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    Czech nuclear station hosts bikini contest to choose interns

    Czech nuclear power plant decided a bikini contest would be a good way to choose its next round of interns. Facebook users were asked to rate school graduates who posed inside a cooling tower. Power generation conglomerate CEZ had 10 bikini-clad high school graduates pose in a cooling tower of...
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    Trudeau To Allow Drilling in Marine Protected Area

    - A large Marine Protected Area (MPA) planned for Canada’s East Coast will allow oil and gas exploration in much of its territory, according to newly published regulations, raising environmental activists’ ire. “We feel that oil and gas activities are not compatible with any marine...
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    'Oh, Jeremy Corbyn!' at Glastonbury

    'Oh, Jeremy Corbyn!' www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4_Yrwb4rh8 The @GlastoFest crowd spontaneously starts singing 'Oh @jeremycorbyn'. Something extraordinary is happening in this country. https://twitter.com/OwenJones84/status/878378379334090753
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    WTF changes name because of 'negative connotations'

    World Taekwondo Federation changes name over 'negative connotations' - BBC Sport
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    Wynne Libs Closing Gap on Browns Cons

    No doubt due to her socialist programs..... The governing provincial Liberals are closing the gap on the poll-leading Progressive Conservatives at the expense of the New Democrats and the Greens, a new survey suggests. Patrick Brown’s Tories are at 42 per cent, ahead of Premier Kathleen...
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    France to stop granting oil exploration licences

    The measure would essentially kill development of shale oil and gas in mainland France and in the country’s overseas territories, but does nothing to curb ongoing exploration or extraction projects involving conventional oil and gas. Hulot argued that abruptly ending previously approved...
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    Google to stop reading your emails

    The change announced Friday will end a practice that Google has embraced since the company introduced Gmail in 2004. The practice has raised concerns among privacy watchdogs and creeped out some users. To help finance the free service, Google has been scanning through what Gmail users were...
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    Do we consider this a silver lining in a dark cloud?

    More organs than ever available for transplant due to BC's fentanyl overdose epidemic http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/opioid-addiction-could-be-factor-in-growing-number-of-donor-organs-experts-1.3467291
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    We know who you voted for

    Personal data on 198 million voters, including analytics data that suggests who a person is likely to vote for and why, was stored on an unsecured Amazon server. 198 million Americans hit by 'largest ever' voter records leak | ZDNet
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    No White Doctor for you honkey is told

    A Mississauga, Ont., man is stunned after witnessing and filming a woman make several demands for a "white doctor" who "doesn't have brown teeth" and "speaks English" at his local walk-in clinic on Sunday. Hitesh Bhardwaj recorded the incident while waiting for his own appointment at Rapid...
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    Coconut oil isn't healthy. It's never been healthy

    The American Heart Association recently released a report advising against the use of coconut oil. The Dietary Fats and Cardiovascular Disease advisory reviewed existing data on saturated fat, showing coconut oil increased LDL ("bad") cholesterol in seven out of seven controlled trials...
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    Smart Phones Now Outnumber Smart People

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    More Than Half of Canadians Say Religion is Harmful

    According to a new poll from Ipsos, conducted for Global News, more than half of Canadians believe religion does more harm than good. And among Canadians, it’s people in Quebec who really look down upon religion.Compared to the rest of Canada, Quebecers are significantly more likely than...
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    The next Ontario election will be different from the last

    whether or not it’s called before next year’s fixed date of June 07. While the NDP are pointing out that the Liberals of stealing their ideas, Toronto Star columnist Bob Hepburn has all but scared the crap out of the Star readers in the 416 having declared a Conservative victory . Meanwhile in...
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    The Corruption of Latin America

    No One Has Ever Made a Corruption Machine Like This One Odebrecht men. In the past decade or so, their group, the Structured Operations Division, had helped the company secure contracts to build dams, power plants, airports, and refineries across Latin America. They did it by creating fake...
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    Therer you have it. White Guy Gets Bail

    He should praise the Lord he's white......... Federal Judge Thomas McCoun granted bond for Russell Friday, writing there was no clear and convincing evidence "the defendant represents a threat to any person or community." Last month, cops found bomb-making material, weapons, and ammo in the...
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    What constitutes blasphemy?

    You may not have guessed it, but Canada has had a blasphemy law on the books since 1892. It seems like a radical rule for a modern nation, but this is what Section 296 of the nation’s Criminal Code says:(1) Every one who publishes a blasphemous libel is guilty of an indictable offence and...
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    Canada is facing yet another flour recall

    It comes on the heels of a separate massive, national flour recall sparked by another E. coli outbreak — one that made some people so sick, they ended up in hospital. "I'm still upset over what happened, and my two-year-old, he is still recovering," says Kyla Hermsen from Grand Forks, B.C. Her...
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    I suspect we are seeing the end of Breitbart

    Breitbart goes limp after 90% of advertisers withdraw, fires worker after anti muslim post The Pro-Trump Internet And The Alt-Right Are Turning On Breitbart “People in MAGA world don’t really look to [Breitbart] for breaking news as much as they used to,” Jack Posobiec told BuzzFeed News...
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    Canadians Among Least-Taxed People In Developed World

    A new report that seeks to shine light on the contentious issue of taxation says the idea Canadians are heavily taxed is a myth. The study from the Broadbent Institute found that tax revenue as a share of the economy is at the low end of global norms. On tax revenue, Canada ranked 25th out of...