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A 51-year-old Schomberg man who admitted killing two men with a crowbar in a brutal double homicide nearly four years ago has been found not criminally responsible. The morning of Aug. 30, 2011, was supposed to be just another day for shop foreman Jones and mechanics Wilson and Abernethy...

The International Monetary Fund has worked its magic on Ukraine. The carrot is about $17-billion in bailout funding. The stick is the market price of natural gas (link is external). Soon the democracy-loving Ukrainians will see their gas bills soar nearly threefold. While Kiev will have to...

Gene Patton, the NBC stagehand in Burbank who stole the spotlight as Gene Gene the Dancing Machine on NBC’s wacky The Gong Show, died Monday, his family announced. He was 82. Patton died in Pasadena, according to a spokeswoman at the local Woods-Valentine Mortuary. He had suffered from...

Diplomats say GOP letter to Tehran strengthens Iran’s hand in nuclear talks, doubt March deadline. more: German diplomat: Iran letter 'not helpful' - Michael Crowley - POLITICO Ayatollah Ali Khamenei reacts to letter from Republicans saying he is concerned about fate of nuclear...

"Freak", computer-bug discovered March 3rd affects more systems than initially thought On Tuesday, March 3, 2015, researchers announced a new SSL/TLS vulnerability called the FREAK attack. It allows an attacker to intercept HTTPS connections between vulnerable clients and servers and...

The double-standard in Western attitudes toward Saudi Arabia has looked particularly glaring in the past year The Swedish government this week decided to scrap an arms deal with Saudi Arabia, effectively bringing to an end a decade-old defense agreement with the kingdom. The move followed...

An opposition member of Ontario’s legislature will table a bill Wednesday that would bar any medical therapy aimed at preventing young people from growing up to be gay, lesbian, bisexual, or trans. The private member’s bill, to be introduced by Parkdale-High Park NDP MPP Cheri DiNovo, would...

On March 14, people will gather together in communities across Canada to speak out against Stephen Harper's reckless "secret police" Bill C-51. Experts have pointed out that, if passed, the bill will: Create a secret police force with little oversight or accountability. Facilitate government...

Hundreds of ID badges that let airport workers roam the nation's busiest hub have been stolen or lost in the last two years, an NBC News investigation has found. While experts say the missing tags are a source of concern because they could fall into the wrong hands, officials at...

Bell is arguing for less choice for consumers, claiming that Canadians should be satisfied with access to the programs it (and other Canadian broadcasters) licence. If anything, the Internet is leading to greater choice and options for Canadians that want access to U.S. programs. Blocking...

‘Embarrassing’ new bylaw in Taber, Alberta outlaws swearing, restricts public assembly With a sweeping new bylaw, the southern Alberta town of Taber has outlawed swearing in public, instituted a nightly curfew on kids and teenagers, and granted local law enforcement the power to break up...

THE giant tomb of a Iron Age Celtic prince discovered just 100km from Paris in Champagne contains “exceptional” archaeological treasures “fitting for one of the highest elite of the end of the first Iron Age”. Archaeologists from French national agency Inrap made the find under a 40m tumulus...

Based on more than 50,000 interviews overall and 40,000 for select issues—immigration, same-sex marriage, and abortion—it may be difficult to know where to start! For the first time ever, America is not a majority Protestant nation; White Christians are the minority in 19 states more...

At 18, a young father was wrongfully convicted of raping & robbing a woman. He was raped repeatedly in prison and contracted HIV. He remained incarcerated for 20 years even after they found and convicted the actual criminal. In an interview , Odom, who was 18 at the time of the crime, said...

DAVID ICKE SETTLES LIBEL ACTION 5 March 2015 British conspiracy writer David Icke and co-defendants have paid Canadian human rights lawyer Richard Warman $210,000 CDN (117,000 GBP) in damages and legal costs to settle a libel action against them. In 1999-2000, Warman had worked with...

As California faces a likely fourth year of drought they turn on their God............. Clarence Freitas, 56, who owns 70 acres of almonds and grapes, watched with relief as a team from Arthur & Orum drilled into his baked soil, boring through 80ft a day until reaching 440ft and an...

The slain soldier was identified as Sgt. Andrew Joseph Doiron, from the Canadian Special Operations Regiment, based at Garrison Petawawa, Ontario. The incident comes as the Canadian government is actively debating whether to extend the country's combat mission against the Islamic State...

For some reason, the perpetrator’s identity is being kept secret. But let’s call him Mr. Mo, in recognition of the self-proclaimed prophet who, just like Mr. Mo, was a passionate pedophile. From the Sydney Morning Herald: A Lebanese man [residing in Australia] was “determined” to marry a...

Scully's alleged crimes are so heinous they have led to renewed calls to reintroduce the death penalty. Investigators believe Australians were among the clients of Peter Gerard Scully, the Melbourne man whose alleged sex crimes against babies and children in the Philippines have renewed...

4th train derailment in northern Ontario this year Ontario Provincial Police were called to the scene at approximately 2:45 a.m. ET. Police said 10 cars derailed four kilometres southwest of Gogama, Ont., and there were no initial reports of injuries. Several cars have caught fire...