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    Catholic League President celebrates defeat of Child Victims Act

    The gloating head of the Catholic League on Monday ripped into the “victims’ lobby” he says is out to “rape” the Catholic Church over the issue of child sex abuse. Markey’s bill would have extended the timeframe in which a victim could bring a case by five years, opened a six-month window to...
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    North Dakota Voters Side With Family Farms

    and Continue 84-Year-Old Ban on Corporate Ownership North Dakota voters have rejected a measure that would have permitted corporations to own and to operate dairy and pork farms of up to 640 acres. On Tuesday, 75.7 percent of voters opposed Measure 1. North Dakota is one of only nine states...
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    UK spent more than $400 million to build airport

    that airlines can’t fly into. St. Helena is a small remote island in the South Atlantic. Located 1,200 miles west of the African mainland, the island is most famous for being Napoleon Bonaparte’s place of exile. Until recently, St. Helena, a British overseas territory with a population of...
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    Saudis lose US clout over oil price

    In an event that went largely unnoticed, we have, in fact, passed the point where OPEC's key member Saudi Arabia can dictate oil prices any longer. No one seems to have taken in the momentous occasion if not comprehended its historical significance. Much hasn't been said or written, it has to...
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    One Million March In France

    Over one million people took to the streets in France this week in protest against an ever-increasing totalitarian French government, in some of the largest anti-government protests the country has ever seen. The Paris march was led by the biggest autonomous bloc that has been seen in the city...
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    The Gospel of Jesus’s Wife

    King called the business-card-size papyrus “The Gospel of Jesus’s Wife.” But even without that provocative title, it would have shaken the world of biblical scholarship. Centuries of Christian tradition are bound up in whether the scrap is authentic or, as a growing group of scholars...
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    ex-Waffle House CEO sex tape case

    A woman and her attorneys have been charged with secretly videotaping her having sex with a former CEO of Waffle House, and using the recording to try to extort millions of dollars from him. Mye Brindle, John Butters and David Cohen were indicted Friday, Fulton County District Attorney...
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    Mysterious Underwear-Clad Canoeist Evades Police

    At approximately 2:30 a.m. on June 16th a Kingston Police uniform patrol officer was originally dispatched to the end of Biscayne Street, off of Highway 15. A resident had heard a male yelling for help and it appeared to be originating down an embankment near the Cataraqui River. While...
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    Kenya upholds use of a**l exam

    A Kenyan court has upheld the use of a**l examinations to determine a suspect’s sexual orientation, dismissing the argument that the procedure amounts to torture and degrading treatment. There was no violation of rights or the law, Mombasa high court judge Mathew Emukule said on Thursday. “I...
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    Families blocking organ donations of loved ones

    Grieving families are blocking the organ donations of one in five Ontarians who registered to donate before they died, the Star has learned. Data obtained by the Star from the Trillium Gift of Life Network reveals how often opportunities for potentially life-saving transplants are lost because...
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    Cable companies sue 'free TV' Android box vendors

    The ads are enticing: The promise of "Free TV" and the chance to "Say goodbye to cable bills forever." So it's no surprise Canada's cable giants are targeting upstart dealers selling loaded Android TV boxes. The devices enable users to access pirated content with ease for a one-time fee Bell...
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    Voice of Judy Jetson, Janet Waldo, dies at age 96

    Voice of Judy Jetson, Janet Waldo, dies at age 96 | abc7.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtkGaFKs2rY
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    Canadian Judge Spotted Wearing Trump Shirt

    I entered a local grocery store to meet my wife, who had been shopping there. She told me that she had seen a man wearing a Trump t-shirt. It was when she told me who was wearing the repugnant apparel that I reacted with both shock and outrage: a judge who sits the Ontario Superior Court of...
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    Fox Reporter Fired For Dissing Them Ones

    Foxxy blond doesn't know when to shut up.... Emily Austen, a 27-year-old Fox Sports Reporter, was fired today after making insensitive remarks about Mexican, Jewish and Chinese people. On the 35-minute long broadcast, Austen said a number of terrible things that you can watch above. She called...
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    Toronto mosque welcomes LGBT for Ramadan feast

    I suppose we will have to see how the other Muslims Mosques react to this......... A mosque in Toronto is creating a name for itself for welcoming the LGBT community, as well as to people of all faiths. Founder El-Farouk Khaki said it was important for him and his co-founders to create the...
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    The "don't be evil" era at Google is officially over

    Google Endorses Trans Pacific Partnership The TPP is not perfect, and the trade negotiation process could certainly benefit from greater transparency. We will continue to advocate for process reforms, including the opportunity for all stakeholders to have a meaningful opportunity for input...
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    Axe throwing bar opens in Halifax

    Business is off to a good start at the Timber Lounge in Halifax where axe throwing is the main attraction. The bar on Agricola Street opened for business last month. Just hitting the target at the end of one of the four throwing lanes is a major accomplishment for players who are new to the...
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    Wildrose calls for Brian Jean leadership review

    The Wildrose Party constituency association in Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills passed a motion calling for Brian Jean to face a leadership review at the party’s annual meeting in Red Deer on October 28 and 29, 2016. That constituency is represented by MLA Dave Hanson who was one of the 9...
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    If You Boycott Israel, New York Will Boycott You

    New York governor, Andrew Cuomo. Those who exercise their conscience to boycott Israel will pay a price, if New York has any say in the matter. I recently signed the first executive order by a U.S. governor to help protect Israel from these pernicious efforts to punish it economically. My...
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    Bestiality is legal in Canada

    as long as no penetration is involved, according to a Supreme Court of Canada ruling Thursday. The case before the Supreme Court involved a man who sexually abused his teenaged stepdaughters. On multiple occasions he forced them to put peanut butter over their genitals so the family dog would...