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Canadian dollar above 76 cents US as oil surges to 1½-year high The Canadian dollar stayed firm above 76 cents US on Monday after oil prices touched an 18-month high. The impetus for the rise in crude was an agreement between the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and key...

Trump risks war by turning the One China question into a bargaining chip A ministry spokesman warned that if the policy is interfered with, cooperation between the two nations is "out of the question.” (Video: Reuters / Photo: AP) President-elect Donald Trump has just said that he considers...

Manmade climate change is here folks. Polar vortex bringing frigid temperatures to Canada, U.S. After a mild fall so far, temperatures have plunged dramatically in recent days across much of Western Canada, and now the cold will extend to Eastern Canada this week because of a polar vortex...

Another feather in the progressive cap. Basic Income Coming To P.E.I.? Legislature Passes Motion Unanimously Canada is rapidly becoming a world leader in experimentation on the concept of a basic income. Prince Edward Island’s legislature unanimously passed a motion on Tuesday to get...

Canada > America Trudeau reveals playbook on tackling Trump climate denial “First I’m going to talk about the science. We’re going to encourage anyone who has questions about climate change to listen to all the major science organisations and top scientists who know climate change is real and...

Wow, the impeachment is coming even sooner than I thought. CIA Concludes Russia Mounted Operation to Help Trump Win: Source The CIA has concluded that Russia mounted a covert intelligence operation to influence the U.S. election in an effort to help Donald Trump win, a congressional official...

:lol: Gay Mike Pence Doppelgänger Is Collecting Money For LGBTQ Causes A gay man who happens to look eerily similar to anti-LGBT extremist and Vice President-elect Mike Pence is putting his looks to good use ― by wandering the streets of NYC in short shorts and collecting money to benefit...

:lol: Canada > America Ford CEO says Trump's threats won't change plans to move small-car production to Mexico Ford Motor Co. is going ahead with plans to move small-car production from the U.S. to Mexico despite President-elect Donald Trump's recent threats to impose tariffs on companies...

:lol: House GOP bucks Donald Trump, scraps legislation to “buy American” iron and steel At one of his victory rallies last week in Cincinnati, Trump told the crowd, “We will have two simple rules when it comes to this massive rebuilding effort: Buy American and hire American. Whether it is...

Yay!!!! Canada > America Trudeau, premiers meet in Ottawa today to craft climate deal Canada's first ministers are finalizing the details of a national climate change strategy to be announced at a high-level meeting in Ottawa today, but Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall has made it clear he...

:lol: Canada > America Trump Launches Tweet Attack on Carrier Steel Union Boss for Fact-Checking Him President-elect Donald Trump pledged to be "so presidential you will be bored" during the election, but he continues to keep Americans on their toes after again taking to Twitter to battle...

Miss me yet? Obama officials alarmed at slow pace of agency-level transition Donald Trump is beating President Barack Obama on the pace of splashy Cabinet announcements, but the president-elect is lagging his predecessor when it comes to other transition efforts critical to fulfilling his...

Milo shriek! Adult Swim Cancels Its “Alt-Right” Show ‘Million Dollar Extreme’ Three weeks after Brett Gelman announced that he was severing ties with Adult Swim due to their treatment of women and their promotion of the “alt-right” comedians and fans behind their new show Million Dollar...

Getting back to the basics... How to Be Nice to People It may not always be easy to be nice to people, especially when you're in a bad mood or are stuck with someone who annoys you. But if you make the effort to do the most basic things, like smiling, holding doors open for people, or asking...

Cuck cUck cuCk cucK Canada > America Liberals hold on to honeymoon gains in national polls Justin Trudeau's Liberals continue to enjoy more support today than they did in the 2015 federal election and have yet to see their poll numbers take a negative turn. But as the government enters...

Like I've always said: The Anti-PC people are just annoying a-holes. Let’s Not Confuse Political Correctness With Basic Human Decency I often wonder what people really mean when they long for the days of not having to be politically correct. “I’m about to say some things that are not PC,”...

America now looks like Rome before the fall of the Republic From the early Middle Ages until just a few decades ago, every educated person had to study the history of Greece and Rome. There's a reason for that, and there's a reason why it's a shame we no longer do so. It's not just that...

Not that any of this really matters, but for the people who really care... Canada’s next big economic pitch: to feed a hungry world The search for ways to shore up Canada's struggling economy is an increasingly urgent exercise, as the oil sector continues to sputter, non-energy exports stall...

And on the other end of the political spectrum.... The Libertarian Utopia That’s Just a Bunch of White Guys on a Tiny Island The women of Liberland may be free, but they most certainly will not be equal. "Equality rights—don't be alarmed," Kacper Zajac, Liberland's Minister of Justice and the...

Something tells me we could be seeing a PC government in Ontario if they stick to this policy. Trumpeters are not welcome here! Canada > America Patrick Brown appears to be keeping social conservatives at bay, would-be candidate says After being saddled with a teenage MPP, Tory Leader...