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I have reserved posting on the NAFTA talks to this point as I'm still very skeptical as to whether the Trudeau team are genuinely working for the average Canadians best interest. And as I've posted elsewhere before my skepticism is well earned...... The only time I ever voted liberal was...

Costco, one of the world’s largest retailers, has stopped doing business with a California trucking company accused of trapping drivers in debt and then using it to force them to work overtime. The action comes as brands across the U.S. face increased scrutiny for ignoring labor abuses in their...

The people of Churchill, Man., have little interest in becoming a port of call for Alberta oil, says a Manitoba business leader. A proposal that Alberta purchase the port and use it as a shipping hub for oilsands crude has been met with resistance in the tight-knit community, said Dave Daley...

A provincial government report found last year that dental procedures cost up to 44 per cent more in Alberta than in neighbouring provinces. Does this inflated cost have an impact on dental health? You bet. A staggering 62 per cent of Albertans reported limiting dental visits because of cost...

The truth is that the practice of slavery will forever cast a shadow on the great Cherokee Nation.”—Wilma Mankiller On Wednesday, August 30, 2017, U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan became the latest in a line of judicial authorities to reinforce a historic treaty clause that has, for more than a...

A Michigan pastor who was accused of sexual assault by a former parishioner and admitted that his hand might have slipped into her pants while anointing her with oil to cleanse her of sexual sins at her home will not face charges, a local prosecutor said Wednesday. The conduct of suspect...

Roosevelt research director Marshall Steinbaum, Michalis Nikiforos at Bard College's Levy Institute, and Gennaro Zezza at the University of Cassino and Southern Lazio in Italy co-authored the study. The study made economic forecasts for three proposals: a full universal basic income in which...

In 1973, Nixon did a personal favor for his friend and campaign financier, Edgar Kaiser, then president and chairman of Kaiser-Permanente. Nixon signed into law, the Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973, in which medical insurance agencies, hospitals, clinics and even doctors, could...

An assembly hall sits rusting on a 55-acre factory complex in eastern England, surrounded by a vast expanse of green, productive farmlands. The forlorn structure is a reminder of the latest failed attempt to revive Lotus Cars, a specialist sportscar maker and engineering powerhouse. In its...

On Tuesday, power provider Duke Energy Florida announced a settlement with the state’s public service commission (PSC) to cease plans to build a nuclear plant in western Florida. The utility instead intends to invest $6 billion in solar panels, grid-tied batteries, grid modernization projects...

Bury, Que., resident Daniel Lallier signed a four-year lease for a Kia Forte LX back in May from Kia Sherbrooke. Two months later, the 20-year-old's grandmother offered to buy the car outright when he lost his job and couldn't make his weekly payments. After settling the balance and paying a...

Forbes Magazine posted, then deleted this article supporting price gouging during Hurricane Harvey.................. Hurricane Harvey has hit Texas and is doing a great deal of damage to both life and property. Which is exactly when we need, positively desire, there to be price gouging...

People were warned to avoid beaches and keep doors and windows shut after an "unknown haze" drifted in off the Sussex coast. Police are investigating the cause of the haze after dozens of people attended hospital with irritation to their eyes and throats. This seems to have been caused by an...

Greece could use Brexit to recover 'stolen' Parthenon art: In the early 1800s, a British ambassador took sculptures from the Parthenon back to England. Greece has demanded their return ever since. With Brexit, Greece might finally have the upper hand in the 200-year-old spat Before Brexit can...

A Toronto orchestra has shut down after "fat-shaming" volunteer singers who wore body-hugging dresses. The Sheraton Cadwell Orchestras asked women who were not "fit & slim" to use loose dresses that hide their "dietary indulgences". Many singers who had performed with the symphony expressed...

London pub defends £13.40 price of pint

strawberry farms across southwest Florida, there's an unusual sight. Workers aren't picking strawberries, they're destroying them. "We've got more berries than we know what to do with," said Matt Parke, a strawberry farmer. Parke said that he was forced to tear through 60 acres, nearly half...

Roméo Dallaire says Canadians can’t just assume the United States will shoot down a missile heading toward Canada, and that it is time for this country to finally embrace continental missile defence. The U.S. invited Canada to join its continental missile-shield system more than a decade ago...

Canadian village has refused to remove swastikas from a local park after an activist tried to paint over the controversial symbols. The Nazi emblems are on an anchor that is on display in Pointe-des-Cascades, about 50 miles west of Montreal in Quebec. Corey Fleischer, founder of a group...