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    Cigarette + Oil = 153 Dead

    Overturned oil tanker explodes in Pakistan, killing 153 An overturned oil tanker burst into flames in Pakistan on Sunday, killing 153 people who had rushed to the scene of the highway accident to gather leaking fuel, an official said. Dozens more were wounded, with many left in critical...
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    Canadian elite special forces sniper makes record-breaking kill shot in Iraq

    Canadian elite special forces sniper makes record-breaking kill shot in Iraq A sniper with Canada's elite special forces in Iraq has shattered the world record for the longest confirmed kill shot in military history at a staggering distance of 3,450 metres. Sources say a member of Joint Task...
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    Video shows woman demand a 'white doctor' treat son at Mississauga, Ont., clinic

    What a fukkwit Video shows woman demand a 'white doctor' treat son at Mississauga, Ont., clinic 'This is bad, this is inappropriate and shouldn't go unnoticed,' says witness who shot video A Mississauga, Ont., man is stunned after witnessing and filming a woman make several demands for a...
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    Bank of England: Brexit will be a distaster for Britain

    The Bank of England's Governor, Mark Carney, has spelled out that in the Bank's view Brexit will make Britain worse off than otherwise and also appeared to take an indirect swipe at the optimistic view of Boris Johnson and others that the UK can “have its cake and eat it” after leaving the...
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    Solar power shutting down coal plants faster than expected

    Solar power forecast to shut down coal plants faster than expected Solar power, once so costly it made economic sense only in spaceships, is becoming cheap enough that it will push coal and even natural-gas plants out of business faster than previously forecast. That's the conclusion of a...
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    Reports of Trump yelling at inanimate objects in the White House

    Alleged president. Donald Trump 'yells at TVs in the White House' about Russia investigation Donald Trump has reportedly been yelling at TV sets in the White House as he becomes "increasingly angry" about an investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the US presidential election. The...
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    Trump supporter interrupts controversial Julius Caesar play in New York

    'Free speech, but only my free speech.' Trump supporter interrupts controversial Julius Caesar play in New York A rightwing protester has been charged with trespassing after interrupting a New York production of Julius Caesar during the assassination scene and shouting: “This is violence...
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    Canadian climate change study cancelled because of climate change

    Canadian climate change study cancelled because of climate change A $17-million research study on climate change has been scrapped because of the very reason it was launched. The University of Manitoba, which was leading the project, announced Monday that the Hudson Bay System Study was...
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    Trump, Sanders stoked fear, protectionist sentiments in U.S. for years: Mulroney

    Yet even Mulroney still won't admit that both of them are leftist. Trump, Sanders stoked fear, protectionist sentiments in U.S. for years: Mulroney Canada will prevail in getting a new free trade agreement with the United States despite the anti-globalization bent in the United States which...
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    US is plummeting while Canada moves to #1 in the World

    Canada > US Global view of United States plummets in wake of Trump presidency: Ipsos poll Citizens around the world have lost faith in the United States, a new poll from Ipsos Global @dvisor shows. Only 40 per cent of respondents from 25 countries thought the U.S. had a positive influence in...
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    Donald Trump's state visit to Britain put on hold

    Donald Trump's state visit to Britain put on hold Donald Trump has told Theresa May in a phone call he does not want to go ahead with a state visit to Britain until the British public supports him coming. The US president said he did not want to come if there were large-scale protests and his...
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    'Drop hard Brexit plans', leading Tory and Labour MPs tell May

    :lol: 'Drop hard Brexit plans', leading Tory and Labour MPs tell May Senior Tory and Labour MPs called on Theresa May to forge a new cross-party approach to Brexit as fears grew that the prime minister’s weakness could lead to the imminent collapse of talks on the UK’s exit from the European...
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    Photo of Muslim woman comforting collapsed pensioner in London goes viral

    Blackleaf would have shot her. Photo of Muslim woman comforting collapsed pensioner in London goes viral A photo of a Muslim woman holding the hand of an old lady who fell down on a bus has racked up tens of thousands of shares on social media. The unnamed woman was travelling on the E17...
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    Canada adds 55,000 jobs in May, more than triple expectations

    This is so depressing. Canada adds 55,000 jobs in May, more than triple expectations Canada's economy added a net 55,000 jobs in May, blowing past expectations with a surge in full-time work. Statistics Canada reported Friday the economy added 77,000 full-time jobs, but that was offset by a...
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    Everyone's talking about Comey beating down Trump!

    So join the conversation. Comey says he was fired because of Russia investigation WASHINGTON -- Former FBI Director James Comey asserted Thursday that President Donald Trump fired him to interfere with his investigation of Russia's role in the 2016 election and its ties to the Trump...
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    It's time to reform law enforcement

    'I'm still very angry': Video captures police officers mocking woman with Down syndrome A family is asking for disciplinary action to be taken against two Toronto police officers who were captured on video making offensive comments about a young woman with Down syndrome. Speaking to CP24...
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    Junior oil and gas sector shrinks as publicly traded firms sell out to private equity

    A few more fish for China. Junior oil and gas sector shrinks as publicly traded firms sell out to private equity companies "The kind of plays we're doing now, the capital required for them is so huge," said Brian McLachlan, CEO of junior Yoho Resources. "You'd have to raise so much money as...
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    Strong Canadian trade, productivity data bolster economic recovery

    Thanks Ontario/minimum wage increases/carbon taxes/Liberals. Strong Canadian trade, productivity data bolster economic recovery Canadian exports climbed to a record in April and first-quarter labor productivity approached a three-year high, further evidence that the economy is recovering...
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    CNN telling it like it is

    :lol: CNN host calls President Trump 'a piece of s---' CNN host Reza Aslan called President Trump "a piece of s---" and "an embarrassment to humankind" on Saturday night after Trump renewed his call for U.S. courts to approve his executive order banning travel from six Muslim-majority...
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    Trump’s Support Drops in Military Communities

    Fukk the military, but also, fukk Republicans more... Trump’s Support Drops in Military Communities In a politically unsettled nation, military communities have long been a rock for the Republican Party, solid and true. But new polling data suggest those places have developed some concerns...