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London Is Still Paying Rent to the Queen on a Property Leased in 1211 | Atlas Obscura

Yes, the radio stations did very well as I heard this commercial a lot..... $12M to help low-income hydro customers — then spent $11.7M of it on publicity Ontario's energy minister admits the bulk of nearly $12 million spent on the government's plan to offer financial help to low-income...

Scientists at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee have discovered a chemical reaction to turn CO2 into ethanol, potentially creating a new technology to help avert climate change. Their findings were published in the journal ChemistrySelect. The researchers were attempting to find a...

While the CTF is likely Canadian, although there's really no way for us to know for sure, it is emphatically not a federation, and, given the causes it espouses, it most certainly does not represent the interests or the wishes of most ordinary Canadian taxpayers. Early yesterday, CBC Manitoba...

Church officials said they expressed concern around Denis Hall's nomination and encouraged him to withdraw his name from the ballot, but they stopped short of taking further action. "I must say Mr. Hall listened and received those comments and I did express and encourage him to withdraw … I'll...

The results for the Wildrose Party represent a significant drop in fundraising for the official opposition party. This is the first time since the third quarter of 2015 that the Wildrose Party has raised less than $400,000 in a quarter. Alberta Liberals: $39,187.98 Alberta NDP: $425,437.9...

“It’s amazing that as Canadians have been so passionate about the US election in private conversations but so publicly silent. I honestly think that Trump might think Canada is behind him since we’ve made very little comment on the race,” said Patrick McCaully, Chief News Creator of Toronto’s...

Earlier this month, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) secretariat informed The Rebel, the right wing news and opinion platform published by political commentator Ezra Levant, it was rejecting the outlet’s application to send a producer and a reporter to COP22 on...

Here are three things parents can do to teach their kids to be accepting of people’s differences. How to raise kids not to be racist - National | Globalnews.ca

and it lifts the bar for clean energy potential Scientists have set a new world record for plasma pressure - the 'key ingredient' for producing energy from nuclear fusion - which means this clean and sustainable energy source is closer to our grasp than ever before. The new record stands at...

Yuxweluptun has also been making news of late for his call to rename the province of British Columbia. It is worth noting that many of the country’s provinces owe their names to (often mispronounced, slightly garbled) Indigenous words. This is the case with Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario...

I need a full body pic to determine if this was an outrageous request........ A Manitoba cabinet minister says she was told to take her pants off in the middle of question period by a male NDP opponent, but the NDP are firmly denying the accusation. Rochelle Squires, the minister for sport...

The screening of immigrants who hold "anti-Canadian values" has been the subject of much debate in the Conservative leadership race lately, as Kellie Leitch burnishes her credentials as watchdog against "barbaric cultural practices." While many have criticized Ms. Leitch, accusing her of...

This is, after all, a company famous for squeezing pennies so successfully that labor groups accuse it of depressing wages across the American economy. As an efficient, multinational selling machine, the company had a reputation for treating employee pay as a cost to be minimized. But in early...

Okay, that's a sport I could watch....... The International Pole Sports Federation (IPSF) has submitted an application to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to be recognized as a fully-fledged sport. The IPSF's Olympic Sub-Committee has been working on its submission for the last five...

A concentrated black yeast extract that many Britons spread on toast became the latest front Thursday in the UK's ongoing acrimonious debate about the country's decision to leave the EU. Supermarket giant Tesco stopped selling jars of Marmite, PG Tips tea and other staples of the British diet...

I wonder where the muzzzies under your bed posters are. ‘It will be a bloodbath’: Inside the Kansas militia plot to ignite a religious war Christian Terrorists Arrested In Plot To Bomb Muslims The plot to kill Muslims was planned by a small group of Christian extremists known as “The...

'Make your Truck Great Again': Edmonton auto shop turns Trump into unwitting sales rep - Edmonton - CBC News

On October 27, 1893, a group of ladies met in the Horticultural Pavilion in Allan Gardens. The approximately 1,500 women had gathered that fall day to fight back against what they saw as increasing political polarization and partisanship. The meeting was led by Lady Ishbel Aberdeen, the wife of...