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Great piece by Brian. CBC, unwilling to follow court orders and the law when it comes to access to information, but willing to spill details to angry emailers, that’s the topic of tonight’s Byline. Last night we told you about the cozy, economically beneficial relationship between CBC and...

Student-see, student-do. Big Education, big business and great marketing. Unfortunately, like many other countries, many of these soft or useless degrees get these kids nowhere fast. How do colleges manage it? Kenyon has erected a $70 million sports palace featuring a 20-lane olympic pool...

Americans are increasingly unhappy with Mr. Obama's handling of the economy - the number one issue in the country. According to Gallup, he gets a lousy 26% approval rating on the economy, 24% for his handling of the federal budget deficit and 29% for job creation. These are terrible numbers...

Yes, he inhaled. PC leader Tim Hudak acknowledged during a media conference Thursday that he had used marijuana as a youth. "I was wondering if this would come up," Hudak said. "I lived a pretty normal life as a kid growing up so yes, I have. It's been some time." During a media...

A fine looking group of individuals with their many aliases in this rogues gallery. Photographs of said undesireable criminals: Wanted by the CBSA – Criminality Ottawa adds 32 names to most-wanted website CTV News.ca Staff The federal government has added the names of 32 fugitives to...

Excuse me, those that are simply 'minor-attracted'. We usually hear pedophilia talked about in terms of mental illness -- if not evil -- but Aug. 17 a motley crew of self-identified "minor-attracted persons" and mental health professionals have gathered in Boston to talk about it as a...

Gangster Jonathan Bacon was 'a nice kid' Jonathan Bacon wasn't always a bully or thug, say those who knew the notorious gangster back in high school, long before he embarked on a life of crime. He was a mild-mannered youth, they add, a nice kid, an athlete with lots of friends. more...

and taxpayers foot the $30 million damages bill. Chicago will hire 111 bypassed black firefighters by March 2012 and pay at least $30 million in damages to some 6,000 others who will never get that chance, under a court order expected to be approved Wednesday by a federal judge. Last...

During the afternoon and in prime time, Sun News programming bested the state broadcaster's News Network by more than 30,000 viewers. CTV News Channel was a distant third. While Canada Live - guest-hosted by Anita Sharma - reached 72,900 viewers, according to BBM ratings data, the CBC's...

Many have heard it before while some living under rocks may not have. Either way, the message and big picture remain very similar. You can bow to the current poohbah there or toss eggs at him, but in the end: YouTube - ‪The Americans by Gordon Sinclair‬‏ And a happy early 4th ya bastids.

Canadians ignore warnings, set to board flotilla bound for Gaza Strip MONTREAL — A year after the first Freedom Flotilla to the Gaza Strip ended in tragedy, with nine Turkish citizens dead after a confrontation with Israeli Defense Forces, a new flotilla is preparing to set sail, this time...

NYT Asks Readers to Help Dig Up 'Interesting and Newsworthy' Palin Emails On Friday, the State of Alaska will release more than 24,000 of Sarah Palin’s e-mails covering much of her tenure as governor of Alaska. Times reporters will be in Juneau, the state capital, to begin the process of...

Background info: Memorial Day In Miami For the past 10 years, the Art Deco District on South Beach has turned into a hip-hop street party during Memorial Day weekend, with a bulked up police presence monitoring hundreds of thousands of young revelers. Monday’s early morning...

$1.5m seems rather paltry to me. Yeah he was an alcoholic and partially deaf, and native. So what of it. I wonder if it would be more if the victim was black or Hispanic (only because their 'voices' seem to be louder and squeakier) Here's the video if you forgot about the story: YouTube -...

Glaciologists are this week arguing over how a highly contentious claim about the speed at which glaciers are melting came to be included in the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. In 1999 New Scientist reported a comment by the leading Indian glaciologist Syed...

UK Weather Service to re-examine 160 years of climate data The Met Office plans to re-examine 160 years of temperature data after admitting that public confidence in the science on man-made global warming has been shattered by leaked e-mails. The new analysis of the data will take three years...

Rex Murphy on Climategate YouTube - Rex Murphy on Climategate

It cost £14,000 to create, but clearly no-one at the smart London design outfit that came up with the new logo for HM Treasury thought to turn it on its side. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/24/nogc124.xml

Greenpeace founder Patrick Moore says there is no proof global warming is caused by humans, but it is likely enough that the world should turn to nuclear power - a concept tied closely to the underground nuclear testing his former environmental group formed to oppose. The chemistry of the...

US actor Charlton Heston, whose chiselled features and commanding presence won him epic roles from Moses to Michelangelo, died on Saturday night at the age of 84, his family said. The Oscar-winning Heston, who was also president of the influential National Rifle Association lobbying group, died...