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About The Rural BC Party was founded in response to the growing concern that the existing major political...

‘This is Historic:’ Deal Reached on Broken Rail Line to Churchill in Manitoba August 31, 2018 08:16 PM in The Canadian Press By The Canadian Press An aerial view of the rail line and Via Rail station is shown in Churchill, Manitoba, Wednesday, July 4, 2018. A deal has been reached to...

In a field of dunes, one shows stunning azure in enhanced color. NASA/JPL/University of Arizona NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has discovered a stunning blue dune, illustrating that Mars is more than just a red planet.There are sand dunes across the surface of Mars, especially in...

I read in the Leader-Post that my Riders dropped their pre-season game to the Edmonton Eskimos and was a bit disturbed until I read further and found out that the majority of our veteran players did not make the trip to AB, including our two top QBs. Meanwhile, the Esks had their all-star QB...

The researchers of the study said the discovery could help combat the world’s plastic problem An accidental finding led to the creation of a mutant bacteria that breaks down plastic, the Guardian reports. Researchers from Britain and the US stumbled on the discovery while working on a bug...

..........1st Canadian female champ in 45 years. Kaetlyn Osmond ended Canada's lengthy drought at the world figure skating championships. The 22-year-old from Marystown, N.L., won the women's singles crown Friday in Milan, Italy, scoring 150.50 points for her Black Swan routine to...

Brian McKeever became the most decorated Winter Paralympian in Canadian history after winning Gold in the x-country event for the visually impaired. "The 38-year-old of Canmore, Alta., raced to his third straight Paralympic title in the men's cross-country 20-kilometre visually impaired...

Toronto school board votes to end having police officers stationed in schools TORONTO - The Toronto District School Board has voted to permanently end the practice of having police officers stationed in high schools. There was loud applause when the result of a vote to scrap the School...

The multimillion “Canada 150 Rink” will cost $215,000 per day and close after less than a month on Jan. 1. OTTAWA—The celebratory Canada 150 ice rink on Parliament Hill comes with a $5.6-million price tag, 26-day lifespan (weather permitting) and a list of rules that prohibit hockey pucks...

OTTAWA – Canada’s tax collectors often aren’t picking up the phone, and when they do, Canadians are being given incorrect information, a new federal audit reveals. The examination by Canada’s Auditor General Michael Ferguson into whether the Canada Revenue Agency’s nine call centres were...

During a seminar with first-year communications students, Wilfrid Laurier University teaching assistant Lindsay Shepherd screened a TVOntario debate to illustrate the sometimes-controversial politics of grammar. The video, an episode of The Agenda with Steve Paikin, included University of...

As was widely anticipated, Quebec’s Bill 62, banning face cover in the realm of public services, will be legally contested: by an individual niqab-wearing woman, supported by the CCLA and the National Council of Canadian Muslims. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is considering how his...

OTTAWA — The Liberals have issued a report card on their own performance, and it turns out they are absolutely brilliant at being the government. (LOL!) The first “mandate letter tracker” looked at the 364 commitments the prime minister made in his missives to ministers and assessed...

The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled unanimously that a private ski resort proposed for an area sacred to an Indigenous community can go ahead. All nine judges said government and a developer adequately consulted with the Ktunaxa Nation of British Columbia, and seven said that the group...

It was the Astros game from the start. Great pitching and early RBIs on the board were enough to hold off LA. It was a great game. Apparently, this is an historic win for Houston - so good on them. I think the final was 5 - 1. I know for sure the Dodgers only had 1 RBI.

One problem with the new citizenship oath: Citizens can’t really violate an Indigenous treaty In a measure likely set to debut next year, the Canadian citizenship oath will soon include its first-ever reference to Indigenous people by including a pledge to “faithfully observe the laws of...

GO TEAM CANADA! :canada: I watched W5 prior to the opening ceremonies of the games. The benefits of wounded vets becoming involved in some type of sport and spending time with other vets were well in evidence. Each vet was a wonderful example of how becoming an athlete helped them overcome...

I was the same age as most of the young men who were being slaughtered in that conflict and was profoundly affected by the continuous and, what I saw at the time as, pointless deaths. I was also grateful that my government had wisely chosen to stay out of it. After watching the first four...

Stanislav Petrov in later life Credit: David Hogsholt By Roland Oliphant 18 September 2017 • 2:48pm The former Soviet military officer credited with saving the world from nuclear destruction has died at the age of 77. Stanislav Petrov, a lieutenant colonel in the Soviet Air Defence...