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    Trudeau Makes Good on Ethical Energy to Germany

    Naturally, I expect Ezra Levant to be his #1 cheerleader. Trudeau is set to sign an energy development agreement largely focused on hydrogen with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz during Scholz's visit to Canada next week. Europe, and Germany in particular, are heavily reliant on Russian oil and...
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    The Mandates Are Coming Back

    Grab yer pitchforks Canada resuming mandatory random COVID-19 testing for air travellers OTTAWA - The federal government is bringing back mandatory random COVID-19 testing for air travellers coming into Canada, starting July 19. A little more than a month after pausing the measure, the...
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    Household income declines in Alberta due to oil

    Household income declines in Alberta due to oil After oil prices crashed in 2015 — and then swung up and down amid volatile global demand and shifting environmental regulations — Dan says technology has become a more sustainable industry than oil and gas and a better way to ensure she can leave...
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    Starbucks Unionizes in Alberta

    Calgary Starbucks location becomes 1st to unionize in Alberta A majority of the 32 workers at the Starbucks located at 150 Millrise Boulevard S.W. participated in a mail-in ballot and will join the United Steelworkers (USW) union. "We are proud to welcome workers from the first unionized...
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    Anti-vaxxers Using Lawsuits to Silence Information Outlets

    Free speech, but only my free speech 🤪 SLAPP lawsuits increasingly used by anti-vaxx groups to silence critics, says Ontario lawyer Kristen Nagle, of London, Kristal Pitter of Tillsonburg and Sarah Choujounian of Toronto have been investigated by the province's nursing regulator for spreading...
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    Rogers offers Canada’s fastest, most reliable outages across the country

    Rogers offers Canada’s fastest, most reliable outages across the country Experience Canada’s most reliable 5G network outages! Rogers Communications Inc. allows customers to deny access to the most basic telecommunications services. Upgrade to Rogers Infinite Outages and you can pay even more...
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    Ottawa police say they're ready to shut down Canada Day occupation attempts

    If it's an illegal protest like the ones earlier this year, sure. Sad it had to get to this, but truckers be dumb. Ottawa police say they're ready to shut down Canada Day occupation attempts Ottawa city officials say they are prepared for a "unique" Canada Day, with plans to keep...
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    DeSantis Pulls Ahead of Trump

    Couldn't possibly imagine why this is happening 🤔 DeSantis edges Trump in New Hampshire, which holds the first presidential primary According to polling numbers released on Wednesday by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center, 39% of likely Republican primary voters in the Granite State...
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    Poilievre under fire for misleading his own supporters

    Let the excuses begin.. Brown's national campaign co-chair John Reynolds sent a letter Thursday to the party's leadership election organizing committee requesting it investigate emails sent by Pierre Poilievre's campaign ahead of last month's deadline to sell $15 memberships to supporters...
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    Bitcoinservatives deemed 'economically illiterate'

    Keep investing in bitcoin 😂 Conservative MP Dan Albas accused Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland of “lecturing” Canadians on Thursday during question period in reference to a speech where she laid out the government’s plan to tackle inflation and called on the Liberals to consider his party’s...
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    Trump loses appeal, must testify in New York civil probe

    The law, man. It's the law! Trump loses appeal, must testify in New York civil probe Former U.S. President Donald Trump must answer questions under oath in the New York attorney general's civil investigation into his business practices, a state appeals court ruled Thursday, rejecting his...
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    Ottawa to join Supreme Court challenge of Quebec's Bill 21

    For those of you who allege to care about legal matters.. Ottawa to join Supreme Court challenge of Quebec's Bill 21 The federal government plans to intervene in the legal challenge of Quebec’s Bill 21 on state secularism when it arrives at the Supreme Court and is not ruling out similar...
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    Trudeau announces $32M in federal funding for Sask. long-term care

    Oh good, finally a place where petros can fit in. Trudeau announces $32M in federal funding for Sask. long-term care Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Saskatoon Wednesday with an agenda that includes meeting with long-term care residents and vaccine researchers, and a visit to a daycare...
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    Trudeau cancels appearance at Surrey fundraiser after protesters hurl racial slurs

    Some speech is freer than others apparently. Trudeau cancels appearance at Surrey fundraiser after protesters hurl racial slurs Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was forced to cancel plans to attend a fundraising dinner on Tuesday evening after two speakers at the event said protesters hurled...
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    Trump's hand-picked candidate defeated in Georgia primary in stinging rebuke

    These midterms are definitely going to be a rollercoaster ride for Trumpets. Trump's hand-picked candidate defeated in Georgia primary in stinging rebuke Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia easily dispatched Donald Trump's hand-picked challenger on Tuesday in a Republican primary that demonstrated the...
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    Conservatives Get Austed

    The world continues to move left. Albanese elected Australia's leader in complex poll result Australians awoke on Sunday to a new prime minister in Anthony Albanese, the centre-left Labor Party leader whose ascension to the nation's top job from being raised in social housing by a single...
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    Alberta's carbon capture rollout plan criticized by industry over transparency, costs

    Alberta doing something sneaky? That never happens. Alberta's carbon capture rollout plan criticized by industry over transparency, costs Industry leaders in Alberta have criticized the government's rollout of a plan to capture carbon dioxide emissions underground as ineffective and lacking...
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    Tory ‘tough on crime’ rhetoric only tough on Black, Indigenous Canadians

    Harper = Racist confirmed. Trudeau says Tory ‘tough on crime’ rhetoric only tough on Black, Indigenous Canadians Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday that policies the Conservatives claimed were “tough on crime” were “really just tough on Black Canadians and Indigenous Canadians.”...
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    Conservative Finance Critic Resigns After Being Muzzled

    The party of law and order, free speech and financial responsibility. More and more like the liberals by the day. 'Incessant pressure to shut up' led to resignation as finance critic, MP says Ed Fast says he resigned as the Conservatives' finance critic after MPs supporting Pierre...
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    Doug Ford won’t say what Highway 413 will cost taxpayers

    Where's the respex for the taxflayers? Doug Ford won’t say what Highway 413 will cost taxpayers Building the controversial Highway 413 is a key Progressive Conservative campaign promise, but Doug Ford refuses to say what the freeway will cost...