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    Only 55 % oppose Bill C-46

    I'm thinking this weak showing is because most Canadians don't understand the ramifications......... As part of its legislative package last month to legalize marijuana, the government also tabled a bill to update impaired-driving laws. Bill C-46 would drop the requirement for police to have a...
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    If you use stolen ID don't have your picture taken

    Woman pictured with salesman at car dealership buying a Range Rover used fake ID An Ontario teacher is working to clear her name and her credit score, after someone appears to have used her identity to open credit cards, take out a loan and purchase a luxury SUV. Tara Douglas arrived home from...
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    Tillerson Signs Arctic Warming Fairbanks Declaration

    While President Trump has talked tough in the past about his skeptical views on climate change, his administration appears to be taking a more cautious approach to the issue on the world stage in the early days of his presidency. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson signed a document today...
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    Naomi Klein Drops Out Of Journalism Event in Toronto

    Too many honkies on stage......... https://theleapblog.org/statement-on-withdrawing-from-canadian-journalism-foundation-event-in-toronto/ As the event changed and took shape, I raised concerns about the lack of diversity with the organizers, as did other panel members. Those concerns...
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    Our laws are wrong on this

    Mother fired while caring for son with cancer says Alberta rules must change Amanda Jensen will never forget the day she learned her six-year-old son Jake had leukemia — a heartbreaking moment made worse by the chain of events that followed that left her without a job. Now she's pushing for...
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    Was the American Revolution such a good idea?

    We Could Have Been Canada And what if it was a mistake from the start? The Declaration of Independence, the American Revolution, the creation of the United States of America—what if all this was a terrible idea, and what if the injustices and madness of American life since then have occurred...
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    Where's all the women?

    Alberta Canada's only male majority province Census 2016’s odd man out: Alberta the only majority male province | Edmonton Journal
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    Pepe the Frog creator kills off internet meme

    co-opted by white supremacists The creator of Pepe the Frog has symbolically killed off the cartoon frog, effectively surrendering control of the character to the far right. Matt Furie, an artist and children’s book author, created the now-infamous frog as part of his “Boy’s Club” series on...
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    Brown taps 3 time loser to run election campaign

    He obviously does not want to Wynne....... Patrick Brown has tapped a veteran of numerous Tory campaigns — including Kevin O’Leary’s aborted federal leadership bid — to run his election next year. Andrew Boddington, who was the party’s executive director during former leader Tim Hudak’s...
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    Brief History of BC Political Parties

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    Merkel's conservatives thump rivals in German vote

    Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives won a decisive victory over their Social Democrat (SPD) rivals in a vote in Germany's northern state of Schleswig-Holstein on Sunday, boosting her prospects of winning a national election in September. Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) fetched 33...
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    Chicken bones, Chicken bones, toss them Chicken bones

    Man shoots 90-year-old woman after being scolded for throwing chicken bones on sidewalk Officers say 26-year-old Gerald Gaffney was in the 1800 block of Harlem Avenue when he discarded chicken bones as he walked down the street. Police say a 90-year-old woman told Gaffney to pick up the bones...
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    Message to the media and cons; no early election call

    “Two years after Alberta NDP win, critics see signs of early election call,” a headline on the CBC website said Friday. Seriously? Not really. The CBC’s headline notwithstanding, the leaders of Alberta’s NDP Government were startlingly clear that there won’t be an election before 2019, as...
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    Raytheon reveals a laser-guided, rocket-powered grenade

    Well this is good news. Can't wait for the muzzies get their hands on these....... It can be fired from a rifle and hit targets a mile and a half away. The laser-guided munition is nearly as narrow as some large-caliber ammunition and can fit in the palm of a hand. A lightweight precision...
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    China's First Passenger Plane Takes Flight

    This what the search for cheap labour has reaped this. A friend of mine who was a design engineer at McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) at the time told me one day that the Company was sending the blueprints the engineers were doing to China. He couldn't believe it, sending sensitive info to...
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    Calgary couple welcomes baby Justin Trudeau

    There are now at least two people named Justin Trudeau in Canada, after a refugee couple living in Calgary gave the name to their newborn baby. Afraa and Moe Bilal welcomed a baby boy, Justin-Trudeau Adam Bilal, on Thursday around 6:10 p.m. weighing seven pounds, seven ounces. The...
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    People with Disabilities Assistance Petition

    A strange story indeed. Why wouldn't anyone help him........? Hi! My name is Andrew Gurza. I am a Disability Awareness Consultant, and a wheelchair user. I was recently denied assistance from Passport Canada when I went to get my passport renewed. I expressed that due to my spastic Cerebral...
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    Western Canada's population 111 years ago

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    Ukraine bans Steven Seagal as threat to natl security

    I've heard of him but can't say I recall ever seeing him in a movie or on TV........ The Ukrainian security service said it had forbidden Seagal entry to the country for five years, in a letter published by the news site Apostrophe. The service’s press secretary later confirmed the ban to...
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    Judge Orders Georgia To Allow Blacks To Vote

    A federal court on Thursday ordered Georgia officials to extend the voter registration deadline through at least May 21 to be eligible to vote in the special election runoff in Georgia's sixth congressional district between Republican Karen Handel and Democrat Jon Ossoff. Under Georgia law...