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Japan Just Cancelled Its Outrageously Expensive Olympic Stadium And in doing so, made itself a poster child for rethinking the insane costs of major sporting events like the Olympics, explaining that it would start over with a new design. Could the tide be turning against the idea that...

The mounting tab now totals more than $1.1 billion, an amount roughly equal to one-fifth the total amount actually collected from corporations over the last 12 months and two times what the new NDP government hopes to raise annually by hiking the rate for big businesses from 10 to 12 per cent...

"We are better positioned than virtually any other jurisdiction in the country," British Columbia's finance minister says a higher-than-expected budget surplus leaves room for modest family initiatives but he's wary of escalating forest-fire costs and signs of economic downturns in Canada...

Study shows Fox News statements true or mostly true 18% of the time Addicting Info – Analysis: Over Half of All Statements Made on Fox News Are False

Mozilla has added all versions of Adobe Flash up to the most recent version 18.0.0.203 to the Firefox blocklist. Security researchers have discovered vulnerabilities in recent versions of Adobe Flash that have not been patched yet by Adobe but are exploited in the wild. In particular, several...

The Canadian Prime Minister said he’d only sign the secretive Trans Pacific Partnership if it had safeguards for Canada’s farmers, but now that it’s clear that he hasn’t got a hope in hell of being re-elected, he’s ready to sign TPP and damn the farmers. TPP is being negotiated in...

Who knew that he actually helped bring down a duly elected government? For crass political purposes. Or as others might say, was used as a hapless pawn. Canada’s embassy in Kyiv was used as a haven for several days by anti-government protesters during the uprising that toppled the regime of...

village in Alberta is offering residential lots with an asking price almost anyone can afford: $10 or best offer. Delia, Alta. – pop. 186 – is desperate to stop its population decline by enticing new residents who will build houses, pay property taxes and help populate its little school...

“Now, when you die and get to the meeting with St. Peter, he’s probably not going to ask you much about what you did about keeping government small. But he is going to ask you what you did for the poor. You better have a good answer.” (R) Ohio Governor and Presidential Candidate John Kasich...

Despite sharpshooting her way to the highest score in the prestigious Queen's Medal competition, a female soldier has come away empty-handed. Afghanistan War veteran Sergeant Tatyana E Danylyshyn, of the Canadian Scottish Regiment, of Victoria, British Columbia scored 1,012 points. But this...

Canada's federal environment minister’s decision not to represent the country at The Climate Summit of the Americas this week in Toronto raised the question: how did she spend her time instead? Opening a park that opened in 2003? But Aglukkaq had other announcements to attend. During her...

Canada's chief of defence staff is about to retire, apparently due to terminal hoof-in-mouth disease. Air force general, Tom Lawson, brought a ****storm down on himself explaining away the sexual assault problem within the Canadian Forces by claiming soldiers are "biologically wired" that way...

Thomas Mulcair says an NDP government would reverse changes made to Old Age Security by restoring the retirement age to 65 instead of 67. The governing Conservatives introduced the changes last spring, which are slated to take effect in 2023. Speaking at a town hall meeting in Toronto...

Many heads of state tend to rush to sign international agreements, which often have ISDS provisions, either to improve their nation’s reputation or to advance their own domestic agendas. The number of those agreements has increased dramatically in recent years. Many of these agreements...

The Conservative government made more than 70 patronage appointments over two days last month, filling up federal boards, tribunals and panels in advance of the October election. The blizzard of patronage will, no doubt, have some recalling the preamble to the 1984 election campaign, when...

Following the legalization of marijuana for recreational use in Oregon, the state has become the fourth US state to allow for the social use of cannabis – and thousands of people under the “Weed the People” campaign rally have come out to celebrate the victory. Thousands of people gathered on...

After being embarrassed today by a news conference held by the NDP to highlight the poor treatment of Sgt. Kevin Nanson, the Canadian Forces is moving to address the concerns raised by the sergeant. Veteran’s advocate Mike Blais writes this: “Attention supportive veterans and Canadians in...

Iceland's parliament has abolished its blasphemy laws, despite opposition from some of the country's churches. A bill was put forward by the minority Pirate Party, which campaigns for internet and data freedom. It came after the deadly attack the same month against French satirical magazine...

Last year, when the Conservatives were pushing the Fair Elections Act through Parliament, Conservative MP Brad Butt stood up -- twice -- to claim he had seen voter information cards being stolen. Stephen Best, who lives in Butts' riding, thought the story was weird. If Butt saw people stealing...

Phelan-Tran ended the message with a smiley face, sending her best wishes to the woman who owed her $3,500 in wages. She never heard back. Two-and-a-half years later, she is still waiting, even after the Ministry of Labour ruled she was legally owed the money. But the ministry still hasn’t...