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    Motherisk hair testing ‘unfair and harmful’ to the poorest and most vulnerable

    After identifying 56 cases where families were “broken apart,” Motherisk Commission calls for sweeping changes in a report with 32 recommendations to “help ensure that no family suffers a similar injustice in the future.” Ontario’s Motherisk Commission is calling for significant changes to the...
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    Indigenous backers of Eagle Spirit pipeline launch GoFundMe campaign to sue Ottawa

    Over Trudeau's tanker Ban. First Nations leaders behind the proposed $16-billion Eagle Spirit pipeline project from Alberta to the British Columbia coast launched a GoFundMe campaign Wednesday to help pay for a court challenge to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s oil tanker ban on Canada’s...
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    Our cooling world

    A bakers dozen of polar vortices in 4 months.
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    Our cooling world

    It went from -50 to -20 during the return of sunshine which is at peak intensity when we are closest to the sun? OMG! Saw a 30° spike here too this month. STOP THE F-CKING PRESSES!!!
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    Our cooling world

    That happened because of Climate Change not Global Warming.
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    Our cooling world

    Other way around. Apple deliberately slows down older models so you think the new model is super fast.
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    Canadian Oil

    Should we just use bitumen for domestic use and current obligated exports and only export our sweet crude, upgraded heavy crude and kerogen? Yes? No? Why? Ontario is paying for Trump's tax cuts. In 2016, Ontario imports were all from the U.S. and more than tripled to reach 85 Mb/d...
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    Teen Suicide At All Time High.

    The suicide rate among teen girls reached a 40-year high in 2015, according to new analysis from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. Researchers found a substantial increase in suicides among teen girls and boys in the U.S. from 1975 to 2015, with the rate among girls hitting a...
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    Get Out Your Bathing Suits Coastal BC, Global Warming Hits Tonight

    A 20° swing for the coast is beyond drastic.
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    Get Out Your Bathing Suits Coastal BC, Global Warming Hits Tonight

    Special weather statement issued for parts of Vancouver Island Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for parts of Vancouver Island as Arctic air pushes in and temperatures are set to plunge. According to the weather agency, an area of low pressure will arrive Saturday...
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    Up Your Nose With A Rubber Hose

    STAMFORD, Conn. — A former Connecticut firefighter who sold cocaine at the firehouse while on duty has been sentenced to three years in prison. The Advocate reports 46-year-old Mark Monroe was sentenced Thursday in Stamford to three years in jail followed by 10 years of special parole. Monroe...
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    Saskatoon and Regina are the two fastest growing metropolitan areas in Canada

    Saskatoon and Regina saw the fastest population growth out of all the major census metropolitan areas (CMA) in Canada according to a new report from Statistics Canada. The report looks at population growth from July 1, 2016 through July 1, 2017. In that time the population of the Saskatoon area...
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    Gerald Stanley Not Guilty

    Shouts of 'murderer' in courtroom after Gerald Stanley acquitted in Colten Boushie shooting. Several people in the courtroom yelled "Murderer!" seconds after a Saskatchewan jury found Gerald Stanley not guilty of killing Colten Boushie early Friday evening. As a sheriff's deputy put his hand...
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    First Nations pipeline has a plan to get around B.C. oil tanker ban

    Keepers of the Earth A First Nations’ led $17-billion project to build an oil pipeline from Alberta to the West Coast has put in motion a back-up plan to site its terminal across the border in Alaska to get around an imminent oil tanker ban in British Columbia’s northern coast. Vancouver-based...
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    Is It Time To Rename Lake Simcoe

    It might be upsetting to Americans.
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    GLOBAL WARMING: Arctic sea ice thins, so do polar bears

    Are seal populations skyrocketing?
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    10 Mind-Bending Implications of the Many Worlds Theory1

    Your stupidity will be you dimise.