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A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has declared Canada's law against physician-assisted suicide unconstitutional. Justice Lynn Smith called the law discriminatory, stating that since suicide itself is not illegal, the law against assisted suicide contravenes Section 15 of the Charter...

A national conference on natural resources and aboriginal people being held this week in Saskatoon is "important and vital" to creating more understanding on key issues, one of the participants says. More than 100 business law professionals and leaders from across the country gather today at...

Shell Canada has pleaded guilty to releasing a toxic substance into the Peace River in northern Alberta and has agreed to pay a $225,000 fine. The company says John Rhind, vice-president of heavy oil, appeared in court in Peace River, Alta., on Tuesday. "He was there on behalf of the...

EDMONTON - A woman who had more than 1,100 rabbits seized from her south Edmonton home has been fined $8,500 and given a lifetime ban from owning pets, except for the dog she currently owns. The provincial court decision Monday morning came more than two years after the Humane Society seized...

Well, well, well. Looky here: Large industries looking to expand or set up in Ontario will be able to qualify for lower electricity prices next year. Eligible companies could qualify for a reduced rate if they create jobs and bring new investment to Ontario. Companies that make a minimum...

OPEC’s president signalled on Monday it could act to reduce a glut of oil that has knocked the price down towards double digits, but said it was unlikely to set individual country production quotas at a meeting this week. Abdul Kareem Luaibi, who also serves as oil minister of Iraq, said...

Whenever oil prices surpass US$100 per barrel, a certain group of well-known economists and investment banks re-emerge to tout their dire warnings that oil will soon top US$200 or more because of peaking oil supplies. Several bestselling books have been written warning that the world’s supply of...

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I made a wicked solyanka and had three bowls.

What are you eating under there?

What a ****ing moron.... Federal New Democratic Party Leader Tom Mulcair warned Rothesay residents about the potential problems with shale gas exploration during a byelection campaign stop in the southern New Brunswick town on Sunday. Mulcair held a public rally with New Brunswick NDP Leader...

The B.C. government has approved the $217-million McLymont Creek run-of-the-river power project in north-west B.C. An environmental assessment gives the project the green light but imposes a number of restrictions, including that Alt-aGas Renewable Energy Inc. must maintain minimum water...

More than half of federal Liberal and NDP supporters back the idea of their parties merging into one with the aim of of defeating Stephen Harper’s Conservatives, a new poll suggests. The online survey of more than 1,000 Canadians, conducted exclusively for Postmedia News and Global Television...

What the **** is a climate scientist?

A Regina Provincial Court judge has found a Regina man not guilty of impaired driving-related charges, stating it’s unclear whether Gary W. Rookes’ moped was legally functioning as a motor vehicle on the night in question. According to the May decision posted online recently, Rookes, 57, was...

Thomas Mulcair is a hypocrite for not applying his polluter-pay principles to Quebec's hydro sector when he had the chance and now attacking Alberta's oilsands on the same subject, Reform party founder Preston Manning said Saturday in an interview on CBC's The House. Manning said he...

Al-Shabaab mocks US bounty of up to $7m for whereabouts of group's leaders with offer of camels and chickens 'Whoever reveals the hideout of the idiot Obama will be rewarded with 10 camels,' said Fuad Muhammad Khalaf of al-Shabaab. Somali Islamist militant group is offering rewards of...

It's hard to feed a family when a bag of apples costs $15 and a spring chicken will set you back more than $60. That's why the people of Nunavut are organizing a massive demonstration on Saturday - at home and in Ottawa - to protest the soaring cost of groceries in the territory. It began...

Province granted more control The federal government has agreed to give Saskatchewan control over how it cuts greenhouse gas emissions from its coal-fired power plants. Federal Environment Minister Peter Kent and Saskatchewan Environment Minister Ken Cheveldayoff announced Friday they have...

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