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    Racist tirade against Calgary cab driver results in no charges — again

    Racist tirade against Calgary cab driver results in no charges — again The decision comes as the results of an RCMP review looking into the incident were released Thursday. The RCMP officer who originally responded to the call in Airdrie in 2013 did not charge the passenger at the time...
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    Post Election Poll shows Commanding Liberal Majority

    The first post-election poll is out, and it is a doozy. Does a poll conducted four years before the next federal election mean a lot? No. Of course, it says nothing about the next election and, really, has no impact on where things stand today. But it is an indication of how Canadians are...
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    Refugee agencies lost federal money, now trying to ramp up

    Hopefully this means we can ramp up our intake of refugees and immigrants indefinitely. We need to take in as many people as we can. Refugee agencies lost federal money, now trying to ramp up The anticipated influx to Canada of 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of the year has grassroots...
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    Canadian fossil-fuel industry gets $2.74B handout: report

    Why? Canadian fossil-fuel industry gets $2.74B handout: report Canada subsidizes its fossil-fuel industry despite a G20 pledge not to. Canada still subsidizes its fossil-fuel industry to the tune of $2.74 billion (U.S.) annually, despite a G20 pledge made in 2009 to completely phase out...
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    Canada's Newspapers Were In The Tank For Harper, Media Analysis Finds

    Canada's Newspapers Were In The Tank For Harper, Media Analysis Finds Canadian newspapers overwhelmingly supported Stephen Harper’s Conservatives in the past two elections, much more so than they would have if they had reflected public opinion, a new study finds. The report from the Canadian...
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    Baby’s illness turns mom against anti-vaxxers

    Baby’s illness turns mom against anti-vaxxers An outbreak of whooping cough in the western province of Manitoba and her own baby’s illness have made one mother furious with the anti-vaccine movement. All Canadian children have access to free vaccinations to protect them against about a dozen...
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    Conservatives handing us deficits as Economic outlook weakened since April: PBO

    Canada’s economic outlook has deteriorated since April, says PBO The economy will grow at a slower rate than predicted, according to the PBO’s report released November 10, with forecasts based on policy measures that were announced in April in the Conservative government’s Budget 2015. The...
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    Ontario to detail cap-and-trade system for carbon emissions in coming days

    Ontario to detail cap-and-trade system for carbon emissions in coming days Whether you're putting fuel in your car, heating your home or manufacturing a product in Ontario, you'll soon know more about the price the province wants you to pay for the carbon you pump into the atmosphere. In the...
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    Canada sees 88% surge in foreign investment in renewable energy

    Tracking the Energy Revolution Top 10 Canadian Clean Energy Facts 1. In 2013, the rate of job growth in Canada’s clean energy sector outpaced that of every other sector in the country. 2. Canada just had its best year ever; clean-energy generation investment jumped a significant 88 percent...
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    Alberta tarsander puts up misogynist billboard

    White privilege old stocker makes embarrassing attempt at defending it. Just stop while you have the chance :lol: An Alberta oilfield services company has been bedeviled by complaints about a billboard some have called misogynistic, or worse. The billboard shows the painted image of a...
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    Trudeau popularity as Prime Minister keeps surging

    Trudeau popularity as Prime Minister keeps surging Preferred Prime Minister – Nanos tracking as to who Canadians would prefer as Prime Minister has Trudeau still climbing on this measure and is currently at 46.6%, followed by former Conservative leader Harper at 21.8%, Mulcair at 13.8%, May at...
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    Oil below $44 US, anticipating reduced global demand

    Oil below $44 US on rate fears, China trade data North American oil prices fell below $44 US a barrel on Monday, hurt by reports of China's economic slowdown and a high U.S. dollar. West Texas Intermediate oil, the benchmark North American contract, was down by 43 cents to $43.87 US a barrel...
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    Housing price drop would sink young homeowners: Study

    Housing price drop would sink young homeowners: Study One in 10 homeowners younger than 40 would be underwater on their mortgages if real estate prices crashed, according to a new study that warns the country’s red-hot housing market is disproportionately putting young Canadians at financial...
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    Conservatives will 'leave the nastiness' behind: Rona Ambrose

    'You don't have to be angry' :lol: Conservatives will 'leave the nastiness' behind: Rona Ambrose Newly named Conservative interim leader Rona Ambrose says her caucus will leave the former Harper government’s “nastiness” behind and opt for more “constructive, effective” work as the Official...
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    Liberals to restore refugee health care within months: Immigration minister

    Liberals to restore refugee health care within months: Immigration minister Immigration minister John McCallum says the new government will “expeditiously” reinstate full health care for refugees, a service that suffered drastic cuts under Stephen Harper’s Conservative government. “I can say...
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    Trudeau, the anointed one

    Trudeau, the anointed one Justin Trudeau and his cabinet during their swearing-in ceremony last week, I was struck by how perfectly they fit into what the great American conservative thinker Thomas Sowell describes as The Vision of the Anointed in his book of the same name. Sowell’s work is an...
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    Suddenly, Conservatives support indigenous women's inquiry

    All that fighting by the conbots and curmudgeons about how this was a complete waste of time. What's next? Conservatives will support the long form census? .... Oh wait. Anyway, we haven't even been through the first week and we already have a substantial portion of Harper's last decade...
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    Keystone XL has been Officially REJECTED

    Barack Obama rejects Keystone XL pipeline The Obama administration rejected TransCanada's application to build the Keystone XL pipeline on Friday, capping a seven-year saga that became an environmental flashpoint in both Canada and the U.S. Speaking from the White House, Obama said Keystone...
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    Tories speak up as Harper dodges questions

    Get it out, get it all out C'mon stretch that thing Tory MPs unusually talkative as post-Harper era begins Conservative MPs returning to Parliament Hill appeared uncharacteristically eager to share their thoughts on Thursday as they entered their first post-election caucus meeting. Almost...
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    Mandatory long-form census restored by new Liberal government

    Now bring back the gun registry plz. Mandatory long-form census restored by new Liberal government The Liberal government is reinstating the mandatory long-form census that was scrapped by the Conservatives five years ago. "We need good, reliable data," said Minister of Innovation, Science...