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French President François Hollande’s first order of business: Cutting his own salary PARIS — France’s new left-wing government started work on Thursday with pledges to combat excessive austerity but better manage public finances, marking the debut with a 30% cut in pay for President François...

We need bear baiting: Province George Pollard has lost count of the bears he’s had a hand in killing over the decades — with a personal record of 13 bruins in one day, it’s safe to say his gun could easily boast hundreds of notches. Now 86-years-old, the retired Alaskan hunting guide is...

Surprise! Mayor Rob Ford appears at gay event Toronto Mayor Rob Ford shocked gays, their parents and friends Thursday by appearing at a flag-raising event at city hall...

Softening, Merkel Says She Is Open to Stimulus for Greece BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany said Wednesday that she was ready to discuss stimulus programs to get the Greek economy growing again and that she was committed to keeping Greece in the euro zone, signaling a softer...

UN official sparks debate over Canadian food security UN special rapporteur for food Olivier De Schutter said he was in Canada to launch a conversation over a national food strategy, and he certainly started a debate. Discussion centred on whether Canadians have...

Chinese firm's Canadian contracts raise security fears Barred by the U.S. and Australia, tech giant Huawei makes inroads in Canada The former head of U.S. counter-espionage says the Harper government is putting North American security at risk by allowing a giant Chinese technology company to...

Harper cabinet about-face: health minister meets with UN hunger envoy OTTAWA — Leona Aglukkaq is meeting with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food Wednesday, as he wraps up his first-ever mission to a developed country. The about-face comes after the federal government...

Is roadkill coming to Canadian dinner tables? Ottawa - The Conservative government intends to change regulations to allow animals to be killed on the farm before being processed for human consumption. The opposition New Democratic Party says this will lead to...

Hot, dry summer predicted for most of Canada VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - If you like it hot, you will certainly like one of the first summer forecasts of the season for Canada; most of the country could see a very hot, very dry summer (Notice we said most of the country). "It looks like at least...

Apparently he spent 10 months in jail before they could finally come to their senses to let him go. Computer hacker found not guilty of G-20 summit bomb plot OTTAWA — A protester arrested as leaders of the world's top economies gathered in Toronto in June 2010 was cleared by a Canadian court...

EI Reform: Changes will drive down wages for everyone OTTAWA—Far-reaching changes to Employment Insurance (EI) and the Temporary Foreign Worker Program in the federal government’s budget plan will drive down wages for Canadian workers, analysts say. Full details of the new regime are only...

National Roundtable on Environment and Economy eliminated for pushing a carbon tax, Conservative government says OTTAWA—The Conservatives are killing off a respected panel that has advised governments on environmental policy for decades because it clashed with Tory ideology, Foreign Minister...

20,000 cars/year worth of C02 emissions is significant, but I'm sure the number #1 priority (at least when it comes to global warming) is to reduce emissions to the targets each nation sets. Considering our environment minister is a complete failure, I don't think we'll be hitting our targets...

NASA's James Hansen: tar sands is the "dirtiest of fuels" and "game over for the climate" James Hansen, Director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, made another appeal this week to end our reliance on tar sands oil or it will be “game over” for the climate. If we continue to...

N.L. marine medical calls routed to Italy When Shang Rideout called for medical assistance for his ailing father Ronald, skipper of the fishing vessel Sherry Ann Chris, he did not expect to speak with a doctor in Rome — and did not expect the doctor to have difficulty understanding him...

True cost of Libya mission was seven times gov't. estimate: documents OTTAWA — Amid allegations the Conservative government intentionally lowballed the price of the F-35 stealth fighter project, newly released National Defence documents indicate the full cost of last year's Libya mission was...

Cuts threaten Canada's satellite eye on the Arctic A majority of Canadians see Arctic sovereignty as the country's top foreign-policy priority, according to a recent poll by Ekos Research for the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs. Yet, Canada's ability to effectively...

Ontario vows to keep collecting data on gun buyers despite federal objections TORONTO — Ontario says it won’t create a provincial gun registry, but it will require stores to keep records of who buys guns, despite federal objections. Community Safety Minister Madeleine Meilleur has written...

NDP sets up roadblocks to budget bill New Democrat MPs have begun slipping procedural knots over Parliament in a bid to prevent the Harper government from speedily passing its massive budget implementation bill. The NDP triggered a series of procedural delays Wednesday, just two hours...

Science trumps politics as ‘real force in our time’: Israeli President Science can be neither conquered nor defended by armies and its advancement will change the way humans govern themselves, Israeli President Shimon Peres said Tuesday. “Science cannot be controlled or arrested,” the...