OTTAWA — Canada’s minority Conservative government, re-elected less than two months ago, could be toppled in the next few days if Prime Minister Stephen Harper doesn’t make changes to an economic statement that has all three opposition parties up in arms.
Two of the three Canadian opposition parties are negotiating to form a coalition government, which [...]
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Almost a decade after a landmark Supreme Court of Canada ruling, the New Brunswick government is extending benefits and obligations to same-sex common-law couples.
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The militaries of the United States and Canada are wrapping up a seven-day exercise called “Vigilant Shield” on Tuesday. This marks the continuation of an ever-closer relationship between the two.
For instance, did you know that the United States military could go into Canada in times of emergency? And the Canadian military could go [...]
1. Targeted L.A. restaurant donates to group challenging Prop. 8…
El Coyote Mexican Cafe came under fire after a manager gave $100 to the campaign to ban same-sex marriage. Employees make an online donation of $500 to an advocacy group challenging the ban.
2. El Coyote: Anger, Tears–and Maybe Hope?…
But protesters, the majority of whom were El [...]
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Canada Proposing Climate-Change Pact With Obama, Globe Says
Sean B. Pasternak
Bloomberg
Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:32 UTC
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is proposing a climate-change pact with U.S. President-elect Barack Obama that would protect Alberta’s oil sands projects from potential new U.S. rules, the Globe and Mail reported.
Canadian cabinet ministers called for the agreement yesterday, the newspaper [...]
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A government document found on an Ottawa street last summer might be more sensitive than the environment minister John Baird initially led the public to believe, the CBC has learned.
Last August, a 131-page document in an envelope marked “Protected B” was found by a passerby on a street in Ottawa’s Kanata area and given to [...]
How Did McCain Escape Expulsion from the Senate?…
John McCain, according to a revelatory article in The New Republic, was almost certainly the source for illegal leaks during the Keating Five investigation — leaks that, if proven, would have been cause for his expulsion from the United States Senate for perjury. Additionally, according to [...]
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AFP
Published: Tuesday October 21, 2008
Canadian officials played an “indirect” role in the wrongful jailing and torture of three Canadian nationals in Syria and Egypt, an inquiry said Tuesday.
The probe, led by retired Supreme Court judge Frank Iacobucci, began in March behind closed doors to determine if the trio was mistreated abroad and whether Canadian authorities [...]
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By IAN AUSTEN
A gas pipeline in northern British Columbia was bombed for a second time in a week, the police said Thursday. Neither the explosion last Saturday nor the second bombing, which occurred late Wednesday or early Thursday, significantly damaged the pipeline, which carries sour gas, natural gas that contains toxic hydrogen sulfide. An antiterrorism [...]
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OTTAWA — Stephen Harper admitted Thursday that the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq was a mistake - one that Canadian troops would have been plunged into had he been prime minister in 2003.
The grudging admission came during the second televised leaders debate as the five leaders discussed the Canadian mission in Afghanistan.
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