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While Canada’s consumer price index fell from 3.4% in May to 2.8% in June, the cost of groceries was 9.1% above where it had been a year earlier. True, the rate of inflation on groceries was 10.4% in January, so 9.1% today is better. But excuse me if I’m not all that grateful, given that...

Clean Green Pennsylvanian Natural Gas? But Trudeau said there’s no business model for Natural Gas exports, right? Yet Pennsylvania seems to be expanding their production for some mysterious reason. Maybe Trudeau isn’t Carbon Taxing them?

Bingo!! Yes, and with Actual Climate…like the Climate in a Canadian Prairie Winter…. http://www.saskenergy.com/manage-account/federal-carbon-tax Here’s the increases from the Carbon Tax to households in SK to heat their homes in the winter from the Carbon Tax…unless you “choose” not to heat...

Alberta, Saskatchewan, & Newfoundland and Labrador at the top of this newest second Carbon Tax…& what do they have in common as numbers 1, 2, & 3 respectively? The PBO report estimated the second carbon tax will cost the average household between $384 and $1,157 in 2030 depending on the...

New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs has long complained of the impact of federal climate policies on the price of fuel in the province, but Ottawa has signalled it may be willing to address those concerns. Following a meeting of the four Atlantic premiers and federal ministers in Moncton on...

I’d be figuring out a way to bypass the CPU and have them on a toggle-switch if push came to shove. Damned if I’d be paying someone rental on a subscription for something I’d have already bought and paid for...

So, here we are in the midst of an inflation and cost of living crisis, Canadians still processing the most recent punch to the gut courtesy of the Bank of Canada, and we have politicians out there showing us repeatedly just how little they get it. Butter is $9 and Chrystia Freeland is taking...

Having the heated seats, or an extra 20hp, or other features that are already in the vehicle on a subscription basis would be a deal breaker for me. XM Radio or OnStar are one thing, but this is just ridiculous. You’ve purchase the vehicle with heated seats installed in them (I’m sure they’re...

Why all the lies though? To what end? http://apple.news/Afn31hl3oR9Wc4d3J2JnZAw What other scandal is the current government trying to drown out with the noise from this one? It’s the only thing that makes sense to me.

Still space on the sidewalks in downtown Toronto. Bring your own tent, or settle somewhere sane with room to breathe.

We seem to have had a plethora of those lately….Jewish Space Lasers I mean, ‘cuz Global Warming, etc….😉

Meta has started to run ads to inform Canadians of its plan to block the viewing and sharing of news content on Facebook and Instagram within weeks, but some Quebec radio stations and news publications are refusing to carry them. It’s the latest development in a tense standoff between Meta and...

A retired RCMP officer has been charged with foreign interference, the Mounties said in a news release Friday. William Majcher, 60, "allegedly used his knowledge and his extensive network of contacts in Canada to obtain intelligence or services to benefit the People's Republic of China," the...

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The strike at B.C. ports has been on, then off, then on, then off again. It has been quite a whirlwind as negotiations between port workers and their employer have unfolded. The process has gone through several stages and it isn’t quite clear exactly what will happen next. Workers are taking...

Regina Mayor Sandra Masters addressed the encampment during a media conference Wednesday, suggesting the city wouldn’t be able to take down the tent city without safely ensuring that those who are staying there had a place to go. “I think that’s what all of the organizations are working through...

Makowsky couldn’t say why people were refusing help, noting that they don’t tend to give long answers, but he said there could be many reasons why. “It’s sort of a scenario where they are asked if they’d like any help from the ministry and it’s just a ‘no,’ ” said Makowsky. Alejandra Cabrera...

One of the biggest parts of the mess that has led to mass homelessness is Canada’s undeniable housing crisis. With immigration targets set to rise to half a million by 2025 the situation will get worse unless we get building. In Vancouver there have been encouraging signs by Ken Sim and his...

http://apple.news/AV__cnoo4SAupDdFu7uLcHA The Port of Vancouver handles 3,500 tonnes of ready-to-consume food on a daily basis, said Sylvain Charlebois, director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University. The strike therefore delayed the inbound and outbound movement over 12 days of...

According to a letter she received from the province, her new one-bedroom must come in at $925 including heat, or $825 with no utilities included. (So to heat a 1 bedroom house or apartment out there only costs $100 on to heat on average??) Vienneau said that number was determined using the...