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Snowdon: Hero or Traitor?

The latest reports from whistleblower Edward Snowdon revealing concrete information that the NSA had spying operations ongoing in EU offices at the UN in New York and at various other locations in Europe and the U.S. This information could put the bi...

LFTR in 5 minutes

Starts out a bit thick on the scientific words and phrases but as you watch the whole thing, it all comes together. http://www.wimp.com/lftrminutes/

Where are they happy?

Certainly not in Egypt! Or Syria and so many other countries. Why not? That is the question. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.439273852774510.90292.174587559243142&type=3 http://blogs.cfr.org/cook/?cid=ppc-google-Cook%27s_blog-Egypt&gclid=CL...

Will he leave???

There are 10 good reasons Harper might step down before the next election: (Article by Warren Kinsella) 1. Ten years is a long time: By the time the next election takes place, Harper will have been in power for nearly a decade. Very few last that lon...

Deacon, Valve, Check Out Dog Rescue on You Tube. Heartwarming.

I'm sure you are familiar with this organization, Hope For Paws, if not check it out. Fabulous dog rescue stories especially Rosie & Her Pups, Socrates, Sky & Apollo. Probably a few hundred more but those have been my favorites thus far.

Hummmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Interesting.Need more coffee first.

RCMP Loot Flooded Homes

HIGH RIVER, Alta. - It's the high-calibre elephant in the room.It has the prime minister's office talking. Ditto Alberta's top cop. Ditto the premier, who isn't happy this issue is consuming political oxygen.Ditto the Mountie mucky-mucks.Yes, the pro...

JUST IN TYME CAFE, for friendly banter

Folks, it's been awhile. Never too late for good cheer, right?

help identify initials on antique winsch postcard

I have a few Winsch postcards and they all have initials on the front of the postcard that looks like H.P.S. Does anyone know what these initials are for?

A Smart Joke

Einstein, Newton and Pascal are playing hide and go seek. It's Einstein's turn to count so he covers his eyes and starts counting to ten. Pascal runs off and hides. Newton draws a one meter by one meter square on the ground in front of Einstein then ...

With turban ruling, Quebec has reached its historic peak of intolerance

Last week the Quebec Soccer Federation decided to maintain its ban on Sikh turbans, a policy that began its implementation around the province last year. The religious headgear worn by Sikh men allegedly poses a safety threat when worn on the pitch. ...

Canadian productivity still isn’t growing as fast as it is in the U.S.

Despite 30 years of government policy reforms and new incentives, Canadian productivity still isn’t growing as fast as it is in the U.S. and many other countries. Canada’s output per worker was 78% that of the U.S. in 2011. Canada’s 0.7% annualized l...

For first time, Rob Ford marks start of Pride week in Toronto

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford joined Premier Kathleen Wynne to mark the official start of Toronto’s Pride week Monday.For the first time since taking office, Mr. Ford helped to raise the rainbow flag at a lunchtime event at city hall and read the Pride week...

Alberta shelved major flood report for six years

From his farmhouse overlooking the Bow River, George Groeneveld watched the water rise foot by foot over just a couple of hours, the rushing water snapping decades-old cottonwood trees like matches.This was worse than he’d ever seen it, but he’d seen...

20 Years

20 years later and all this..........fits in your pocket...........

Quebec construction magnate faces 928 charges laid by Revenu Québec

The Quebec government has laid 928 charges against construction magnate Antonio Accurso and the firms that he used to administer, seeking fines of $8.5-million and jail terms over allegations of widespread tax fraud.Revenu Québec is going after Mr. A...

McGuinty lashes out at ‘partisan exercise’

Former Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty lashed out at the committee investigating his government’s costly cancellation of two gas-fired power plants, arguing the whole thing is nothing more than a “partisan exercise” bent on “destroying” the Liberals....

French police investigating new details of SNC-Lavalin payments

The Montreal engineering giant SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. is facing new allegations of corruption, which have surfaced in a French investigation into whether bribes were paid to clinch a project in Abu Dhabi.The embattled firm has a subsidiary in France,...

Ebay UK and USA boards.

Hi from the UK. We've lost our boards, I know it was very careless of us but all we're getting is a Liveworld page. There's no announcements anywhere so has anyone got any idea what's going on? Has ebay not changed over to Lithium quick enough, has l...

Please help me identify this necklace?

This is a friend's necklace, which I accidentally broke. Could anyone help me identify it, so that I can buy a new one? Thank you so much!

Bob Rae steps down.

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/ALERT+Liberal+step+down/8547390/story.html You're 20 years too late Bob.Good riddance ya scumbag.

Dramatic helicopter images show flooded Siksika Nation

Dramatic helicopter images show flooded Siksika Nation http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/news-video/20130623theglobeandmaillehmannflyoversiksikaflood-720p3000kbpsmp4/article12775355/

Daddy Dalton is stepping down.

http://www.am980.ca/news/local/story.aspx?ID=1982686 Maybe he'll join his brother in federal politics so we can get rid of the lieberals altogether.

Grace Under Pressure - Southern Alberta Style

As you may, or may not, be aware, we in Southern Alberta are under something of a siege right now. I & my family are in Lethbridge & while it's bad enough here we have thus far seem to have been spared the brunt of the effects of the recent deluge th...

Charity chaired by London Mayor Joe Fontana pulls in $152M in gifts

The skyrocketing growth of a charity chaired by London’s mayor and run by his son is raising questions but Joe Fontana isn’t answering them — and neither is his son, president of Trinity Global Financial Foundation. In one year, Trinity Global more t...

Former San Diego mayor admits misusing charity to fund $1 billion gambling

Los Angeles (CNN) -- The first woman mayor of San Diego has acknowledged in court she misappropriated more than $2 million from her late husband's foundation to fund a casino gambling habit with which she allegedly won and lost $1 billion over nine y...

Jesse Jackson Jr., wife charged in federal cases

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. was charged Friday with scheming to spend $750,000 in campaign funds on personal expenses. His wife was charged with filing false income tax forms. Federal prosecutors filed a charge of conspiracy ...

Meteor Attacks

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/dailybrew/massive-meteorite-strikes-russia-leaving-hundreds-injured-135805861.html

RCMP officer and wife face multiple charges in child abuse investigation

An RCMP officer and his wife are facing multiple abuse and sex-related charges following a child abuse investigation in Ottawa that police say involves more than one victim. Police say the 41-year-old officer and 34-year-old wife are charged with sev...

'The end of the world?': terror over Russian meteor

“I was driving in the car across the square. Suddenly the square lit up with a bright, bright light, not a normal light,” said Chelyabinsk resident Vasily Rozhko. Witnesses of the falling meteor over the Russian Urals spoke of their shock and horror ...