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Tom Mulcair is jetting off to France next week, it is reported, to burnish his G8 leadership credentials, and demonstrate to the folks — Quebecers in particular — that he’s ready for prime time. And really, it makes perfect sense. How better to impress ordinary Canadians than to be seen...

Montreal mayoral candidate calls 80% of Americans ‘big, obese, imbecilic, ignorant, uncultured dummies’ Here’s some Fourth of July news for our U.S. neighbours: a man running for mayor of Montreal considers Americans dumb, obese, imbecilic, classless ignoramuses. Staunch Quebec...

One of James Bulger's killers, Jon Venables, should be released from prison, the parole board has said. Venables was previously paroled, but sent back to jail for accessing child pornography. James's mother Denise Fergus tweeted in response: "Venables is getting released...

It's got shotgun pellets in it and smells like pepper from Fark Two men are recovering from non-life threatening injuries after being attacked by a grizzly bear near Fernie, B.C., Wednesday morning. Conservation officer Joe Caravetta said the men were near the top of Mount Proctor when the...

Cabinet shuffles rarely save governments from the noose but the one currently being contemplated by the Prime Minister may be the exception. Senior figures in the Conservative movement are warning that unless Stephen Harper moves his House Leader, Peter Van Loan, and the Government Whip...

Lincolnshire festival organisers ban sperm whale photo for having "sexual connotations" A controversial piece of artwork entitled “A Mouthful Of Sperm” has been banned from the Lincolnshire SO Festival. Photographer John...

Dumpster full of old TDSB textbooks ignites book-lover’s complaint | Toronto Star Books about Malcolm X, Martin Luther King and INTERNATIONAL IMMIGRATION, natch. Just watch--five, six years from now, they'll probably be tossing all the "diversity" textbooks, too. Scaramouche!: What's In the...

World Leading, Award-Winning Solar Technology Provider To Slash 700 Jobs! SMA Solar Technology AG Informs Employees About Necessary Corporate Downsizing The Managing Board of SMA Solar Technology AG (SMA) today informed the company’s employees at an employee meeting about further planned...

Josh Rosenthal, a noted mixed martial arts referee who officiated several memorable UFC bouts over the course of his career, has been sentenced to 37 months in federal prison, based on his guilty plea to various drug charges including conspiracy to manufacture and distribute marijuana and...

A man found guilty of sodomising a young girl has died after swallowing a cyanide tablet moments after the verdict was handed down. According to the St Joseph Post in the United States, Steve Parsons had a seizure in the Nodaway County Court last week after the jury found him guilty of the...

...because according to the Bedfordshire police "they are causing people distress". Tommy threatened with arrest tweeting death threat YT 720p - YouTube

With little going on in the world, Secretary of State John Kerry enjoys quiet time on his yacht And why not? After all, it’s a very quiet and peaceful day on the international front. Just be grateful Kerry didn’t show off an expensive water toy, such as a jet ski. With little going on...

Mayor Rob Ford has given City Manager Joe Pennachetti the task of trying to find options for funding an extension on the Bloor-Danforth line. The special report is to be submitted for the next council meeting on July 16. “I truly believe subways can truly impact Toronto’s landscape...

Angela Corey, Florida's state attorney and the prosecutor against Zimmerman, has been indicted by a citizens' grand jury for allegedly falsifying an arrest warrant and the complaint that led to Zimmerman being charged with the second-degree murder of Trayvon Martin. While waving to the...

NEW YORK, N.Y.—A Canadian man has pleaded guilty to a terrorism charge in the United States for supporting the Tamil Tigers. Suresh Sriskandarajah, 32, faces a maximum of 15 years in prison after admitting Tuesday in a court in New York that he tried to acquire sophisticated military...

Parents concerned about “scandals” such as federal Liberal leader Justin Trudeau’s visit to a Catholic elementary school appear to have spurred a policy review by their school board. But a revised Ottawa Catholic School Board policy that calls for partnerships to be directed by “moral...

Toronto cop Steve Izzet resigns before he can be fired for sexual harassment Suspended Toronto Police Staff-Insp. Steve Izzett resigned from the force Tuesday — 25 minutes before he was to be fired as part of his sentencing. Izzett, a 30-year veteran of Toronto Police, was found...

Clapper apologizes for 'erroneous' answer on NSA WASHINGTON (AP) — Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has apologized for telling Congress earlier this year that the National Security Agency does not collect data on millions of Americans, a response he now says was "clearly...

From FFoF: Oooops!! Well-known advocates of gay adoption are convicted of breeding surrogate son for kiddie porn Robert Stacy McCain reports:In July 2010, two men — their names given only as Mark and Peter — were the subjects of an Australian Broadcasting Company feature story with this...

Hey kids, he's taking his family BBQ on the road this year. Gonna be in Thompson Park (for you city dwellers). They just robo called me man. Come join ol' Locutus for a free chow down and chance to mock the filthy hippies that are sure to be there in protest. I hope to be photographed by the...