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    Justin Trudeau mobbed for selfies at the G20

    Dozens of business and labour leaders immediately descended upon Trudeau in a frenzy that is familiar to Canadians. Some, such as International Monetary Fund head Christine Lagarde, simply shook his hand and introduced themselves. But others pulled out their phones for photos with Trudeau, who...
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    Black University Students Should Be Allowed To Carry Guns

    On Friday a fourth person was arrested for issuing death threats against African-American college students this week—this time in MIchigan. Many Republicans truly believed that the only thing that stops a “bad guy with a gun, is a good guy with a gun.” So the next logical step should be to call...
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    Companies to spend $1.2B on N.L. offshore exploration

    That's the biggest-ever combined amount to come in a round of bids for exploration rights in the region. The high bids come even as oil prices have cratered to near seven-year lows. There were 11 parcels in total up for grabs, totaling 2.5 million hectares, in a horseshoe-shaped area around...
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    NDP Make Improvements to Alberta Child Benefit Plan

    The new Alberta Child Benefit will be made available to all families with an annual income below $41,220, with the value depending on how many children they have. The maximum benefit for a family with one child is $1,100, increasing to $2,750 for families with four or more children. Families...
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    Trudeau, Wynne must act to support steel industry

    The United Steelworkers union is calling on Prime Minster Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne to defend the country’s more than 100,000 steelworkers and pensioners who are threatened by a “deepening steel industry crisis.” Earlier this week, Essar Steel Algoma Inc. filed for...
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    The most decorated soldier in the Commonwealth was a Canadian

    One of his most successful, and also most controversial raids – fictionalized by Ernest Hemingway in the short story The Snows of Kilimanjaro – was on 25 December 1917. Catching the Germans off guard, he and Lt. Harold Hudson, his wingman, shot up the airfield of Fliegerabteilung (A) 204...
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    Nfld Liberals lead Poll by a massive 44 %

    The poll, conducted by Forum Research on Friday evening, shows that 65 per cent of decided and leaning voters pick the Liberals, compared to 21 per cent for the PC Party and just 13 per cent for the New Democrats. During the day Friday, reacting to an earlier poll, PC Party Leader Paul Davis...
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    Mormons Sharpen Stand Against Same-Sex Marriage

    Children of same-sex couples will not be able to join the Mormon Church until they turn 18 — and only if they move out of their parents’ homes, disavow all same-sex relationships and receive approval from the church’s top leadership as part of a new policy adopted by the Church of Jesus Christ...
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    Jesus Freaks Huddle For The Gaypocalypse

    Two people you didn’t realize are still running for president and one you couldn’t forget if you tried to are attending the “National Religious Liberties Conference” (Freedom 2015), a two-day conservative fest that started Friday. Bobby Jindal, Mike Huckabee, and Ted Cruz are each making...
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    Liberals offically lift gag on scientists

    The Liberal government has taken the gags off federal scientists(link is external). Alain Vezina, regional director of science for the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, confirmed Friday morning that scientists at the institute are allowed to openly speak to media...
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    Brad Wall defends silence on Boundary Dam Issues

    Mike McKinnon reported here (link is external) on the glaring gap between what Brad Wall knew about the failings of the Boundary Dam carbon capture and storage project, and the propaganda he spread publicly starting last year. Wall defends silence on Boundary Dam shortcomings | Globalnews.ca...
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    Trudeau Derangement Syndrome Thread

    I did not vote for the liberals and I am concerned for the future of Canada and I'm going to watch and fight them to the best of my ability if I see them going against the Canadian values that I want to continue and improve on so I'm hopeful Boomer and all the others who, for what ever reason...
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    Oil Companies Don't Advertise Like They Used To

    It's one thing to knowingly deceive and confuse the public about the reality of climate change but when you're also misleading shareholders into how climate change might affect the cash flow from their investments, not the environment but cash flow, well, that's a call to arms. In a move that...
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    Full Text of the TPP Released

    The text of the Agreement was released by TPP Parties on 5 November 2015. List of Participants in the Negotiations Australia Brunei Darussalam Canada Chile Japan Mexico Malaysia New Zealand Peru Singapore United States of America Viet Nam Treaties and International Law - Treaties for...
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    What’s with that Wildrose leadership review?

    Wildrose members, dissatisfied with the Mr. Jean’s underwhelming recent stagecraft in the Legislature and the media, have been muttering about a rebellion, perhaps a prudent decision has been made by his strategists to get the review over with now while there’s still some relief about the...
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    David Cameron Needs A Quality Photo shopper

    Downing Street has been ridiculed for digitally adding a remembrance poppy to a photograph of David Cameron that it was using on its Facebook page. No 10 ridiculed after adding poppy to David Cameron Facebook picture | Politics | The Guardian
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    Forest Fires In Indonesia Called A ‘Crime Against Humanity’

    Six Indonesian provinces have declared a state of emergency. Indonesia along with Singapore and Malaysia have been choking under a thick haze of wildfire smoke caused by the annual burning of land for the production of pulp, paper and palm oil on the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and...
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    Kids Don't Need an Education Since "they're going to be raptured anyways"

    Laura McIntyre began educating her nine children more than a decade ago inside a vacant office at an El Paso motorcycle dealership she ran with her husband and other relatives. But problems began when the dealership's co-owner and Michael's twin brother, Tracy, reported never seeing the...
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    This Wildrose Isuue is NOT from the Beaverton or The Onion

    Alberta’s Wildrose Opposition is gearing up for a battle over its objection to the NDP government’s proposal to convene the legislature at 9 a.m. Government house leader Brian Mason said the province wants to extend sitting hours to begin at 10 a.m. Tuesdays and 9 a.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays...
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    Sask Bill 179 violates the Canada Health Act

    A legal opinion shows that Bill 179, the Private MRI Facilities Licensing Act, violates the Canada Health Act. Bill 179 permits private MRI clinics to charge patients out-of-pocket user fees for MRI services, which will allow patients to jump the queue for diagnosis and treatment. In 2008...