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    Top-earning Canadians’ income share declines: StatsCan report

    It's time to shift our focus from the economy to the environment. Top-earning Canadians’ income share declines: StatsCan report OTTAWA—Canada’s biggest income earners lost ground to the other 99 per cent in the post-recession world, as new data suggests a narrowing of the gap experts could...
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    Except for Australia, Canada and Saudi Arabia G20 calls for phasing out 'fossil fuel

    Why would Canada object to phasing out fossil fuel subsidies when we clearly don't provide fossil fuel subsidies? :lol:
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    Macleans: Harper doing more harm than good to oilsands

    The Harper government is doing more harm than good for the oil sands Canada’s hydrocarbon energy sector and, in particular, the growing oil sands sector, has an Achilles’ heel: greenhouse-gas emissions. The energy sector is supposed to have a friend in the Stephen Harper government—the...
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    Except for Australia, Canada and Saudi Arabia G20 calls for phasing out 'fossil fuel

    And except in Saudi Arabia, Canada and Australia care about ISIS.
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    Putin says he’s afraid Ukraine will drift ‘toward neo-Nazism’ and ethnic cleansing

    Like a boss. Putin says he’s afraid Ukraine will drift ‘toward neo-Nazism’ and ethnic cleansing MOSCOW — Russia’s president said he believes peace in Ukraine is possible but that neither side is fully holding up a truce struck in September. In an interview with German television broadcast...
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    Ontario going after the underground economy

    Treasurer takes aim at Ontario’s ‘underground economy’ to find $700M TORONTO — Finance Minister Charles Sousa is taking aim at the "underground economy" with hopes of bringing in an additional $700 million to the treasury over the next four years, the Toronto Star has learned. Sousa will use...
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    Financial Post: Alberta seen growing at slowest pace in 5 years

    Alberta seen growing at slowest pace in 5 years after oil prices plunge Alberta, which derives a quarter of its economy from the oil sands and other energy resources, is poised to grow at the slowest pace in five years as crude prices slump, ATB Financial’s Todd Hirsch said. The western...
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    National Post: Steven Pinker thinks your writing stinks

    Steven Pinker thinks your writing stinks When Steven Pinker was researching his book on violence, he immersed himself in military histories. In one such work, he nearly drowned. “A History of Warfare surprised me in how impenetrable its first chapter was,” the author and academic recalls. “I...
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    First Nations in Canada touted as land-management leaders

    First Nations in Canada touted as land-management leaders Amid the court challenges, war of words, sit-ins and street protests that have marked First Nations relations with Canada’s resource sector, it might surprise some Canadians that aboriginal land management in this country is being held...
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    Conservative White Males Climate Skeptics

    You can understand why I have him on ignore now. I've had more productive conversations with petros.
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    Conservative White Males Climate Skeptics

    He directly comments on a topic about 20% of the time. The remainder is spent on stirring up ****.
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    Ontario's Job Numbers Point To A Reversal Of Fortune In Canada's Economy

    Surprise, surprise. Ontario's Job Numbers Point To A Reversal Of Fortune In Canada's Economy We’re all used to hearing about Alberta being the place in Canada to find work, but here’s something we’re not used to hearing: Ontario is leading job growth in the country, and by a mile. It’s a...
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    New Tory Anti-Pot Ad roundly mocked

    Tory anti-pot ad mocked and condemned by YouTube viewers 'Not a fan of pot, but this ad is just stupid,' a viewer writes as Health Canada ad gets panned If you go by the viewership numbers alone, the Conservative government's latest attempt to alert Canadian parents to the purported dangers of...
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    Conservative White Males Climate Skeptics

    Lol Good luck with that.
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    Conservative White Males Climate Skeptics

    Oh it's a wedge issue for sure. The government likes that though because it's easy to play to the base on both sides.
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    Surprise U.S.-China climate deal reverberates north and south

    U.S.-China climate deal reverberates north and south Obama's new 2025 climate goals as announced in a deal with China equates to subtracting 20 to 24 Keystone XLs from the American landscape. Predictably, Republican heads are exploding. WASHINGTON—Imagine a vast American army of...
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    Window Washers Trapped As Scaffolding Hangs From 68th floor of WTC 1

    2 Window Washers Are Trapped Outside The 68th Floor Of One World Trade Center 2 Window Washers Are Trapped Outside The 68th Floor Of One World Trade Center Two window washers are trapped on a dangling scaffolding in downtown Manhattan, CBS New York reports. New York's Port Authority has...