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Please create a new section on Canadian Content for the pussies. Name it something catchy like Kitty Korner, The Litter Box or go with a Canadiana bi-lingual name like Chat Chat.

It's devastating me,' says Len Van Heest, who blames his bipolar disorder for his criminal convictions. A 59-year-old B.C. man who had lived in Canada since he was a baby has been deported to the Netherlands because of his criminal offences, which he says were due to his mental illness. "This...

Imagine if you will an oil and gas pipeline company whose workers move into Army Corps of Engineers land in the middle of summer and establish an illegal campsite. Imagine next that said oil and gas pipeline company then sends out a nationwide call to action inviting non-employees from all parts...

VANCOUVER - A report from the Fraser Institute says British Columbia's carbon tax is no longer revenue neutral. The study, co-authored by Charles Lammam, director of fiscal studies at the right-wing research institute, says the B.C. government no longer cuts other taxes to roughly equal new...

Where are the pusski babushkas? MOSCOW -- In Russia, giving one's spouse a slap is nothing extraordinary for many people. This week, the Russian parliament is expected to take a step closer toward decriminalizing it altogether. Battery is a criminal offence in Russia, but nearly 20 per cent of...

A salt and moonbattery caused by Global Warming*. Mayor Gregor Nutbar Roberts jetted off to Tropics in fear for his life. *Video may disturb some viewers. Discretion is advised. The City of Vancouver is handing out new salt supplies to residents on Thursday. But it seems like the salt is...

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...