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Rodent bait from oilsands poisoning animals commonly trapped in Alberta Environment Canada says rat poison from oilsands facilities could be killing animals that are traditionally trapped for their fur. The study, released last week, found rat poison in the livers of some fishers and martens...

4 more years of this will be fantastically fun. :lol: Trump risks major diplomatic dispute with China after speaking with Taiwan president Donald Trump risks opening up a major diplomatic dispute with China before he has even been inaugurated after speaking on the phone on Friday with Tsai...

Oil up 14% in 3 days, Canadian dollar continues climb After a rally that has taken the price of oil 14 per cent higher since OPEC reached a deal to cut production on Wednesday, crude oil prices continued to climb in trading Friday. After sinking in overnight trading, West Texas Intermediate...

I'm starting to like this Bernie Sanders guy. I think I'll post more about him. Bernie Sanders mocks House Science Committee for promoting article denying climate change An official US Government science committee has tweeted an article suggesting that global temperatures were in a...

Canada's jobless rate falls to 6.8%, 11,000 jobs created in November Canada's jobless rate dipped in November to 6.8 per cent, as the economy created 10,700 jobs and fewer people looked for work, Statistics Canada said Friday After two months of unexpectedly high job creation numbers...

Huh. Democrats lead greater than 10 previous US Presidents Hillary Clinton's lead over Donald Trump in popular vote passes 2.5 million Hillary Clinton has received more than 2.5 million more votes than Donald Trump in the Presidential election, making her lead over her rival greater than...

Donald Trump is the world’s oldest seven-year-old boy America’s next president is a grown man who reacts to perceived slights with the sophistication of a seven-year-old boy who loses a game of Go Fish! with his mother and runs around the room knocking stuff off tables. How do you even deal...

The Southeast Is Burning: Wildfires Feast on Hot, Dry Region A tinder-dry Southeast, baked by abnormally high temperatures and mired in drought, has burst into a series of deadly and destructive wildfires, including a recent one that has already killed at least three people near Gatlinburg...

It's time to accept the truth: Canada > America America is about to build a wall so Canada opens its doors to Mexicans Donald Trump entering the White House is only likely to spell bad news for Mexicans in the US or hoping to re-locate to America. Trump is still vowing to build a wall...

Higher oil prices + China Demand = Happy Trudeau OPEC agrees to cut output to push up oil price OPEC has agreed to cut its oil production for the first time in eight years, ending a strategy of high supply that had aimed to cripple the U.S. energy industry but also led to decade-low prices...

Over 2,000 scientists urge Trump to respect ‘scientific integrity and independence’ Call it the opening shot in a brewing war over scientific integrity in the future Trump administration. More than 2,300 scientists, including 22 Nobel Prize winners, have issued an open letter to...

Thanks Obama. GDP crushes estimates, thanks to consumer spending USA America American flagPhil Cole/Getty Images The US economy grew by 3.2% in the third quarter - better than expected and initially reported - according to the second estimate of gross domestic product, released Tuesday...

Yes, it sounds exactly like Locutus and the Salt-Right In today’s world, the truth is losing Stengel poses an urgent question for journalists, technologists and, more broadly, everyone living in free societies or aspiring to do so. How do we protect the essential resource of democracy — the...

Sask. gov't implements hiring freeze as deficit grows A hiring freeze has been implemented as the Saskatchewan government tries to deal with a mounting deficit. The mid-year budget update released by Finance Minister Kevin Doherty on Tuesday shows a $400-million drop in revenue has pushed the...

“Ontario, at less than 40 per cent (debt-to-GDP), is absolutely not in that kind of trouble.” Economists have not established an ideal debt-to-GDP number, but economically troubled Greece, in contrast to Ontario, has a ratio around 175 per cent. According to Block, there is also continued...

Liberals/NDP win next elections confirmed. Trudeau cabinet approves Trans Mountain, Line 3 pipelines, rejects Northern Gateway Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet colleagues signed off on two major pipelines today, projects that will pump nearly a million more barrels of oil a day...

We need to stop them now until we figure out what the hell is going on. High levels of sexual assault among Canadian military members: survey Nearly 1,000 members of the military told Statistics Canada surveyors they had been sexually assaulted within the previous 12 months in a study that...

Norway's $860 Billion Fund Drops 52 Companies Linked to Coal Impacts companies with more than 30% activity, sales in coal Says further exclusions due to coal exposure to follow in 2016 Norway’s $860 billion sovereign wealth fund unveiled the first list of miners and power producers to be...

Hitler. Trump attacks CNN over reporting on false voter fraud claims President-elect Donald Trump fired off a series of tweets late Monday and early Tuesday criticizing CNN for reporting that his claims about voter fraud are baseless -- which they are. Shortly after 9 p.m., Trump began...

This is a steal for such an excellent service!!! CBC/Radio Canada asks for $400M in increased government funding to go ad-free CBC/Radio Canada has submitted a position paper to the federal government proposing the public broadcaster move to an ad-free model, similar to the one used to pay...