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NDP pour cold water on Tory efforts to force election over cost of cancelled gas plants

Ontario’s New Democrats poured cold water Wednesday on efforts by the Progressive Conservatives to force a snap election over the $1.1-billion the Liberal government spent to cancel gas plants in Oakville and Mississauga.The Liberals killed the gas p...

Harper government defends security certificate program at Supreme Court

The Conservative government “carefully crafted” changes to the national security certificate system that brought the rarely used tool for dealing with threats to Canada in line with the Constitution, says a federal lawyer.As a Supreme Court hearing o...

Hi there.... I am listing some great quilts,but no one is even looking...help

Hi there..... I am listing some great quilts,but no one is even looking. what should i be listing them under to attact attention.. any help would be appreciated....

More Proof that the Rich Are Getting Richer and the Poor Poorer

The rich are getting even richer. The top 1% control 46% of the world’s assets -- and 86% of global wealth is owned by the richest 10%. Yet two-thirds of the world’s adults have wealth of less than $10,000. http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker...

prepaid duty

Does anyone else have a problem with the fact that the service charge incurred when a seller collects the duty upfront is not indicated in the listing?

The Shady Presence of Politics' Back Room Boys

Two recent reviews of Michael Ignatieff's new book, Fire and Ashes: Success and Failure in Politics, by two former political insiders reveals that the old backroom political dynamics in Canada are alive and well. It reminds us of Robert Caro's observ...

hypocrasy pure hypocrite

http://news.ca.msn.com/top-stories/harper-scrubs-sri-lanka-visit-over-human-rights-violations Wow,kanada a world leader violating human rights. What a wimp of a man. W1

Liberal reign in Ontario 10 years tomorrow

And here's the result. Our debt doubledOur household energy rates doubledOne million Ontarians are either out of work, on welfare or gave up lookingWe lost 300,000 manufacturing jobs, while the Liberals added 300,000 bureaucrats to the payrollAnd now...

Harper...........selling off Canada and our ethics one bit at a time

http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/10/06/malaysias-state-owned-energy-giant-to-spend-36b-building-gas-plant-pipeline-in-canada/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Malaysia

Between boast and reality lie Canada’s deficits (opinion)

Mark Carney, as governor of the Bank of Canada, used to urge Canadians to export their way to greater prosperity, especially by selling more to emerging markets, particularly China and India.Prime Minister Stephen Harper seemed to agree. His governme...

OAS & CPP an entitlement , --- GREY POWER - Quiet no more!

From my inbox: OAS & CPP an entitlement , --- GREY POWER - Quiet no more!ONE REALLY BAD THING IS THAT A GREAT MANY SENIORS HAVE NO INTERNET TO RECEIVEEMAILS LIKE THIS ONE, SO SNAIL MAIL AND TELEPHONE ARE ALSO NEEDED... On top of all this stuff that y...

Congress Gives Standing Ovation to Cops For Executing Unarmed Mother

Couple years ago I would consider this to be possible only in dystopian fiction. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM_flkAhBNk#t=35

How Canada's sex-assault laws violate bleep victims

It’s a crime like no other. A violation of the self as well as the body – an assault on trust, on privacy, on control. It’s also an offence with an afterlife: a sense of bruising shame and guilt.And it happens to women in Canada every 17 minutes.Some...

Meet the cabinet minister tasked with fixing the Senate

In his appointment as Minister of State for Democratic Reform and fixer of what is wrong with the Senate, Pierre Poilievre has arguably been handed the toughest job in cabinet.But he is also coming full circle to the issue that marked his entry to th...

Are you dipping at the store ?

Lately we bought a bottle of a spread: http://www.hiddenvalley.com/products/sandwich-spreads-and-condiments/spicy-chipotle-pepper/ When I was going to use it for first time, top came of quite easy and seems someone dipped their finger in there and pu...

Simply amazing - modern technology - 240 years old.

Listen and watch! http://www.chonday.com/Videos/the-writer-automaton

Go to the doctor, I am mad

Geez, people are stupid. Stupid to the point that they would rather be dead. Just got a call that B, 56, had a heart attack and is the hospital. I warned and I warned and I warned. Last month J, 52, "I'll go to the doctor on my day off". Diagnosed an...

Liberlas appoint Ken Coran,,

to run in London West byelection. http://www.am980.ca/news/local/story.aspx?ID=1997674

Bear mauls man after eating his barbeque.

http://cottagelife.com/71345/blogs/bear-mauls-drunk-man-after-eating-his-barbecue?utm_source=Cottage+Life+Newsletter&utm_campaign=7eb800fbba-Dockside_June_25_20136_24_2013&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_2a4b4abf7b-7eb800fbba-230158385

What to say to sleazy old men

who use the "friendly old chap" disguise to have their hand all over you?

Wrong date format in use.

We are in Canada Todays date should be shown as 05-07-2013 Why do these boards show the date as 07-05-2013

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?