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    Keystone XL rejection leads TransCanada to sue Obama administration

    But but but it was because of the environment.... TransCanada has filed a lawsuit against the Obama administration and plans to file a claim under the North American Free Trade Agreement over the U.S. government's rejection of the company's proposed Keystone XL pipeline. The company said...
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    Even though you are f-cked...

    VanCity says to Millennials... don't give up. Quite the clever campaign to retain customers. Metro Vancouver is consistently namedf the most livable places in the world, but it’s not great for everyone. Show us what it’s really like from your perspective. You told us how housing...
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    Junuary

    Kinda nippy. Some douchebag was on CBC this AM complaining the snow was all gone and creeks were low as I watched it snow again on the Coquihalla like it did yesterday in the Rockies. We are all gonna die.
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    10% of the world's energy...

    Is consumed by the internet... Tax it?
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    Flossy was right.

    After starting with 5000 trade units in a resource fund 12 years ago and rolled into just of shy of 38,000 units, I have hit financial devastation. I lost $98.52 this year.
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    NEB approves Trans Mountain pipeline.

    Damn that Harper for ramming pipelines down hippy throats. The federal government now has seven months to make a decision on the controversial Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain upipeline, after the national regulator gave its support to the proposed project. ©CBC
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    Oil

    Why was it $100bbl + to begin with?
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    Happy Pi Day

    You heard me.
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    Dr Assisted Suicide and RCC Healthcare

    RCC says " no f-cking way" in any of their 120 Canadian facilities. Good for them. There is no shortage of nondenominational bridges to jump off of.
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    My Version of "Skinny TV".

    My skinny TV. $75 unlimited data phone pkg tethered to my tablet with HDMI and a plethora of "Go Apps" saving me $158 plus taxes.
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    Wonder material graphene sparks rush to develop new electronics

    Meet one of the reasons we can no longer burn coal in our future. Bendable mobile phones, quick-charge batteries and unbreakable touch screens -- technology firms are racing to harness the potential of graphene, a wonder material which scientists say could transform consumer electronics. A...
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    Poll: Are You Happy With Trudeau?

    Let's find out what our little online family thinks.
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    Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall rejects Ottawa’s carbon pricing plan

    Antifluff. Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says he wants nothing to do with Ottawa’s plan for a national minimum price on greenhouse gas emissions as he raises the political heat ahead of the First Ministers climate summit scheduled for Vancouver in two weeks. In an interview Thursday, Mr...
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    Vancouver mining company sues Ottawa over blocking of Williams Lake-area goldmine.

    WTF? This goes against all the gibberish about Harper's Govt not giving a flying f-ck about a rolling environmental donut. VANCOUVER — Taseko Mines Ltd. is suing the federal government in B.C. Supreme Court and seeking unspecified compensation for a 2014 decision that blocked development of a...
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    TransAlta Corp puts Alberta investments ‘on hold’ due to climate scams.

    CALGARY – TransAlta Corp. said Thursday future investment in Alberta is “on hold” as its CEO vented her frustrations that the province has yet to pick a negotiator for the phase out of coal-fired power. “We thought we’d have a negotiator appointed by the end of January; it’s now the end of...
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    Ontario could have surplus as high as $15B if spending had been restrained,

    With Ontario’s 2016 budget set to land next week, all eyes are on how the province plans to balance the remaining $7.5-billion deficit by the end of next fiscal year. But a new report is offering a different narrative, looking back at how the provincial deficit ballooned to that amount in the...
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    Patients will pay the price for Ont. nurse layoffs, association warns

    Money for whirly gigs, EV charging stations, corporate subsidies but none for health care. TORONTO - The Ontario Nurses' Association is sounding the alarm about layoffs of Registered Nurses by cash-strapped hospitals, and warns patients will pay the price. The union, which represents 60,000...
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    Cheap gas leaves electric vehicle sales stuck in neutral

    Americans bought about 13,000 battery-powered and plug-in hybrid vehicles in December – one of the best months on record for those kinds of cars and trucks. But that’s only about four days worth of sales of the Ford Motor Co. F-Series pickup, underlining how difficult it is to convince drivers...
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    DTES "Junkie App" For all your social leaching junkie needs.

    New app links junkie homeless, junkie vulnerable with available services in Vancouver Arriving at a shelter after the last bed is filled or last hot meal is served can be devastating to someone in need. What a drag man. A new, web-based app – the mobile version is coming – has launched to link...
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    13th foot since 2007 washes ashore on B.C. coast

    PORT RENFREW, B.C. -- British Columbia's coroners' service has confirmed that a foot discovered on a Vancouver Island shoreline is in fact human. A hiker exploring Botanical Beach near Port Renfrew Sunday afternoon came across a running shoe containing a human foot in a sock. B.C. Coroners...