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Mulcair attacks Conservatives over health care, marijuana stance NDP leader Thomas Mulcair is chastising the Conservatives on their proposed cuts to health care while accusing them of politicizing the debate on marijuana. In a speech to the Canadian Medical Association, Mulcair contends the...

What a maroon. :lol: Rob Ford going public with bomb threat results in grievance filed by city workers The union representing 20,000 workers at the City of Toronto is filing a grievance over what it’s calling a “complete breakdown” of city protocol when Mayor Rob Ford went public on Monday...

Wynne gives no indication the province will restore teachers' benefits taken ... TORONTO — Premier Kathleen Wynne made no promises when asked Wednesday whether the Liberals would restore benefits Ontario’s public school teachers lost two years ago as they head into new contract talks. The...

Former Conservative Staffer found guilty in Robocalls trial An Ontario judge has found former Conservative party staffer Michael Sona guilty in a trial surrounding the 2011 election robocalls case. Judge Gary Hearn made the ruling in Guelph, Ont., after reviewing evidence presented during a...

Keystone’s Environmental Impact May be Four Times Higher. Oops? Well, the Americans tasked with calculating the environmental impact of the Keystone XL pipeline may have been a bit off in their calculations, two buttons off to be exact: the multiplication button and the number four. But hey...

Toronto Police chief serves Doug Ford with defamation notice Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair has served Councillor Doug Ford with a notice of defamation, for comments he made earlier this month accusing the chief of leaking news about an investigation involving Mayor Rob Ford. The councillor...

Survey confirms scientific consensus on human-caused global warming A survey among more than 1800 climate scientists confirms that there is widespread agreement that global warming is predominantly caused by human greenhouse gases. This consensus strengthens with increased expertise, as defined...

Looks like Ontario is going to give Harper the boot. The Liberals averaged 38.7% support in July, up 5.7 points from June and the highest they have recorded going back at least as far as before 2009. It was also their first month of increase since January, and stretches their lead overt...

I wanted to make a separate thread for this because it seems that people (and the media) are exaggerating the severity of this situation and we need a shot of context. Rabid Opposition to Ebola: Epidemiology Meets Hyperbole To be quite blunt about it, Ebola is a very scary disease. Among...

Canada's economy 'humdrum' in face of weak investment Canada’s business sector is holding back on investment and governments are in restraint mode, leading to a “humdrum” outlook for the Canadian economy, the Conference Board of Canada says in its latest Canadian outlook. At the same time...

Taking care of business. Liberal labour deal keeps bureaucrats' salaries down The Ontario majority government’s first negotiated labour deal appears to hold the line on bureaucrats’ salaries, setting a tempo that could help Kathleen Wynne make good on the Liberals’ pledge to keep salaries...

Climate Change Deniers Are Getting Desperate (and Personal) The Heartland Institute's recent International Climate Change Conference in Las Vegas illustrates climate change deniers' desperate confusion. As Bloomberg News noted, "Heartland's strategy seemed to be to throw many theories at the...

The horror! :lol: Scandinavian Tourists 'Horrified' By Canada's Car Culture Two Scandinavian tourists are honking their horns at Canadian car culture after a recent trip left them “horrified” by the sight of sprawling freeways and “unfulfilled communities.” They were so unimpressed by the...

IMF says hiking energy taxes and cutting income taxes could give Canada’s economy just the boost it needs OTTAWA — The International Monetary Fund says Canada and other countries can improve their economies and environment by hiking energy taxes — while cutting them on people and capital. In a...

China says Canada must 'stop making baseless accusations' Canada must “stop making baseless accusations and redress the negative impacts” of its claims that the Chinese government is behind a cyberattack on the National Research Council, China’s foreign ministry said Thursday. The Chinese...

Canada's Economy May Be Stuck in Low Gear for Next Few Years Canadian policy makers have been saying for months that the country’s low-speed economy will kick into higher gear soon as exports and business spending strengthen. But a Canadian think tank is urging the country’s economic policy...

US economy rebounds strongly in Q2, expands at 4% US economic growth accelerated more than expected in the second quarter and the decline in output in the prior period was less steep than previously reported, which could bolster views for a stronger performance in the last six months of the...

Harper’s pot wedge: Up in smoke Nathan Silver has great fun with the news that the New York Times editorial board has come out for marijuana legalization. Silver asks the obvious question: Is there a group of adult Americans likelier to support marijuana legalization than the editorial board of...

Act now on climate change or see costs soar, White House says WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Putting off expensive measures to curb climate change will only cost the United States more in the long run, the White House said on Tuesday in a report meant to bolster a series of actions President Barack...

Idiots. Calgary Fertility Clinic Refuses White Patient a Non-White Donor The Regional Fertility Program in Calgary, Alberta, is making news after denying a white woman a non-Caucasian sperm donor. 38-year-old Catherine (whose name was changed) was shocked to discover that despite finding...