberals these days, I thought I would remind you of this little gem from a couple months ago. From Breitbart: The Minnesota Senate approved...