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Justin Trudeau is going to bring in a carbon tax. Just like his dad, Pierre Trudeau, did. His dad called it the National Energy Program, and claimed it was for national sovereignty reasons, or whatever excuse worked with the media of the day. It's 2014, so the excuse now is "the...

TORONTO - Mayor Rob Ford was dogged by fans and detractors as he made a series of public appearances on Canada Day — a day after returning from a stint in a Muskoka rehab. Flanked by staffers and volunteers holding “Ford for Mayor” placards, supporters cheered while residents — who did not...

The Canadian dollar this morning hit its highest point of the year, trading at 94.08 cents US. That's the loonie's highest level against the U.S. dollar since Dec. 31, when the Canadian dollar entered the new year at 94.14 US. The loonie's strength comes despite weakness in one of the...

President Obama once promised to remake America’s image around the globe. He has kept that promise — only not in the way many voters who backed him had hoped. Mr. Obama’s latest step in the image makeover is to tell Canada — the U.S.’s largest trading partner, largest supplier of energy...

heh The Supreme Court issued a contentious 5-4 decision at the end of its term Monday, decreeing that Hobby Lobby — and by extension any other "closely held" family company — did not have to pay for employee contraception under the Affordable Care Act. Furious at the decision, many...

Food stamps have become a major facet of the American system. And as the number of welfare recipients increases, so does the number of items that can be purchased with a food stamp Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) card. Government assistant programs have been on a steady recipient...

willie given a free-pass because...he so slick, and cool. short video here: Journalists: Unprofessional 'Professionals' - Small Dead Animals

via sda With Canada's 147th Birthday in mind, Charles Adler hosts an interesting conversation with new immigrants about why they moved to Canada. You can listen to it here.

The unfortunate demise of some douchebag western leader, bombing a plane or kidnap-beheadings are way too 90's...this is how to properly terrorism. power grids, water supplies, internet, air traffic control networks and such. An ongoing cyberespionage campaign against a range of targets...

Thunderbirdski the rest here: These Soviet Concept Vehicles Are Clearly From An Alternate Universe

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

^ 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...

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...

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...

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...