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k.d. lang Asks Him If He’s Gay. Kenney won't answer...... On Tuesday, Jason Kenney told the editorial board of Postmedia’s Calgary papers that he believes parents should be informed when their child joins a gay-straight alliance at school, unless there is “evidence that the parents are...

pay be cheque only as proof of payment.......... Several hundred customers of GoodLife Fitness are learning they may have been the victims of fraud after the memberships they paid for were never legitimately registered with the company. Francesco Campo told CityNews he first signed up with...

The provincial government is touting a new Ontario Student Assistance Program calculator designed to make it easier to qualify for financial aid to attend college or university. “We’ve really turned OSAP upside down,” Advanced Education and Skills Development Minister Deb Matthews said...

Oh yes, that pesky Bible thing can be a pain in the azz........ After all her disparaging remarks about it in recent days, it was pretty clear what Mayor Catherine Pugh was going to do with the bill to raise Baltimore’s minimum wage to $15: Veto it. The only question was how would she frame...

They faced racism and discrimination, and they had to fight a battle at home before they could represent Canada in the First World War. Now families of the so-called black battalion say the soldiers' struggles carry new relevance, given the state of the world today. Many black men were...

Investigators allege producers sold rotten meat and paid officials to turn a blind eye The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced earlier this week it was banning beef and poultry products from JBS and BRF, two of the world's biggest meat companies. Some other jurisdictions went further...

I saw this Thursday....... Almost 55 years after Martin Luther King's iconic "I have a dream" speech, race relations in the U.S. are hardly living up to his vision. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYrwiEmpu48

Why aren't they going to other places in Canada anyways.......? Canada’s largest school board will not approve any new student trips to the United States in the wake of controversial travel restrictions proposed by President Donald Trump. However, 25 trips involving about 900 Toronto District...

A 43-year-old Ontario man wanted on a Canada-wide arrest warrant for second-degree murder in the death of his seven-year-old stepson has been arrested. Niagara Regional Police said in a statement Tuesday evening that Justin Kuijer was arrested by OPP in Kenora, Ont., at around 6:15 ET after...

A 24-year-old London man has been arrested for uttering threats after London police say he threatened to shoot people at the London Muslim Mosque. Police say shortly before 2 p.m. Sunday, police were contacted by the mosque about a male who had threatened to shoot those inside the mosque. Man...

The similarities between the stories and characters in the Bible and those from previous mythologies are both undeniable and well-documented. This would be obvious if it weren’t for early indoctrination of these beliefs into children, which usually makes them unassailable as adults. In this...

But think of the tax savings....... Millions of people walk into Toronto public libraries each year. The majority have a safe, educational experience. But recent disturbing, and at times, violent incidents at multiple libraries in the city has the union sounding the alarm for increased...

"The whole foundation of Christianity is based on the idea that intellectualism is the work of the Devil. Remember the apple on the tree? Okay, it was the Tree of Knowledge. You eat this apple, you're going to be as smart as God. We can't have that." Frank Zappa

There’s concern lately about how a religion like Islam fits into American life., Those affected were the native tribal peoples, subject from 1883 to 1934 to the Religious Crimes Code. To me, this means that yes, it happened here and could happen again. Knowing about the past helps us keep a...

Opponents worry crimes could be covered up by the church The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday approved a bill that would authorize Briarwood Presbyterian Church to employ its own police force. The bill now moves to the Alabama Senate. A House committee has approved a similar bill, but...

Russia's justice ministry has filed a lawsuit with its supreme court to declare the national headquarters of the country's Jehovah’s Witnesses an extremist organization. The legal filing is noted on the court's website with no date given for legal action. The group's administrative center in...

subjects in America. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Planned Parenthood, ObamaCare, and Vice President Mike Pence are all viewed more favorably than President Trump. Sanders + 29 Planned Parenthood +25 Warren + 8 Pence + 4 Obamacare + 3 Trump - 9 Ryan -10...

Sen. Ralph Shortey is facing numerous charges from Moore police after he was caught in a Super 8 Motel room with a minor boy. Police are recommending the Republican lawmaker be charged with soliciting prostitution of a minor, prostitution within 1,000 feet of church and transporting purpose of...

In the course of America's ill-fated war in Viet Nam, U.S. forces lavished half a million tonnes of high explosives on the territory of Cambodia. By one count, America's carpet bombing claimed the lives of 500,000 Cambodians. Now the United States of Trump wants bygones to be bygones, just as...

"All they said is, 'Don't worry about it, the insurance company will pay for it,'" Hollo said. When Hollo called the dealership the next day, he got a shock. "They were asked [by the towing company] for $4287.50 plus tax, plus money for storage," he said. "They weren't willing to sign that...