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Yep. Yet another Donald Trump assassination attempt. British man jailed over Trump assassination plot LAS VEGAS — A 20-year-old British man diagnosed with mental illness was sentenced to about four more months in a US prison for trying to grab a police officer’s gun in a plot to kill...

Canada > America Canada shaped China’s new domestic abuse law: feds Canada’s federal government helped to guide China through the drafting of its first national domestic abuse law passed late last year, even fielding a visit from top Chinese lawmakers working on the project. Chinese...

Justin Trudeau: 'Globalisation isn't working for ordinary people' Ordinary people around the world have been failed by globalisation, Justin Trudeau has told the Guardian, as he sought to explain a turbulent year marked by the election of Donald Trump, the Brexit vote and the rise of...

Making America unaffordable again. Canada > America Fed raises rates, sees faster pace of increases in 2017 The U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a quarter point on Wednesday and signalled a faster pace of increases in 2017 as the Trump administration takes over with promises...

Divisions deepen inside Trump Tower Donald Trump’s White House-in-waiting is already being roiled by divisions, with the conservative outsiders who helped power his historic victory colliding with a Republican Party establishment muscling its way in. Insiders paint a picture of constant...

Task force on pot legalization strikes a fine balance of input The task force charged with drawing up a framework for cannabis legalization in Canada has struck a fine balance between providing access to a regulated supply that should undermine the black market and introducing restrictions that...

This Trump voter didn't think Trump was serious about repealing her health insurance CORBIN, Kentucky — Why would people vote for a presidential candidate who campaigned on taking away their health insurance? Last week, we went to Corbin, Kentucky, to try to answer that question. It’s a small...

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...