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The news was grim, but not surprising. Yannick Lamonde, an official within Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT), received word in January last year of an impending report by a prominent non-governmental organization. Its contents were explosive: Human Rights...

It was found that people who had reported frequent worries and demands from a partner of had a 50-100 per cent increased mortality risk, while those who experienced regular conflicts within any type of relationship had a two to three times increased mortality risk...

Tory Senator Don Meredith Touts Degrees From Unaccredited Schools A Conservative senator earmarked as one of the Senate's top spenders holds a master’s degree from a school whose phone number directs calls to a customer helpline for a website that sells iPads and printers. Senator Don...

for agreeing to raise taxes to confront a spiraling deficit, jeopardizing his presidency that ended after just one term. The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston honored Bush with a 2014 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award. The award crossed generations and...

A Palm Beach County court ruled last week that property insurance does not cover the cleanup if a human corpse explodes and leaks fluids into an apartment unit below. The Palm Beach New Times reported that Judy Rodrigo filed a suit against State Farm that “another unit owner’s body exploded...

This week, more damning evidence regarding the scandal plagued Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) went public. The Saskatchewan Federation of Labour (SFL) posted details on Facebook and Twitter showing how a Filipino foreign worker was required to compensate a recruitment agency for an...

Saudi Arabia calls for criticism of religion to be outlawed in Norway Saudi Arabia has called for all criticism of religion and of the prophet Mohammed to be made illegal in Norway. The call came during the United Nation's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Norway this week. The UPR is a...

An angry beaver was roaming around Miramichi on Tuesday, creating traffic delays and chasing onlookers. Jim O'Neill was driving his taxi when he noticed a man being chased by a beaver off King George Highway on Tuesday. "You look out the corner of your eye and see a beaver backing somebody...

Most people living in the United States know little about the International Workers' Day of May Day. For many others there is an assumption that it is a holiday celebrated in state communist countries like Cuba or the former Soviet Union. Most Americans don't realize that May Day has its origins...

Canadian government go to telecoms for users information 1.2 million times a year Michael Geist, one of Canada’s leading Internet privacy experts, said “basic subscriber information” is actually a very broad term that allows police agencies to link Internet activity to a customer’s identity...

Afghan police have arrested the parents of a 14-year-old girl after they attacked a religious cleric and cut off his nose and ears in retaliation for what they say were a series of sexual attacks on their daughter. Right activists say there has been a sharp rise in violent attacks against women...

A generation ago, Canada was perceived to be an exemplary global citizen by the rest of the world: it took the lead on a host of international issues, including the Convention of Child Rights, freedom of information, acid rain, world peacekeeping, sanctions against South Africa's apartheid...

The strike now has been joined by 60,000 workers. The number of workers going on strike has tripled in less than two weeks. The entire production at the Dongguan complex has been disrupted – in fact this is the major concern of most international outlets about this strike, and not its causes...

It’s been debated for years, but now the city of Minneapolis has decided to change from celebrating Columbus Day to observing Indigenous People’s Day instead. Columbus Day has been a federal holiday since 1937, though not all states observe it, including Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon, and South...

A new study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) reveals the best and worst cities to be a woman in Canada. According to the study, Québec City is the best city to be a woman and Edmonton is the worst. The study, by Kate McInturff, a Senior Researcher at the...

Former Member of Parliament and social justice advocate Daniel Heap has died, his family has announced. He was 88. Born in Winnipeg, Heap was a Toronto NDP MP for more than 12 years, representing the Spadina riding after first winning a byelection in 1981. Before that, he served as an alderman...

Crack-Smoking Neighbors Fight With Machete After Crack Runs Out the couple admitted they had been drinking beer and smoking crack with Motes before the machete incident, authorities said. Motes claimed the couple became upset when he ran out of crack and said the woman spat on him and the...

Rogers Communications Inc. CEO Guy Laurence made $12.7m between December 2 and the end of the year. That’s about 20 business days, meaning he got paid $600,000 a day. Where does Rogers get the money for all this? Sending bills to dead people who never had accounts with Rogers Sending bills to...

About one dozen families who recently immigrated to Canada are demanding that the Louis Riel School Division in Winnipeg excuse their children from music and coed physical education programs for religious reasons. The families believe that music is un-Islamic – just like the Taliban believe...

A list of all the Countries Honouring the 100th Anniversary First World War centenary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia