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“We’re not elitists.” That was the common refrain of parents shocked after Peel Region councillors voted to close down the 12 childcare centres the region runs within two years. The response was to a remark Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion made in the emotionally fraught council chamber...

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The doors to Canada's embassy in Egypt have been closed due to security concerns as violent demonstrations continue over a trailer for a film that insults Islam and its founder the prophet Muhammed. The move comes after protesters stormed the U.S. embassy in Yemen earlier on Thursday, and a...

They look, suddenly, like geniuses: Harper and Baird, summarily yanking Canadian diplomats out of Tehran last week and sending Iran’s diplomats packing, without so much as a by-your-leave. This week, with U.S. embassies being sacked by the day, diplomats worldwide on high alert and Israel...

Ontario’s angry teachers are in a tough spot when it comes to political action against their new worst enemy, Premier Dalton McGuinty. McGuinty is one of three men from three parties covering the gamut of the political spectrum who have been elected as premier of Ontario in the past 20...

Might as well have a Yemen thread too. A wildfire of protest in the Muslim world over an American film ridiculing the Prophet Muhammad spread today to Yemen, where hundreds of angry demonstrators penetrated the outer walls of the U.S. Embassy and torched the U.S. flag. The storming of the...

TORONTO - Talk about gridiron gravy. Mayor Rob Ford refused to make it clear Wednesday where he draws the line between his taxpayer-funded office, his taxpayer-funded staff and his football teams. Ford was on the defensive Wednesday over accusations he has used and is still using his...

Well-played DNC. :lol: On the last night of the Democratic National Convention, a retired Navy four-star took the stage to pay tribute to veterans. Behind him, on a giant screen, the image of four hulking warships reinforced his patriotic message. But there was a big mistake in the...

via Fark After seeing what the devastating earthquakes did to its nuclear power plants, Japan vows to give up nuclear energy. In 2030 Japan will abandon nuclear power within the next three decades under new government policy on the post-Fukushima energy mix, a newspaper said...

via sda Whether you're for or against gay marriage, the next frontier of "progressivism" is just downright weird . . . isn't it?! Can sex between brothers and sisters ever be normal? In an interview published Monday, Hollywood director Nick Cassavetes, whose new movie Yellow tells the...

Prepare your jihadi. Via CNN: A senior U.S. official tells CNN that U.S. unmanned surveillance drones are expected to begin flying over Benghazai and other locations in eastern Libya to look for jihadi encampments and targets that may be tied to the attack on U.S. State Department...

Of course it's not and George Carlin covered that angle pretty well. Anyway, here's a new essay via Fark: Why baseball has a problem connecting with modern audiences: "[It's] a deliberately slow-paced game conceived at a time when people thought having fun caused polio" Baseball is not a...

If you break into a car, steal a credit card and use it to pay a tab at the bar, try to make sure that card does not belong to the bartender A homeless man was arrested late Monday after police say he tried to pay for a beer with a stolen credit card that happened to belong to his...

Forget that old eating people's faces and stuff. Be like the popular kids: New hallucinogenic drug 25B-NBOMe and 25I-NBOMe led to South Australian man's bizarre death A NEW drug causing bizarre and irrational behaviour has emerged in South Australia, and has led to the death of a man who...

MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) -- Idaho authorities say a pilot flying over a Republican gathering had been dropping rolls of toilet paper or streamers from his airplane before it crashed. The Federal Aviation Administration says early indications are the experimental aircraft stalled or reached...

via Fark Court of Appeals affirms cops have a constitutional right to taser to death a guy who is choking his 3-year-old granddaughter during an exorcism The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals cleared two Phoenix police officers of wrongful death in the repeated Tasering of a man choking his...

Wait Until When?’ USA and Israel in open feud... White House declines Netanyahu request to meet with Obama... 'Schedule Full'... Announces 'Letterman' Appearance... more fiddling Netanyahu To Obama: ‘Wait For What? Wait Until When?’ « CBS DC

Another day and another police chase in Los Angeles Tune in and follow your favorite cruiser and watch the excitement! Police Pursuit Under Way | NBC Southern California Armed carjacking. On and on and on and on and... Annnnd....it's over. Hour of hype and you won't take me alive copper and...

Air Force dad accused of smoking dope with sons, six and four. The six-year-old "described in detail how to utilize the bong" to investigators SEPTEMBER 11--Federal agents are probing an Air Force staff sergeant for allegedly forcing his two young sons--aged six and four--to smoke...

An Egyptian crowd has stormed the American embassy in Cairo and replaced the American flag with an Islamic emblem Protesters climb U.S. Embassy walls in Cairo – This Just In - CNN.com Blogs BLACK FLAG RAISED... 'There is no God but Allah and Mohammad is his messenger'... US condemns 'those...