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Murray, Anne Photo by James O'Mara & Ryan (courtesy EMI Music Canada). Murray, Anne (married name Langstroth), pop singer (b at Springhill, NS 20 June 1945)...

The New Democratic Party (NDP), founded in Ottawa in 1961 at a convention uniting the CO-OPERATIVE COMMONWEALTH FEDERATION (CCF), affiliated unions of the CANADIAN LABOUR CONGRESS (CLC) and New Party clubs, is a social democratic party (see SOCIAL DEMOCRACY and SOCIALISM) and a member of the...

In 1844 in Coningsby, Benjamin Disraeli, future Conservative prime minister of Britain, described CONSERVATISM as "an unhappy cross-breed; the mule of politics that engenders nothing." He wrote this when "Conservative" was first appearing as a party designation, a shift intended to broaden the...

The Liberal Party, which has dominated federal politics for much of Canada's history, first developed its formula for political success under the leadership of Sir Wilfrid LAURIER, who was prime minister from 1896 to 1911. In clear contrast to its enjoyment of power through the politics of...

The Communist Party of Canada was founded in 1921 at a secret meeting held in a barn in Guelph, Ont, by 3 representatives from the Communist International and 21 Canadians. This group established the Workers' Party in February 1922. The names of the participants remained secret until 1924 when...

More famous for their theatrics, white-face makeup, and flamboyant black-on-black costumes than for their twenty-four albums, KISS captured the imaginations of millions of teenagers. Vending a commercially potent mix of hard rock and glossy ballads, KISS' brand of music fell flat with the...

By Alexander Panetta OTTAWA (CP) - It was like a 47-minute attack ad without commercial interruptions. The ruling Conservatives used the 2007 debut of Parliament to level the same accusations in person against their chief rival as they have in a series of new TV spots. Just like the ads...

SYDNEY (AFP) - A 24-year-old Australian surfer who sold his life, including baggage from a painful break-up, on eBay says he is still not quite sure why he did it. Nicael Holt sold his name, phone number and all his possessions, including clothes, CDs, a surfboard, a laptop, a wonky pushbike...

‘The fool says in his heart, "There is no God"’ (Ps. 14 [13]). In the first article of the Creed we state our belief in one infinite, self-existent Being, a supreme Spirit possessing every perfection in an infinite degree, having no beginning and no end. Being infinite, God possesses...

HEROUXVILLE, Que. (CP) - The rural Quebec town of Herouxville says it has received about 2,000 emails in support of its rules for immigrants. Coun. Andre Drouin says it's not that the community of about 1,300 doesn't want immigrants - it doesn't have any - but it just wants them to fit in...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Parishioners tackled a gunman suspected of snatching purses from church pews during mass, the pastor and police said. One man suffered lacerations to his head and face during the struggle at Christ the King Catholic Church on Sunday morning, police said. Wendell...

Freshman was punched, says superintendent By Megan Tench, Globe Staff Five students from Whitman-Hanson Regional High School were suspended this week after a freshman student was taped to a bench and punched in the groin during a bizarre hazing incident, school officials said yesterday...

SAGINAW, Mich. (CP) - Late-night funnyman Stephen Colbert had a lot riding on Friday night's Ontario Hockey League game between the Saginaw Spirit and the Oshawa Generals. The host of the satirical news program "The Colbert Report" (pronounced coal-BEAR RAY-pore), has thrown his support behind...

By Nelson Wyatt MONTREAL (CP) - Con artists, terrorists, pedophiles as well as 14-year-old hackers recruited by eastern European mobsters fill Frederick Gaudreau's day. Where some would flinch at such a daily dose of dealing with the worst the Internet has to offer, Gaudreau and his Quebec...

By John Whitesides, Political Correspondent DAVENPORT, Iowa (Reuters) - Democratic presidential contender Hillary Rodham Clinton said in Iowa on Sunday President George W. Bush should find a way out of Iraq before he leaves office and called it "the height of irresponsibility" to leave the...

PETER KREEFT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The most serious challenge for Christianity today isn't one of the other great religions of the world, such as Islam or Buddhism. Nor is it simple atheism, which has no depth, no mass appeal, no...

An Adelaide doctor who repeatedly raped his wife while she was unconscious on sleeping pills has been jailed for 10 years. The pathologist, who can't be named, stored photographs of his crimes on his computer, the South Australian District Court was told. Some photographs were of him using...

by Beth Krane - People living in the western region of the United States may be the most likely to become victims of a serial killer, while those living in the Northeast may be the least likely, according to a new study led by James DeFronzo, professor emeritus of sociology. The study...

A motorist made homophobic remarks toward three men on a Hillcrest roadside, then assaulted one of them, biting off a piece of his ear, 10News reported. A 43-year-old man and his two companions were in a parked car in the 500 block of Redwood Street last night when a man in another vehicle drove...

By Marion Bond West I had always wanted to be a mother. In my youthful days, I could imagine running through a field of daisies with my children. My long hair would fall in great swirls about my face, radiant with motherhood. My children would look up adoringly at me, and the sun would...