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    Collusion

    Trump Jr. was told in e-mail of Russia's role in Clinton info: report A meeting between President Donald Trump's eldest son and a Russian lawyer during the presidential campaign occurred at the behest of a Moscow-based singer with family ties to Trump's businesses, according to a participant in...
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    Are Conservatives becoming the Party of Terrorism?

    It used to be that conservatives cared about the economy and international commerce. But in recent years, progressives have become more tolerant of free markets and trade and are now encroaching on the territory conservatives previously held on fiscal matters. This has left conservatives...
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    Economy pumps out 45,000 jobs, unemployment rate dips to 6.5%

    But the conbots always said liberals are bad for the economy. Que pasa? Economy pumps out 45,000 jobs, unemployment rate dips to 6.5% Canada's unemployment rate is down to 6.5 per cent after the economy churned out a better-than-expected 45,000 jobs in June. Most of those gains, however...
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    Ontario measures to reduce housing prices are a success

    Sometimes you need the government to step in. 'The market has changed:' GTA home sales fall most in 8 years Home sales in the Greater Toronto Area plunged 37.3 per cent last month compared with a year ago, the largest drop in eight years, the city’s real estate board said Thursday following...
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    Trump DENIED another handshake

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    The World Just LOVES that Justin Trudeau!

    He's really something now overseas. Kinda reminds me of another bleeding heart liberal. Who was it, again... Oh yea, this guy! From boring to hip: Canada's changing international reputation It is true that Justin Trudeau, whose Liberal Party swept back into power in October...
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    Good times are back (and they’re going to get a lot better)

    Walter's first post in this thread: Good times are back (and they’re going to get a lot better) The last time Canada celebrated a landmark birthday – the centennial in 1967 – it was riding one of the great economic booms of its history. The economy grew at an average real rate of more than...
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    TransCanada Sources: Keystone XL Has Become Obsolete

    :canada: Has Keystone XL Become Obsolete? Keystone XL may have become obsolete before it was even built, at least according to some sources close to TransCanada, which has gone on a hunt for clients. A Wall Street Journal analysis quotes these sources as saying Canadian producers and U.S...
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    Trudeau takes swipe at UK over Brexit fallout

    Justin Trudeau: Canadian PM takes swipe at UK over Brexit and argues it is 'turning inward' Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has taken a swipe at Britain over Brexit and argued the country is becoming increasingly inward-looking. During a press conference in Dublin with Ireland’s newly...
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    5 Armed Forces members disrupted Indigenous event on Canada Day

    5 Armed Forces members disrupted Indigenous event on Canada Day 'The actions of a few do not reflect the Royal Canadian Navy and Canadian army,' military's Facebook post says National Defence has confirmed five men who disrupted an Indigenous ceremony on Canada Day in Halifax are members of...
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    Wind turbine shot multiple times with high-powered rifle in southern Alberta

    What did we tell you about shooting the turbines, cap ... It's not going to bring oil prices back up. Wind turbine shot multiple times with high-powered rifle in southern Alberta Someone caused $25,000 in damage to a wind turbine on the Piikani First Nation in southern Alberta by shooting...
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    Trump promotes GIF created by racist

    But don't you dare call him Hitler. A Reddit user who wrote about stabbing Muslims is claiming credit for Trump’s CNN video The user whose screen name is an unprintable corruption of “Han Solo” spent about a year on Reddit before attaining stardom, courtesy of a share from President Donald...
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    Alberta is greenest it's ever been under the NDP and that will be tough to undo

    Shucks Alberta is greenest it's ever been under the NDP and that will be tough to undo 6 months into carbon plan, Alberta's changes look made to last, no matter what party governs province Alberta's NDP government hasn't wasted much time in bringing its climate change policies into effect...
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    Ontario gets it right with move to higher minimum wage

    Ontario gets it right with move to higher minimum wage The Ontario government's decision to raise the provincial minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2019 has set off a storm of predictable criticisms. Higher wages will, it is said, result in job losses, raise consumer prices and will do little to...
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    'I'm a little embarrassed': Justin Trudeau forgets Alberta in Canada Day speech

    I'm a little amused. 'I'm a little embarrassed': Justin Trudeau forgets Alberta in Canada Day speech Save the best for last? Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave a shoutout to every province and territory during Canada Day celebrations on Parliament Hill Saturday, except for one of them...
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    Germany to impose heavy fees for hate speech on social media

    Unnecessary in Deutschland, but they do need this in Murica. Germany votes for 50m euro social media fines From October, Facebook, YouTube, and other sites with more than two million users in Germany must take down posts containing hate speech or other criminal material within 24 hours...
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    German lawmakers approve same-sex marriage in landmark vote

    Welcome to 2005. German lawmakers approve same-sex marriage in landmark vote Germany's parliament backed the legalisation of same-sex marriage on Friday in a historic vote hailed by gay activists and leftist parties but criticised by some in Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling conservative...
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    After $3 Billion Spent, Keystone XL Can’t Get Oil Companies to Sign On

    :lol: After $3 Billion Spent, Keystone XL Can’t Get Oil Companies to Sign On Keystone XL is facing a new challenge: The oil producers and refiners the pipeline was originally meant to serve aren’t interested in it anymore. Delayed for nearly a decade by protests and regulatory roadblocks...
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    Trump caught sexually harassing female reporter

    Donald Trump criticised over 'creepy' comments to female reporter Donald Trump has been accused of singling out an Irish female reporter in a “bizarre moment” in which he comment on her smile while he on was on a call to the Irish prime minister. The President was speaking to Leo Varadkar, the...
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    Brexit in shambles as mutiny takes hold in Conservative party

    The election went swimmingly, he said. Almost two thirds of Conservative Party members want Theresa May to resign as Prime Minister lmost two thirds of Conservative Party members want Theresa May to resign, a shock survey has found, as pressure grew on the Prime Minister to quit Downing...