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The president of the National Firearms Association says the Conservative government offered to make changes to its gun licensing bill if the NFA held its fire on the controversial bill C-51, then reneged on the agreement. Sheldon Clare, who is running as an Independent candidate in British...

Saudi Arabia has dismissed the final appeal of a prisoner sentenced to death as a child, leading to fears his execution could take place in a matter of days. Ali Mohammed al-Nimr was arrested when he was 17 and initially held at a juvenile offenders facility. There is evidence that he was...

Ontario's Liberals are being forced to explain why they want to sell Hydro One after condemning the previous Progressive Conservative government for proposing a similar privatization plan. The Conservatives dug up a 2002 motion from veteran Liberal Jim Bradley, now the chair of cabinet, that...

The body of Catherine Campbell, who was reported missing from Dartmouth on Monday, has been found. Halifax Regional Police say human remains were found at 12:10 a.m. Wednesday in a wooded area east of Barrington and North streets in Halifax. Police believe the remains are that of Campbell...

When asked, the Liberals, NDP and Greens firmly denied that they would ever buy Facebook Likes stolen from Canadians with malware.The Conservatives said it was 'an internal party matter' and refused to answer any more questions. Third-party websites or videos that you are clicking on may have...

It’s bad enough to think of such an esteemed publication getting Fox-ified. But Boing Boing caught this in the NatGeo press release:"The value generated by this transaction, including the consistent and attractive revenue stream that National Geographic Partners will deliver, ensures that we...

In 1942 a British forest guard in Roopkund, India made an alarming discovery. Some 16,000 feet above sea level, at the bottom of a small valley, was a frozen lake absolutely full of skeletons. That summer, the ice melting revealed even more skeletal remains, floating in the water and lying...

It's been a while since the Americans started telling us about this invisible wonder-plane they were developing. Many years later they're still developing the F-35, their overpriced, overdue, underperforming, bottom-tier stealth warplane. The rationale for the F-35 was that we needed a stealth...

And I will say I heard Rob Ford on the radio somewhere last week saying the Owelympics would be a suckers game and it seems Tory heard all telling him NOTO24............ 2024 Olympics: John Tory confirms Toronto won't enter a bid - Toronto - CBC News

“Christians walk on water… Muslims kids sink,” A wave of indignation has swept across social media after Charlie Hebdo mocked the drowning of Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi in a perilous journey across the Mediterranean. The poster showed Jesus walking on water with the dead Muslim boy next to him...

After projecting a surplus in the spring budget, the Saskatchewan government now says it's expecting a $292-million deficit. "While it's concerning, obviously, it is manageable," Finance Minister Kevin Doherty said Monday. "We've seen this in years past where the volatility in our revenue...

Patients suffering in pain on wait lists for surgery have once again been denied their Charter right to access health care outside of the government’s cruel, inefficient, and unaccountable monopoly. In 2005, the Supreme Court of Canada famously declared in Chaoulli vs. Quebec that “access to a...

We just received word that Channel 9 has banned our new TV ad from airing during the evening news — and they refuse to say why. The ad simply shows, in irreverent fashion, what the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement will mean for Australian families. The Abbott government is trying to keep...

Brushing the dog I am sitting here as he announces CPP and Old Age improvements. Those are the improvements Mulcair should have promised. Canadians want that..... Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau turned his attention to seniors in Toronto on Monday, promising to enhance Canada's pension plan...

The provocative documentarian’s first film in six years was shrouded in mystery. Was the wait worth it? Critic Owen Gleiberman gives his verdict. BBC - Culture - Toronto review: Michael Moore’s Where to Invade Next

The first discoveries were an unremarkable assortment of artifacts near the surface, Kopperl explained. But when the crews dug deeper, they found a foot-thick layer of peat. Radiocarbon analysis showed that the peat, the remains of an ancient bog, was at least 10,000 years old. That’s when...

The victims of child-molesting priests are partly to blame for their own abuse, the bishop of Syracuse said in a sworn deposition that revealed his views on the church's sex abuse scandal. The bishop's testimony was startling to a former Catholic priest who has written extensively on sexuality...

Church harasses strip club, posting patrons’ license plate numbers online and urging them to repent, and are now suing the club for sending their own topless protesters to Sunday Services...

Mr. Corbyn, chosen leader of the Official Opposition on a huge wave of public enthusiasm in an open party election, really is a socialist, not just a watered-down social democrat. “Let’s be proud of the principle of a welfare state that protects everyone,” he says softly and clearly in a recent...