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The UN has dropped the superhero Wonder Woman as an ambassador for empowering girls and women after a brief stint that drew widespread criticism. The campaign around the comic book character, who turned 75 this autumn, lasted for less than two months. Among its key aims were challenging female...

Council approves 'fentanyl tax' to combat overdose crisis Opposition councillors argue tax is accepting download from senior governments MIKE HOWELL / VANCOUVER COURIER DECEMBER 13, 2016 03:39 PM overdose Vancouver firefighters, seen here responding to an overdose Tuesday in the Downtown...

And go on Provincial welfare because it's 2016. Since last November, more than 22,000 government-supported Syrian refugees have settled in Canada. Promised financial support for a year from the federal government, thousands of families are now about to be cut off, leaving provinces to pick up...

Almost 500% increase in number of people being detained at border crossings, CBSA says Canada's borders have become less porous in the wake of a CBC News investigation that revealed a major security gap in the way passengers were being screened before being allowed into Canada. In the past 12...

W-18, Carfentanil Haven't heard of them? You have now. Get out there and try it. It must be fun if so many are doing it. It's every second word in the media advertising it 24/7. Does media lingering on a drug advertise it sparking interest in trying it?

The Asian Hillary President Park Guen-hye is wrapped up in allegations she let a a longtime confidante manipulate power Hundreds of thousands of people flooded Seoul's streets on Saturday demanding the resignation of President Park Geun-hye amid an explosive political scandal, in what may be...

RIP Len....

It must be nice to not have one imposed. Voters in Washington state chose to reject an initiative that would have been the nation’s first tax on carbon pollution from fossil fuels. Initiative 732, which had drawn criticism from both liberal environmentalists and fossil fuel companies, managed...

For the tankers and pipeline going in because Climate Change and Indians are no friend of Trudeau. An ActionPlan Hero! Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the government's $1.5-billion ocean protection plan in Vancouver today for responses to tanker and fuel spills in the Pacific, Atlantic...

Published on Oct 27 2016 Matt Kieltyka METRO There’s barely a day that goes by when residents don’t complain about Richmond’s big stink. But Mayor Malcolm Brodie hopes the funk coming from the Harvest Power composting facility – where most of the region’s recycled food scraps end up – will be...

The Supreme Court of B.C. has rejected a petition by two B.C. First Nations on Monday to overturn provincial permits issued for construction of the controversial Site C dam. The Prophet River and West Moberly First Nations stand to have thousands of acres of their traditional land flooded in...

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But but but....the environment.. Ontario is blowing off plans for more wind and solar power as it feels the heat over high electricity bills less than two years before a provincial election. In its latest effort to curb prices, Premier Kathleen Wynne’s government is axing plans to sign another...

RICHMOND, B.C. – Three federal cabinet ministers are en route to Richmond, B.C., where they will announce later today whether the Liberal government is approving a controversial liquefied natural gas project. The proposed $36-billion Pacific Northwest LNG project is seen as a litmus test of the...

According to the World Wildlife Fund, over the past 40 years the number of wild animals on earth have been cut in half. As global cities and populations expand, habitats for wild animals are being destroyed. Which is why Hogarth Breslin, a Toronto City Councilor, says it's time to reintroduce...

WalMart must have pulled a few strings after their main container contactor denied entry into ports in US. As for Canadian ports...still a no go. Sept. 6, 2016 8:52 p.m. ET Container ships operated by South Korea’s Hanjin Shipping Co., now stranded at sea, soon should be able to dock in U.S...

Almanac's editor says predictions are 80-85 per cent accurate. According to the Canadian Farmers' Almanac, this winter is going to be icy cold and snowy. That's bad news for anyone who enjoyed last year's mild winter months, which stayed as mild as Canada gets thanks to the El Nino weather...

Cuz.....it's 4 months to the start of election mudflinging. British Columbia is officially ruling out any increase to its milestone carbon tax, ignoring the advice of its own handpicked panel to build on the groundbreaking levy that was the first in North America when it was enacted eight years...

Yup. I'm going and no I'm not going to wear a pink shirt. I'm going to dress like a dyke. I'll post pics later.....feminist PM and all ($5 says he is idiot enough to wear a pink shirt). What a fag.