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    History made...First Nations flag flies at Regina city hall

    A flag representing First Nations is flying above city hall in Regina, something officials say is a first in Canadian history. The flag, associated with Indian bands that signed Treaty Four, joined an array of flags at city hall, including flags of Canada, Saskatchewan and the city. "This is...
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    October 21 - The End is Near

    Issahu Akbar
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    de Soto Discovers the Mississippi

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    Here we go again...Canada should arrest Bush when he visits B.C.: Amnesty

    OTTAWA — Amnesty International Canada says the federal government should arrest former U.S. president George W. Bush when he visits British Columbia next week. The rights body says both Canadian and international law oblige Canada to detain Bush and investigate him for war crimes and torture...
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    'Occupy Canada' plans take shape

    People are pissed off all over the place. Go figure? Toronto protest details murky amid online debates over transparency, media CBC News Posted: Oct 12, 2011 11:22 AM ET Canadian cities are expected to get their first taste of the "Occupy Wall Street" movement this weekend amid questions...
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    October 21 - The End is Near

    Don't worry. We won't be getting raptured. Republican Jesus
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    October 21 - The End is Near

    Oct 21 is my wife's birthday.
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    October 21 - The End is Near

    Darby was as crazy as Joseph Smith or Mohammad.
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    October 21 - The End is Near

    What a drag.
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    Regina refinery explosion injures 10

    An explosion and fire has ripped through a refinery in north Regina, injuring 10 people and forcing 1,400 to evacuate the facility. Eight people were sent to hospital with burns, while two others were treated at the facility owned by Consumer's Cooperative Refineries Ltd. The company did not...
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    Insite Given Exemption By SCoC

    The safe injjection site in E Vancouver has been given an exemption from new drug laws leaving the issue as a Provincial health issue. WTG SCoC!!!
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    PEI party is proposing swapping excess spuds for Cuban doctors

    You'd think this was from the Onion but nope, they really want to swap spuds. The Island Party has come up with a unique plan to swap PEI potatoes for Cuban doctors. Jason MacGregor, the Island Party candidate in Souris-Elmira, is pitching the plan in an effort to have his community’s...
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    Harper defends MacKay over VIP jets

    Harper defends MacKay over $3 million in VIP Challenger jet flights OTTAWA - Peter MacKay opened his chequebook for inspection by the country's ethics commissioner, while the prime minister defended him in a growing political brush fire over his use of government aircraft as defence minister...
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    'America the Beautiful' accompanies China launch

    Mystery over why 'America the Beautiful' picked to accompany broadcast of China space launch BEIJING, China - China's state broadcaster isn't saying why the station ran the music to "America the Beautiful" during the gala live broadcast of the country's latest space launch. Strains of the...
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    Judge tosses attempt to limit Afghan report

    Federal Court tosses bid to limit final report into Afghan prisoner abuse OTTAWA - The Conservative government has been dealt a major setback in its attempt to limit what a military watchdog puts in his final report on the handling of prisoners captured by Canadian troops in Afghanistan. A...
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    US official: al-Awlaki dead in US attack in Yemen

    Just in time too. Too many questions were being asked about this guy...and he might have answered them to the wrong people. WASHINGTON - The same U.S. military counterterrorism unit that got Osama bin Laden used a drone and jet strike in Yemen on Friday to kill the U.S.-born cleric suspected...
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    Baird demands gold on unilingual biz cards

    OTTAWA - John Baird has set a new gold standard for business cards. The Conservative foreign affairs minister demanded — and got — gold embossing on his business cards shortly after being shuffled into the portfolio last May, contrary to government rules. Baird then ordered the word "Canada"...
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    Syrian regime supporters pelt US envoy with eggs

    Free range eggs? Syria regime supporters pelt US ambassador with eggs, US condemns intimidation campaign. BEIRUT - Angry supporters of President Bashar Assad's regime hurled tomatoes and eggs at the U.S. ambassador to Syria as he entered the office of a leading opposition figure and then tried...