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Helmand Blog - Afghanistan (Free subscription) | 18 hours ago
Canadian soldiers have opened a new phase in their operation aimed at chasing insurgents from Panjwaii district, southwest of Kandahar city. A company has moved into the northern limits of Nakhonay, a town of around 2,000 people thought to be an insurgent stronghold. Earlier this week Canadian Forces joined an Afghan National Army unit in seizing the village of Haji Baba, which is located a short distance...
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atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Enjoy our golden November, with its shorts-clad joggers and kids digging in soft sandboxes, while it lasts. Environment Canada says the warm and sun is going to be pushed out by clouds, showers and flurries later this week.
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Market Wire (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA (MARKET WIRE) As the three-day Halifax International Security Forum today wrapped up its final sessions, the Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway, declared the inaugural event a success and invited the organisers to return to Halifax in future years. Some 300 international and industry leaders, academics, policy makers, and...
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Dr Roy's Thoughts (Free subscription) | 23 hours ago
Lawrence Solomon was interviewed by a believer of the church of kyoto and it shows. She also interviewed a chicken little. Listen here. You can hear the bias and the kid gloves she saved for preferred side of the debate. I guess it is good that she even allowed a climate realist on her show. Solomon wrote an account of his ordeal in the FP. You probably missed my heated on-air debate Thursday morning...
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The Gazetteer (Free subscription) | yesterday
SellingCanadiansDownTheirOwnPrivate CrazyRiverVille From the Big Willbowski: The story starts in 2008. Liberal MP Gerry Byrne prepared a motion calling on the government to introduce an airline passenger’s bill of rights. Travellers would be guaranteed remedies for lost bags, unreasonable delays or overbooked flights. The model was similar to protection in Europe... {snippety-doo-dah} ...MPs...
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oliver and gwens family (Free subscription) | yesterday
A lady Canadian libertarian wrote a lot of letters to the government, complaining about the treatment of captive insurgents (terrorists) being held in Afghanistan National Correctional System facilities. She received back the following reply: National Defense Headquarters MGen George R. Pearkes Bldg, 15 NT 101 Colonel By Drive Ottawa , ON K1A 0K2 Canada Dear Concerned Citizen, Thank you for your recent...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Vancouver Career College introduces stop smoking campaign at Surrey campus/I/P PSurrey, BC (Vocus) November 21, 2009 -- According to Health Canada, over 37,000 people will die this year in Canada because of smoking. While the percentage of smokers in Canada has decreased greatly in rece...
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eFoodAlert.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Majesty Brand Cantaloupes Recalled In USA Here is today's list of food safety recalls, product withdrawals and allergy alerts. The live links will take you directly to the official recall notices and company news releases that contain detailed information for each recall and alert. United States Allergy Alert: Unilever United States, Inc. (Englewood Cliffs, NJ) recalls certain Shedd’s Country...
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Far and Wide (Free subscription) | yesterday
An interesting study on Canada's climate change policy, that passes the sniff test: On the eve of major UN climate change talks next month in Copenhagen, a major survey of Canadians has found that more than three quarters of the public feel embarrassed that the country hasn't been taking a leadership role on reducing greenhouse-gas emissions. The finding that most Canadians are dismayed over the country's...
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Full Comment (Free subscription) | yesterday
Over the last three years, various politicians and commentators have highlighted a letter I sent to the National Post in October, 2006. I would like to set the record straight about what I wrote. At the time, Michael Ignatieff made a statement criticizing Israel’s action vis-à-vis the bombing of Kfar Qana during the 2006 Lebanon conflict, which Stephen Harper made a statement recognizing...
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Full Comment (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Conservative government is dismissing allegations levelled this week by Richard Colvin, a Canadian diplomat who says he delivered repeated warnings that prisoners handed over to Afghan authorities were being tortured. Mr. Colvin claims his reports were widely distributed. But top military and political figures deny any awareness of their contents. Unless we are to believe they are all lying, it...
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Theo Spark (Free subscription) | yesterday
VERY IMPORTANT TO READ FOR THOSE WHO TAKE MEDICATIONS (especially as we age) Most people know not to mix certain medicines without consulting their doctors. Some medicines cannot be mixed with certain foods and certainly most of us know not to mix certain medicines with alcohol although, some people think that mixing alcohol and medicine is harmless. As a public service the AMA and Health Canada have...
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Creekside (Free subscription) | yesterday
Commenter Stephen Phillips under this CBC poll has a question of his own : "What kind of a question is this? Mr. Colvin is a distinguished career diplomat under attack by a Government that has misled Parliament and the country about prisoner transfers and is now systematically blocking the work of the Military Complaints Tribunal. The real question is this: why is the Government trying to smear...
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Growing Your Baby - Parenthood from Pregnancy to... (Free subscription) | yesterday
Health Canada has recalled approximately 26,290 Melissa and Doug toys because testing has revealed that the surface paint on the toys contains barium in excess of the allowable limit.
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