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    NDP blocking reforms of young offenders laws: B.C. attorney general

    NDP blocking reforms of young offenders laws: B.C. attorney general Last Updated: Thursday, February 5, 2009 | 8:42 AM PT Source: NDP blocking reforms of young offenders laws: B.C. attorney general B.C.'s Attorney General Wally Oppal says the NDP needs to stop demanding tougher laws for...
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    Charles Adler on "Global Warming"

    Even the Left is Laughing Posted 2/3/2009 12:00:00 AM By Charles Adler http://www.cjob.com/StationShared/AdlerOnline.aspx Even the left is now laughing at global warming. Not my words. But it doesn't stop me from laughing along with the columnist who just published what I predicted many...
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    Tories hit another fundraising record

    Tories hit another fundraising record By Andrew Mayeda, Canwest News ServiceFebruary 2, 2009 Source: Tories hit another fundraising record OTTAWA - The governing Conservatives raised a record $21.2 million in donations in 2008, while the opposition Liberals made modest progress in their...
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    "Dear Jack" Letter

    Dear Jack By Charles Adler Monday, February 2, 2009 Dear Jack, We've been friends for a long time and friends really ought to tell friends the truth. So since nobody else has told you, I think it's time for me to step up and get it done. Jack, when you and Gilles Duceppe were first...
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    "NAFTA? We Don't Need No Stink'n NAFTA!"

    U.S. stimulus plan's 'protectionist' clause concerns Harper Andrew Mayeda and Sheldon Alberts, Canwest News Service Published: Thursday, January 29, 2009 Source: U.S. stimulus plan's 'protectionist' clause concerns Harper Prime Minister Stephen Harper expressed serious concern Thursday over a...
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    Federal Budget broadcast today live.

    News Talk Radio will have full coverage of the 2009 federal budget starting at 3:00PM (CST) this afternoon. If anyone wishes to listen to it, here's a Link: Budget day in Canada | News Talk 980 At the top of the page is a large green "Listen Live" button for you to click.
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    Ban on body armour proposed by NDP MLA

    Ban on body armour proposed by NDP MLA Last Updated: Friday, January 23, 2009 | 7:26 AM PT Source: Ban on body armour proposed by NDP MLA New Democrat MLA Mike Farnworth plans to introduce a private member's bill in February that regulates and restricts the wearing of Kevlar body armour...
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    Does anyone have a different way of cooking turkey?

    Juan, I really don't know another way (not this time of year anyway). I've heard of a Turkey cooked on a beach (under it, actually) in a 5G pail, but not in January... This looks interesting though. Much shorter cooking time, but no stuffing: How Five Minutes Can Save You Hours of...
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    2 Saskatoon police officers resign over 'inappropriate behaviour' case

    2 Saskatoon police officers resign over 'inappropriate behaviour' case Last Updated: Monday, January 12, 2009 | 10:48 AM CT Two Saskatoon police officers have resigned in the wake of a sex scandal in the department. Four other officers have been disciplined in the case that first became...
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    Ham Anyone?

    Juan's Kitchen » Ham Anyone Why do I always read "Juan's Kitchen" when I'm stuck at work and know I won't get to eat for a couple of hours? 8O:angryfire:
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    Breakthrough toy can read your mind, move objects

    Breakthrough toy can read your mind, move objects By Vito Pilieci, Ottawa CitizenJanuary 7, 2009 Source: Breakthrough toy can read your mind, move objects OTTAWA — New technology that gives people the ability to move objects with their minds will soon be available at North American toy...
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    Que. RCMP slammed by employee survey

    Que. RCMP slammed by employee survey By William Marsden, Montreal GazetteJanuary 8, 2009 6:03 AM Source: Que. RCMP slammed by employee survey MONTREAL - A secret RCMP report indicates that the Quebec division of Canada’s most vaunted police force is a mess of bad management, poor...
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    Ops....Sorry 'bout that. Next!!!

    Source: CANOE -- CNEWS - Canada: Misprint may void lotto tickets Misprint may void lotto tickets 'Printing error' could cost him By JASON BUCKLAND, SUN MEDIA BRAMPTON -- You can easily see the pain in Thomas Noftall's eyes. "They're going to take away my dream. They're going to take it...
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    Inmate leaves jail in cab

    Inmate leaves jail in cab An inmate who dislocated a shoulder at the Regina Correctional Centre on Christmas Eve was given a cab voucher and sent to the hospital — by himself. Source: Inmate leaves jail in cab REGINA -- An inmate who dislocated a shoulder at the Regina Correctional Centre on...
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    A better theory about coal

    MMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm......
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    How the GW myth is perpetuated

    I'll take a double helping of Global Warming today. Please & Thank You!!!
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    Our weather, The Day After Tomorrow?

    Double-D....Thank You for doing your part!!! They keep on saying on the radio out here this morning that Regina, Saskatchewan (& many other places in Saskatchewan) are colder than the North Pole right now. Maybe it's unseasonably warm at the North Pole today (I don't know) but it's pretty chilly...
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    A Travel Story...

    Today in Regina,Sk it's a balmy -33°C and the wind-chill makes it -44°C. Weather like this makes you dream of warmer places. This time last year I was going through the final preparations for a trip to Varadero, Cuba. This involved learning as much as I could about the people and culture and...
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    Bitter feud over new seats in Commons settled

    Bitter feud over new seats in Commons settled; Ontario to get 21 December 17, 2008 - 18:25 Keith Leslie, THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - Ontario and Ottawa settled a lengthy and often bitter feud when Prime Minister Stephen Harper agreed last week to give the province 21 additional seats in...
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    Death knell for AGW

    We could use a little bit of that AGW out here on the Prairies this morning. This kind'a weather makes a guy want to cut the coils in his beer fridge, while spray'n aerosol cans into the air with the other hand. When I was much younger in the early '70's...talk was that if Global Warming was...