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    If you thought the Ontario Liberals would easily be ousted next year..

    ...think again.. Ontario election still wide open, pollster says Next year’s provincial election is shaping up as a race that is too close to call, a new poll suggests. The Campaign Research survey shows Progressive Conservative Leader Patrick Brown’s long-held advantage is shrinking...
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    Bregret reaches an all time high

    Brexit poll shows rising number of people regret UK decision to leave EU An increasing number of people believe voting to leave the European Union was a bad idea, according to a new poll. It shows the highest proportion of people regretting the result since the referendum in June 2016, with 47...
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    Fox News host tells Trump he's 'running out of friends'

    Fox and frenemies. Fox News host tells Trump he's 'running out of friends' Donald Trump has been attacked by a Fox News host over his feud with Republican Senator Bob Corker, who warned the President he was “running out of friends”. Late night host Neil Cavuto criticised the President for...
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    Canada Drops Islamophobic Questionnaire for Asylum Seekers

    Good. RCMP stops using document to question Muslims OTTAWA — The emergence of an RCMP questionnaire targeting Muslim asylum seekers in Quebec prompted fresh accusations Thursday that the Liberal government mismanaged this past summer's massive flow of migrants from the United States. The...
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    France banning all fossil fueled cars in a decade

    How dare they. Paris to ban all gas-powered cars by 2030 The noise of car engines revving around the streets of Paris might become just a memory. In its latest initiative to reduce air pollution, Paris City Hall wants gasoline-powered cars off the roads by 2030. The controversial move...
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    Bannon: Trump has a 30% chance of remaining in office

    Steve Bannon 'thinks Trump only has a 30% chance of serving a full term' Donald Trump’s former senior aide Steve Bannon thinks the President only has a 30 per cent chance of staying in office for a full term in what insiders have said is a White House in turmoil. Mr Bannon warned Mr Trump...
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    Canada and UK Join to End Global Coal-fired Electricity

    This wouldn't be possible without the Paris Agreement. Canada aligning with U.K. to end coal-fired electricity OTTAWA — Canada is joining forces with the United Kingdom to push for a global crackdown on unabated coal-fired electricity. Eliminating, or at least reducing, the world's reliance...
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    After warm welcome for Trudeau, Trump hints at bilateral trade deal with Canada

    After warm welcome for Trudeau, Trump hints at bilateral trade deal with Canada U.S. President Donald Trump says he'd be willing to negotiate a free trade deal directly with Canada in the event NAFTA talks fail. But Trump said it's not yet clear whether talks to renegotiate the North American...
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    Yet another pipeline bites the dust?

    First Nations confident courts will stop Kinder Morgan pipeline As anyone knows who has followed all the pipelines spills the last few years, pipelines are ticking time bombs: the three companies (Kinder Morgan, TransCanada and Enbridge) looking to build the four tarsands pipelines have been...
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    The Economic Wins for Ontario Just Keep on Coming

    Thanks Trudeau/Wynne/Carbon Tax!!! Ontario Adds 34,700 Jobs in September Employment in Ontario increased by 34,700 in September, the third straight month of job gains,and the unemployment rate fell to 5.6 per cent, the lowest level since July 2000. Employment in Ontario is up 169,500...
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    Steve Bannon declares war on every Republican politician except one

    Can you feel all that winning? Steve Bannon declares war on every Republican politician except Ted Cruz Stephen Bannon has a menacing message for every Republican in Congress: No one is safe. Mr Bannon, in an interview on Fox News, said that he’s putting together a group to challenge every...
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    Conservatives want to ban protests outside abortion clinics

    Not very conservative or free speechist of them, is it? Liberals reject move to fast-track bill creating abortion buffer zones The Liberal government has rejected an immediate ban on protests outside abortion clinics — a day after saying such a measure was needed to protect women from being...
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    Canadians are rich with full time jobs as economy continues to flourish

    Must be the communism and pipeline cancellations. Thanks JT. Canada adds 10,000 jobs in September Canada's economy added 10,000 jobs last month, about what economists were expecting, as a surge in full-time work was offset by a loss of part-time positions. Statistics Canada reported Friday...
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    If the elites go down, we’re all in trouble

    Trumptard Warning: Reading Ahead If the elites go down, we’re all in trouble SURE, THE INFAMOUS New Yorker interview granted by White House communications-chief-for-less-than-a-fortnight Anthony Scaramucci (long live The Mooch!) was historic, if only for its lasting imagery of Steve Bannon...
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    'Make America Nazi Free Again' Advertisement Angers Trump Voters

    Do your part, America. It's a hell of a time in America when a video game taking an anti-Nazi stance is considered by some to be too controversial. Yet here we are. The video game Wolfenstein II, the latest iteration of an exercise in killing virtual Nazis, has angered Nazis with an...
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    U.S. economy sheds 33,000 jobs last month, first decline since 2010

    These hurricanes happen all the time. All the time.... U.S. economy sheds 33,000 jobs last month, first decline since 2010 The U.S. shed 33,000 jobs in September because of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, which closed thousands of businesses in Texas and Florida and forced widespread...
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    Our Transition to the Knowledge Economy

    ..is here. The Rise of the Knowledge Economy In a valley where TV meteorologists routinely forecast widely scattered sunshine, it should come as no surprise that Greater Palm Springs provides a setting that has inspired some truly bright ideas within its knowledge economy. Dr. Forrest M...
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    Rob Ford Memorial Stadium Cancelled

    :( No ‘Rob Ford Memorial Stadium’ in Toronto after council rejects renaming proposal There will be no “Rob Ford Memorial Stadium” in Toronto. City council rejected the proposal late Wednesday night to rename Centennial Park Stadium after the late Ward 2 Etobicoke North city councillor whose...
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    Theresa May Is Facing An Insurmountable MUTINY

    *paging Blackleaf* *paging Blackleaf* This thing doesn't work. Must be made in Britain. Figured, since they still use pagers there... Tory rebels prepared to confront Theresa May within three days and tell her to quit Ed Vaizey, a former minister, today became the first Tory MP to...
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    BREAKING -- TransCanada Cancelling Two Major Pipeline Projects

    Just not profitable, apparently. TransCanada says it’s cancelling Energy East, Eastern Mainline pipeline projects CALGARY — TransCanada says it's cancelling plans for the Energy East pipeline and Eastern Mainline projects. The Calgary-based company said previously that it was suspending its...