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Let's see if the Don stops all of this freeloading by other countries........ President Rodrigo Duterte threatened Saturday to terminate a pact that allows U.S. troops to visit the Philippines, saying “bye-bye America” as he reacted with rage to what he thought was a U.S. decision to scrap a...

and must stop managing refugees and migrants for the UK, Arnaud Montebourg, a key contender to become the Socialist party’s presidential candidate, has warned. The flamboyant leftist told the Guardian he saw himself as a French version of Bernie Sanders, the US senator who made a bid to become...

At the London, Ontario courthouse, she was just another juror among the 12 who listened to the horrifying evidence about the death of Baby Ryker Daponte-Michaud in a case that ended in mistrial this week. She would walk in and out of the courtroom with the other jurors with dignity and grace...

“We will refuse any claim of participants even if they were to be killed or raped," said the show's creator, 35-year-old millionaire Yevgeny Pyatkovsky. "We will have nothing to do with this. This will be spelt out in a document to be signed by the participant before the start of the show." No...

NUKEMAP - Select a City, Select a Bomb, See the Effects NUKEMAP by Alex Wellerstein

Party Till Dawn’s trainer, Ben Currie, is due before the Queensland racing integrity commission for an inquiry by stewards in Brisbane next week. The only other horse in the state to test positive for methamphetamine was Island Tang in Mackay in October last year, the commission said. Island...

Bernard Fox, the mustachioed actor known to TV viewers as Dr. Bombay on Bewitched and Col. Crittendon on Hogan’s Heroes, has died. He was 89. Harlan Boll, a spokesman for Fox’s family, said he died Wednesday of heart failure at a Los Angeles-area hospital. The Welsh-born actor’s extensive...

An Alabama automotive parts supplier for Hyundai and Kia and two staffing agencies are facing a collective $2.5 million in fines after the horrifying death of a young woman. The U.S. Department of Labor Wednesday announced that Ajin USA, Alliance Total Solutions and Joynus Staffing Corp. were...

Thomas Dang, NDP MLA for Edmonton-South West who will table a bill next spring to repeal the Daylight Savings Act (DSA). PC leadership candidate and MLA Richard Starke, tabled a petition to the Alberta Legislature that requested legislation to repeal the DSA and require Albertans to observe...

Canada's worst drivers are in B.C., says nationwide survey - British Columbia - CBC News

A Canadian chain of recreational marijuana dispensaries is set to open eight illegal shops Thursday on the island of Montreal. Cannabis Culture, which is co-owned by activists Jodie and Marc Emery, already has stores in British Columbia and Ontario. The chain plans to open a total of 10 shops...

Indian cities have a severe smog problem, sort of like Beijing only worse. So they've come up with an idea to clear up that smog by pushing it into the atmosphere. The idea is to use surplus jet engines. Get them running (on fossil fuel, of course) and then have them suck up the smog through...

"Lifting" a Pocket Watch One of the workmen at the Methodist Church, named Blanchard, had his watch stolen, out of his vest whilst working on the tower the other day. The boy who was suspected and accused...

Last week President-elect Donald Trump called out Boeing for what he claimed to be an excessive price for two new 747-8s the Air Force has ordered to replace Air Force One. Trump’s tweet followed a comment from Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg calling for a renewed charter for the U.S. Export-Import...

Toronto has a new webpage where you can see when your street was salted or plowed during a winter storm. http://www.toronto.ca/plowTO

I always tuned in for his commentary whether I agreed with him or not.......... Cancer is something that happens to other people until it happens to you. I have had two surgeries and five weeks of daily radiation that left my back and my chest looking like cheap hamburger. I had had...

The community club that helped Jonathan Toews go on to become one of the top hockey players in the world is getting a major contribution from the foundation in his name. Dakota Community Centre announced Wednesday the Jonathan Toews Foundation will contribute $1 million towards the Dakota...

With conventional media fighting an ever-growing juggernaut of fake news, news that is either outright lie or gross distortion, two national journals have joined a growing chorus in refusing to use the euphemism alt-right: The Toronto Star (link is external) and The Globe and Mail (link is...

oversaw the abolition of Canada’s death penalty, passed away Wednesday at the age of 84. In March he had been diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour. A native Montrealer, Allmand retired from federal politics after three decades before returning to public life as a councillor at Montreal...

The initial goal was to host the event next year in conjunction with a papal visit to Montreal. Earlier this month, the Vatican said Francis would not be available in 2017. The centrepiece of the visit would be a long-awaited residential school apology at Wanuskewin, located just north of...