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    B.C. premier warned to stand firm against Northern Gateway or face LNG backlash

    B.C. premier warned to stand firm against Northern Gateway project or face LNG backlash The day after Ottawa approved the $7.9-billion Northern Gateway pipeline, some B.C. aboriginal leaders warned Premier Christy Clark to stand firm against the project or risk jeopardizing First Nations’...
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    It costs $2.6 Million to train a jet fighter pilot

    Air force hiring foreign pilots to fly front-line jets OTTAWA—Canada’s air force has been hiring foreign pilots to fly its front-line transport aircraft, maritime patrol planes and fighter jets, citing an inability to recruit Canadians to fill seats in the military cockpits. As debate rages...
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    Ontario ‘blessed,’ says Kathleen Wynne on eve of World Pride

    Ontario ‘blessed,’ says Kathleen Wynne on eve of World Pride On the eve of World Pride celebrations, Kathleen Wynne has spoken movingly about how accepting Ontario voters were in electing Canada's first openly gay premier. Speaking with Matt Galloway on CBC Radio's Metro Morning on Wednesday...
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    Rex Murphy: In Justin Trudeau’s world, Christians need not apply

    Rex Murphy: In Justin Trudeau’s world, Christians need not apply The intersection of religion and politics can produce profound ethical dilemmas. For those who are religious, who see the performance of their faith here on earth as bearing on their destiny in the hereafter, politics can be a...
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    Ontario is not Greece or Detroit, nor inevitably on the road to fiscal ruin

    Ontario is not Greece or Detroit, nor inevitably on the road to fiscal ruin In the days following the election of Premier Kathleen Wynne’s majority government, disappointed conservatives worked themselves into a panic about Ontario’s fiscal future. Because voters rejected the kind of...
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    Ontario short changed $1.2 Billion in federal transfers

    Ontario short changed $1.2 Billion in federal transfers OTTAWA - A forthcoming new report from the parliamentary budget officer is expected to show Ottawa is shortchanging Ontario to the tune of $1.2 billion under the current system of equalization payments, The Canadian Press has learned...
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    Icebergs freed by climate change decimate Antarctic sea life

    Icebergs freed by climate change decimate Antarctic sea life Roving icebergs unleashed by climate change have decimated the variety of life on the sea floor near the West Antarctic Peninsula in just 16 years, according to a new study. Researchers with the British Antarctic Survey looked at a...
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    Some Tories pushing to dump Tim Hudak immediately

    Cockroaches. Some Tories pushing to dump Tim Hudak immediately A defiant Tim Hudak is trying to remain at the helm of the Progressive Conservatives until a new leader is elected — despite angry caucus members urging him to go. In the wake of Thursday's humbling defeat at the hands of...
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    Glenn Beck admits: Liberals got Iraq right

    Glenn Beck admits: Liberals got Iraq right Glenn Beck is admitting he was wrong and liberals were right for opposing the invasion of Iraq. “[Liberals] said we couldn’t force freedom on people,” Beck said at the start of his Tuesday radio show. “Let me lead with my mistakes. You were right...
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    UK and Chinese governments issue ‘ground-breaking’ climate change pledge

    UK and Chinese governments issue ‘ground-breaking’ climate change pledge The UK and Chinese governments have agreed to co-operate to tackle the issues around climate change and energy security, further signalling that UN climate talks next year will be more successful than previous...
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    Harper government attempts to quietly defund national literacy

    Harper government attempts to quietly defund national literacy Without an announcement or any consultation, it appears that the federal government has decided to quietly collapse Canada's national literacy and essential skills network. This is happening at the same time as community literacy...
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    Northern Gateway pipeline approved with 209 conditions

    Northern Gateway pipeline approved with 209 conditions The federal government has agreed to let Enbridge build its Northern Gateway pipeline, subject to 209 conditions recommended by the National Energy Board and further talks with aboriginal communities. Enbridge wants to build the pipeline...
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    Toronto’s private garbage collectors receive more complaints than city staff

    Do your job Wally! Toronto’s private garbage collectors receive more complaints than city staff TORONTO – Toronto’s private garbage collector racked up significantly more complaints during the first three months of 2014 than city-employed staff. The city collects so-called “service requests,”...
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    Shell: Top 10 reasons for carbon pricing

    Clearly it's a socialist agenda lol 1. Action on climate in some form or other is an inconvenient but unavoidable inevitability. Business and industry doesn’t really want direct, standards based regulation. These can be difficult to deal with, offer limited flexibility for compliance and may...
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    Canada’s most pressing health issue is climate change: public-health experts

    Canada’s most pressing health issue is climate change: public-health experts Climate change is the most pressing health issue facing Canadians but there hasn’t been enough dialogue within health circles and among decision-makers on how to deal with it, public-health officers say. “This is...
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    Clinton: Keystone is the wrong symbol for Canada-U.S. relations

    Smart woman. She'd make a good prez. Keystone XL decision shouldn’t be symbol of Cda-US relations: Clinton Washington’s long-awaited decision to approve or reject the Keystone XL pipeline should not become a symbol of the relationship between the United States and Canada, former U.S...
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    Drummond sets record straight on Liberal spending

    And the curmudgeons aren't gonna like it. A few takeaways from the interview with this economist: 1. Contrary to the PC propaganda machine, the Liberals have already implemented 80% of his tough 2011 budget 2. The Ontario economy would need to receive a credit downgrade to BBB for...
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    Northern Gateway "flawed,” 300 scientists tell Stephen Harper

    Northern Gateway "flawed,” 300 scientists tell Stephen Harper Weeks before the federal government’s deadline to announce a decision on Enbridge’s Northern Gateway project, 300 scientists are urging Prime Minister Stephen Harper to reject the findings of the panel that recommended approving the...
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    Keystone XL is an inviting target for terrorists, ex-Seal says

    Keystone XL is an inviting target for terrorists, ex-Seal says An ex-U.S. Navy Seal says terrorists could easily poison the drinking water of “millions and millions” of Americans by blowing up the Keystone XL pipeline and causing an “Exxon Valdez-sized spill in the heartland of America.” The...
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    IMF head says world must come to grips with climate change costs

    IMF head says world must come to grips with climate change costs While Stephen Harper was congratulating Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott yesterday for ending a carbon tax, the head of the IMF was in Montreal urging energy powerhouses like Canada to come to grips with the economics of...