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    Confessions of a Climate Change Denier

    Grain fed prairie people. Climate change omitted from Saskatchewan Evironmental code | News Talk 650 CKOM
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    Confessions of a Climate Change Denier

    Don't be jealous. I still use global warming.
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    Confessions of a Climate Change Denier

    Canada committed to reaching climate-change deal, French President says French President Francois Hollande says he has “no reason to doubt” Canada’s commitment to reaching a global agreement for addressing climate change. France will host the United Nations Climate Change Conference in...
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    Conservative MP wants case reopened following conviction

    MP Dean Del Mastro wants case reopened following CONVICTION MP Dean Del Mastro is filing to reopen his defence against allegations he spent too much in the 2008 election and covered it up. The Peterborough, Ont., MP was convicted last Friday, but says there is fresh evidence that Elections...
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    Confessions of a Climate Change Denier

    Canada must move to clean energy quickly, climate activists say The United Nations is calling on world leaders to take action on the environment following the release of a sweeping report that suggests climate change is happening -- and it could have dire effects on future generations. The...
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    Analysis: 20 lessons from the Rob Ford era

    Analysis: 20 lessons from the Rob Ford era Among many other things, the Rob Ford era was highly educational. Here are 20 things the past four city hall years taught us. 1. Our accountability laws put too big a burden on regular people.If a Toronto politician seems to have overspent the...
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    Confessions of a Climate Change Denier

    I look at it in two parts: 1.) Causality 2.) Scope When it comes to cause, I don't think there really is any more argument about who the primary driver of climate change for the time being. It is us. Despite other natural factors that are involved, we are the primary influence. This is...
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    Canada's Economy Shrinks Unexpectedly

    Canada's Economy Shrinks Unexpectedly OTTAWA--The Canadian economy shrank unexpectedly in August for the first time since the end of last year, dragged by lower energy and manufacturing output. The decline marks the second consecutive disappointing month after output stalled in July and is...
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    Catholics accept Evolution now

    I guess it's not just a theory anymore lol “God is not a magician, with a magic wand”: Pope Francis schools creationists In an exciting declaration, Pope Francis I stated that God should not seen as a “magician with a magic wand,” while unveiling a statue of his predecessor Pope Benedict XVI...
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    John Tory vows to move Toronto ‘not left, not right, but forward’

    Wow, what slogan. Rhetoric, sure. But I like it. How often to we hear a politician break the fourth wall like this? If you ask me, this is what Harper needs to do if he wants to get another majority in 2015. John Tory vows to move Toronto ‘not left, not right, but forward’...
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    Trio walk into Aussie Parliament wearing KKK hood, biker helmet, Muslim veil

    What? No pastafarians? Trio walk into Aussie Parliament wearing KKK hood, biker helmet, Muslim veil to test new rules CANBERRA, Australia -- Three men who attempted to enter Australia's Parliament House on Monday wearing a Ku Klux Klan hood, a niqab and a motorcycle helmet said they were...
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    Chow calls Toronto Sun cartoon ‘racist’ and ‘sexist’

    You go girl! Chow calls Toronto Sun cartoon ‘racist’ and ‘sexist’ Olivia Chow says a Toronto Sun editorial cartoon featuring the mayoral candidate is both “racist” and “sexist.” The drawing, which was published in The Sun on Sunday, shows Chow, dressed in what appears to be an outfit worn...
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    The shootings in Ottawa won't change this country

    I'm going to post this again because I really think it needs to be the focal point. This is not about Harper or Trudeau or any thing political. This is about what it truly means Canadian and how critically important it is to remain business as usual after something like this. David...
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    Serious Tory infighting over next Ontario leader

    Who u gonna dat? Powerful camps behind Tory nomination skirmish in Ontario A Conservative nomination battle in Ontario is pitting two powerful political camps against one another — and causing grumbling in the ranks about party headquarters. Paul Smith, a 50-year-old corporate executive and...
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    Official Toronto Mayoral Race 2014

    The following is ThreeHundredEight.com's averages of the polls for the mayoral election in Toronto, scheduled for October 27, 2014. These numbers were last updated on October 17, 2014, and reflect the best estimates as of October 16, 2014, the last day of polls included in the aggregate. The...
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    World's scientists call on Stephen Harper to restore science funding, freedom

    World's scientists call on Stephen Harper to restore science funding, freedom go backNews Technology & Science ADVERTISEMENT i World's scientists call on Stephen Harper to restore science funding, freedom Open letter warns about impact of Canadian science policy on international collaboration...
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    Scientists call upon Pope Francis to take the lead on climate change

    Science and Religion working together for a common good. I like it. Scientists call upon Pope Francis to take the lead on climate change Scientists call upon Pope Francis to take the lead on climate change By Marshall Connolly, Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) Holy Father has the...
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    Church should not fear change, pope says

    Flying Spaghetti Monster disagrees. Church should not fear change, pope says VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis has closed an assembly of Catholic bishops that revealed deep divisions on how to respond to homosexuality and divorce, saying Sunday the church should not be afraid of change and new...