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TORONTO — A couple of years ago, I was in Minnesota to cover the NHL playoffs, and took some time to walk around St. Paul and take in the sights. There are not a lot of sights in St. Paul. But there was a children’s museum, which was notable for the signs it had in the front window: No...

Imagine how you would feel if the government installed cameras in your home that recorded everything you did, then gave police the power to review the footage without a warrant, whenever they want. If that sounds to you like a gross violation of your privacy, you should probably be aware...

The malfunctioning Phoenix pay system that left thousands of Canada’s public servants unpaid has also doled out millions of dollars in overpayments to 13,700 employees since its ill-fated launch. A letter sent to MPs on the government operations committee says a total of 20,600 public...

The woman who managed Donald Trump's successful U.S. presidential campaign is coming to Alberta to tour oilsands and speak to business leaders just days before his inauguration. Kellyanne Conway will visit Fort McMurray an oilsands tour, and then speak at a fundraising dinner in Calgary for...

The Quitalian Job: How a chic Roman mayor and her joker of a party boss are on the brink of a Brexit-style bombshell that could tear the EU apart Only in Italy could the people countenance the possibility of a comedian holding the reins of power. From Mussolini to Berlusconi and...

Tens of millions of Shia Muslims have taken part in one of the biggest marches in the world, risking their lives to travel through Iraq in celebration of a famous Muslim martyr and in defiance of ISIS attacks. The marchers made their way to the city of Karbala, 62 miles south west of Baghdad...

Meet the elusive grey jay, top choice for Canada's national bird - Toronto - CBC News

Just in time for Trudeau’s visit, Argentina declares pitiless war of extermination on Canadian beaver Mere days before playing host to the visiting Canadian prime minister, Argentina announced that it is launching a merciless war of extermination on Canada’s most recognizable symbol...

John Robson: When 225 Canadians jet to Morocco to ‘fight climate change’, they emit clouds of hypocrisy In a gratuitously spectacular display of counterproductive hypocrisy, an anticipated 225 Canadians will jet to Morocco to denounce the use of fossil fuels. Canada’s catalogue of...

Leon Russell, who emerged in the ’70s as one of rock’n’roll’s most dynamic performers and songwriters after playing anonymously on dozens of pop hits as a much-in-demand studio pianist in the 1960s, died on Sunday at the age of 74, according to his website.Russell, who was inducted into the...

With his announcement Monday of a 1.5 billion marine protection plan, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau created the conditions to approve Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. If he does, Trudeau will have broken the paralysis on pipeline approvals orchestrated by the environmental...

A giant tidal turbine has been lowered into position on the Bay of Fundy seabed near Parrsboro, N.S., a "huge milestone" for a test project aiming to demonstrate the industry's potential. A spokesman for Cape Sharp Tidal says the 1,000-tonne turbine was put into place on Monday morning...

Exclusive: Trudeau government to mail every household in Canada questions on electoral reform OTTAWA — The Trudeau government is mailing postcards to every Canadian household this month to find out how people feel about the way they elect MPs, the National Post has learned. More than 13...

New epic Canadian series 'Frontier’ shakes the dust and cobwebs from fur-flying history Historical dramas about the United States are commonplace, but they're rare in Canada. I've often wondered why that is. “I wonder that, too,” said Allan Hawco, one of the stars and executive...

With the U.S. election less than a week away, the number of celebrities, public figures and everyday people threatening to migrate north should Donald Trump land in the White House are multiplying. I guess we should feel flattered that our American neighbours consider us a suitable...

I was most impressed by the Tesla Giga factory and the NSA real time world data maps. Before the Flood Trailer - Before the Flood Video - National Geographic Channel

GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel is facing catastrophe over her failed migrant policy, according to a new report. During the first six months of 2016, migrants committed 142,500 crimes, according to the Federal Criminal Police Office. And Germany has been hit by a spate of horrendous violent...

Canada's federal immigration minister says the government was surprised by the number of Syrian refugee children it admitted last year. "Many of the refugees had large numbers of children and that was not completely anticipated in the beginning," said Citizenship and Immigration Minister...

Former Alberta Premier and longtime cabinet minister Jim Prentice was one of four people killed when a small plane bound for Alberta crashed in a remote area of B.C.'s Okanagan. The Cessna citation jet had just taken off from Kelowna International Airport around 10 p.m. Thursday night...

Climate-change activists on Tuesday disrupted the flow of millions of barrels of crude from Canada to the United States in rare, coordinated action that targeted several key pipelines simultaneously.Activists in four states were arrested after they cut padlocks and chains and entered remote...