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It’s either layoffs or major tax increases: Ford Layoffs are looming for city workers, Toronto’s cost-cutting mayor warned Friday. Unless more staff starts volunteering to take buyouts, Mayor Rob Ford said his administration can’t avoid penning pink slips. Reluctant to take that hard road...

Wealthy really are different, and not in a nice way: study Turns out, the rich really are different. But not necessarily in he ways we assume. Though economically privileged, people from upper-class backgrounds consistently display deficits in empathy, social engagement, generosity and...

Ontario election fight gets dirty online It may be all smiles for the cameras as Ontario political leaders fight their way toward the Oct. 6 election, but online the fight is...

So I'll probably be going away mid next year to visit some family members overseas. My in-laws suggested this idea where we sign up for a credit card (with an air plan) for the travel bonus points and then "downgrade" the card later. We would essentially be able to save around $400-$500 off...

Facebook group not for layabouts and ‘communists:' councillor Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti has launched a Facebook site designed, he says, to give voice to the silent majority of working-class Torontonians who don’t have time to speak out at all-night City Hall meetings alongside layabouts...

$80M fund for Ontario electric car charging stations Premier Dalton McGuinty announced an $80 million fund to help spur the development and investment in electric car charging stations. The announcement was made in Markham, Ont., where the Liberal leader charged an electric car at the...

Labour board orders Health Canada to reinstate whistleblower Union deems decision against scientist's colleagues diminishes health and safety of Canadians The Public Service Labour Relations Board has ordered Health Canada to reinstate an Ottawa whistleblower scientist it fired seven years...

Recent Nanos poll shows Conservative support slipping nationally Stephen Harper and his Conservatives are slipping back into minority territory as the New Democrats tumble in Quebec on news that Jack Layton has sidelined himself as he battles cancer, according to a new national opinion...

Time, Canada, to negotiate the Northwest Passage It's never been easy for Canada to talk about the Northwest Passage with the U.S. The passage was the holy grail for explorers from Cabot to Hudson and Franklin, whose discoveries helped define our northern nation. The Northwest Passage also...

Cuts coming to Environment Canada: reports Reports are emerging that Environment Canada will soon announce a wave of job cuts that will eliminate hundreds of staff from the department. Environment Canada may be set to send nearly 800 employees out the door, including more than 200...

U.S. Weapons Now in Somali Terrorists’ Hands Bad news in the five-year-old U.S. proxy war against al-Qaida–allied Somali insurgents. Half of the U.S.-supplied weaponry that enables cash-strapped Ugandan and Burundian troops to fight Somalia’s al-Shabab terror group is winding up in...

Muzzling scientists wrong Taxpayers paid for Kristi Miller's important research on why West Coast salmon stocks have been crashing. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans, for which she works, wanted the information made public. There is great public concern about the future of salmon. And...

Climate change threatens world peace: UN boss Climate change is generating extreme weather events that threaten global security, the UN chief said Wednesday as the Security Council recognized the issue's potential effect on world peace. "Extreme weather events continue to grow more frequent...

Doug Ford and 3 other councillors won’t be audited: ruling In a sharp rebuke to a left-leaning election fairness coalition, a council committee has rejected all the requests for compliance audits targeting four of Mayor Rob Ford’s closest supporters, including his brother Doug. The other...

OPTI Canada to be acquired by China's CNOOC in $2.1bn deal Junior oil sands developer OPTI Canada (TSE:OPC), which last week filed for bankruptcy protection, announced Wednesday it will be acquired by China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC), a subsidiary of China's CNOOC (NYSE:CEO), in a...

Researchers cheer AIDS trial 'Important tipping point'; Early treatment can all but eliminate HIV from spreading to partners Researchers at a world AIDS conference Monday stood up to cheer a trial proving that early use of drugs to treat HIV all but eliminates the risk of transmitting the...

Well this is a bit refreshing, and a stark contrast from the constant barrage of conservative bark ads. Can't say it's a ringing endorsement from myself for the Libs, but hopefully this becomes a trend where all parties focus on their strengths and achievements rather than simply slandering...

Walkom: Assessing the brutal, pointless Afghan war On Tuesday, Canada officially ended its combat mission in Afghanistan. It should never have started. The war has been a dismal failure. It did not achieve its primary aim of...

Alberta should create oilsands commission: panel Alberta should create an arm's-length commission to monitor the environmental impact of oilsands development, an independent panel told the provincial government in a report released Tuesday. The work would need to be "science-based and...

So, in addition to my other thread which shows the paltry Canadian support for F-35 Jets, Corporate Tax Cuts, (37% and 39% respectively), here's another poll that came out recently, which confirms that our involvement in Libya is not supported.. Overall, 41% of Canadians felt that the NATO...