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Fears have been reignited about the safety of energy saving light bulbs after a group of scientists warned that they contain cancer causing chemicals. Their report advises that the bulbs should not be left on for extended periods, particularly near someone’s head, as they emit poisonous...

It's nice to know Harper is looking out for the job security of Canadians by allowing Mexicans to temporarily work in Canada and giving them the same rights as Canadians. Sound far fetched? Do some reading up on the recently signed Canadian Mexican partnership (CMP) and "labour mobility"...

The BRICS group of emerging-market powers kept up the pressure on Thursday for a revamped global monetary system that relies less on the dollar and for a louder voice in international financial institutions. The leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa also called for stronger...

Can you vote for PM without voting for a party through an MP? If you like the PM but hate your MP how do you get to cast a vote for the PM and against the MP? Do we really vote for who we want by being FORCED to vote for a party MP to vote for PM? What makes the seat of Prime Minister...

A naked and allegedly suicidal Florida man opened fire on a SWAT team robot that entered his home after he threatened to shoot police – and the whole incident was filmed on the robot’s camera. The man, armed with an AK-47, shot the robot at least four times, but eventually got dressed and...

A 47-year-old man from the Pelican Lake First Nation is in custody facing a slate of charges in connection with a bizarre case of alleged vigilante justice at a car wash on the northern Saskatchewan reserve. Francis Hernandez is scheduled for a bail hearing in North Battleford on April 20...

Antibiotic-resistant infections have reached unprecedented levels and now outstrip our ability to fight them with existing drugs, European health experts are warning. Each year in the EU over 25,000 people die of bacterial infections that are able to outsmart even the newest antibiotics. The...

USGS April 7, 2011 Magnitude7.4 (Preliminary magnitude — update expected within 15 minutes)Date-Time Thursday, April 07, 2011 at 14:32:00 UTC Thursday, April 07, 2011 at 11:32:00 PM at epicenter Location38.200°N, 142.000°EDepth40 km (24.9 miles) set by location programRegionNEAR THE EAST COAST...

Jesus H Christ! WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index finds the reported incidence of diabetes on the rise in the United States, climbing to 11.3% of American adults -- or about 26 million Americans -- in the third quarter of 2009, up from 10.4% in the first quarter of...

Will the undisclosed plan bring to life the CFR’s vision for a North American Border Pass requiring biometric data & security clearance to cross borders? Image source: Pete Souza, WhiteHouse.gov. Image is in the public domain. Unifying the once sovereign nations of North America under...

The Saskatchewan government is moving to ban the northern snakehead, an aggressive fish that it fears could become an invasive species. A day earlier, the Environment Ministry issued a public alert about the fish, which is native to China and Siberia, but has become a problem in North American...

The United States is on a fiscal path towards insolvency and policymakers are at a "tipping point," a Federal Reserve official said on Tuesday. "If we continue down on the path on which the fiscal authorities put us, we will become insolvent, the question is when," Dallas Federal Reserve Bank...

The US and CDN Feds have no interest in carbon reduction. 30 years of dragging ass only shores up the fact that CO2 is a scam that both Fed Govs are too afraid to venture public money into at this point. If the concern was real the ass dragging wouldn't exist. A multimillion-dollar proposal...

1.1 Million BBL CDN OIL Per Day Keystone Pipeline Project The U.S. $12 billion Keystone pipeline system will play an important role in linking a secure and growing supply of Canadian crude oil with the largest refining markets in the United States, significantly improving North American...

Can science be corrupted as easily as any other doctrine? Some here tend to think not. I'd really like to know why this belief exists. Thanks.

EDMONTON — Edmonton police have laid a manslaughter charge against a caregiver in connection with the death of a seven-year-old disabled boy in January 2009. The boy, who received 24-hour care, from parents and trained caregivers, died in his Edmonton home. Several months after the death...

A Spanish nun has been kicked out of the religious order where she lived the last 35 years in seclusion after spending too much time on the social networking site Facebook. Maria Jesus Galan, nicknamed "Sister Internet" by her fellow nuns, announced on her Facebook page that she had been...

U.S. ponders $5.50 entry tax for Canadian air, marine travellers OTTAWA — The Obama administration wants Canadians to pay to enter the United States to help ease that country's desperate financial crunch. A proposed "passenger inspection" fee is outlined in the draft 2012 U.S. federal...

The sun has unleashed its strongest flare in four years, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said Wednesday, as astronomers in southern China reported disturbances to radio communications. The massive Class X flash—the largest such category—erupted Tuesday, according to the U.S...

A 46-year-old Canadian woman sued two unidentified female U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents in U.S. District Court in Detroit on Wednesday, saying one of them strip-searched and groped her without justification as the other one watched at the Ambassador Bridge last March. Loretta Van...