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WARNING: SUBSIDIES MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE Panic time: As oil goes, so does Canada’s economy Feel free to panic about oil. Okay, on a day when the stock market sell-off teetered on the edge of a soul-crushing rout (before bouncing back to merely awful), this might seem like I’m...

Government of Saskatchewan releases travel expenses following NDP reminder The Opposition NDP sent out a reminder to the Saskatchewan Party on the morning of Wednesday, Oct. 15 about the government’s promise to reveal ministerial travel expenses.. Members of the public can now visit...

.. but then there wouldn't be a Conservative party... Olivia Chow: Don't vote based on fear Olivia Chow says racism is a factor in Toronto’s mayoral campaign, but she doesn’t believe it has hurt her candidacy. Open policard for CouncillorDoug Ford Open policard for MayorRob Ford...

Ebola Came To America Last Week. Since Then: 5,000 False Alarms. Zero New Ebola Cases. Ebola arrived in D.C. last week — no, no, false alarm. A passenger had Ebola-like symptoms aboard a jet from Texas to Florida — nevermind, not Ebola after all. As predicted, the number of Ebola false alarms...

Prominent feminist cancels university talk after threats of a ‘Montreal Massacre style attack’ A prominent feminist critic of the video game industry cancelled a talk scheduled Tuesday evening at Utah State University after the school received multiple, legitimate threats against her safety —...

A shame he didn't add Shambola as well. Fight Climate Change Instead of ISIS, says Neil Young Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorists have beheaded many individuals working for the betterment of the locals in the region. The terror outfit has taken many women and children as...

"How many people die from falling off ladders?" -- Stephen Colbert "Thousands every year." -- Steven Pinker (official) "Should we be invading Ladderstan?" -- Stephen Colbert TSA Expansion Program - The Colbert Report - Video Clip | Comedy Central Terrorism Congress should • repeal the...

Antarctic sea ice reaches new record maximum On Sept. 19, 2014, the five-day average of Antarctic sea ice extent exceeded 20 million square kilometers for the first time since 1979, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center. The red line shows the average maximum extent from...

This does not lend confidence in this mission. To ISIS mission: MPs approve Canada's air combat role 157 vote in favour of motion in House of Commons, 134 against A divided House of Commons voted Tuesday in favour of sending Canadian aircraft and personnel to join coalition airstrikes in...

Canada plunges to unexpected trade deficit The divergent fates of the Canadian and U.S. economies sent Canada’s slipping currency to a six-month low against its U.S. counterpart, as Canada’s burgeoning export recovery took an unexpected step backward while a bullish U.S. employment report...

Have you ever wondered what the country would be like if YOU were PM? I've been wanting to reveal this to the forum for a while now, but I kept debating on how to actually organize an official thread or if anyone would really care. I finally decided that I'm just going to post the home page...

The party's over folks. IMF says economic growth may never return to pre-crisis levels The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cut its global growth forecasts for 2014 and 2015 and warned that the world economy may never return to the pace of expansion seen before the financial crisis. In...

Federal government falling further behind on emissions reductions, audit finds OTTAWA - Canada is all but certain to miss its Copenhagen Accord target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, the country's environmental watchdog warned Tuesday. And not only has the Harper government failed...

Tories refuse to reveal cost for splitting up Elections Canada The Harper government is refusing to disclose how much it will cost taxpayers to separate the commissioner of elections from Elections Canada — a move Conservatives insisted upon even though electoral experts said it was...

Bill Nye: The End of Creationism is Nigh Bill Nye the eponymous Science Guy was in Toronto "Canadia" today as part of Planetary Radio's We See Thee Rise: The Canadian Space Program, and appeared on Global's The Morning Show to talk space and Europa and evolution (and make weird noises!). His...

Electric Vehicles Could be Worth $3.6 Billion to the Ontario Economy The latest report from the Windfall Centre argues Ontario’s economy could benefit from the production of electric vehicles (EVs) to the tune of $3.6 billion by 2025. The Windfall Centre, a non-profit, sustainability advocacy...

Ending a civil war: Colombia cracks the code? THE WORLD is mired in insurgencies, with the rise of ISIS in the Middle East, the persistence of Russian-backed rebels in Ukraine, and the continuing attacks of Boko Haram and Al Shabab in Africa. But at least one seemingly intractable guerrilla...

Sweden to recognise Palestinian state, US urges caution Sweden: Sweden`s new prime minister announced Friday that the country will recognise a Palestinian state, becoming the first EU member in Western Europe to do so. Social Democrat leader Stefan Loefven -- who won last month`s general...

Stewart, Colbert save the day: Bill O’Reilly and Fox News’ ISIS insanity makes them more essential than ever As the nation continues airstrikes on ISIS in Syria and Iraq, the U.S. public is bracing for yet another military conflict in the Middle East. And in order to make sense of this new...

Forget Ebola. This is the viral epidemic that should really terrify Americans The first patient to come down with the deadly Ebola virus has turned up in Dallas. On Sep. 19, the patient had traveled there from Liberia, which along with Guinea and Sierra Leone is one of three West African...