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Five Reasons Why Preserving Summer Fruits Like Grandma Is Green

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 07.24.2008 | Green

Read More: Organic Food, Fruit, Cooking Recipes, Cooking, Environment, Food, Canada, Diy, Treehugger, Health, Green News
Karin Kloosterman

I say we need a revolution -- one where people spend less time at shopping malls, and more in the kitchen.

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My Sinful Second Home

Lloyd Alter | Posted 07.19.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Green Design, Canada, Green News
Lloyd Alter

I am writing this post from my own little fantasy in the woods by a small lake in the District of Muskoka, three hours north of Toronto. I am not going to talk about how green my place is.

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Sorry, Canada, $7 Canadian Is Just $6.98 American!

Dave Burdick | Posted 07.17.2008 | Business

Read More: Loonie, Canadian Dollar, Weak Economy, Canada, Weak Dollar, Inflation, Economy, Business News
Dave Burdick

"Hey, Canada! You thought that pipeline was worth seven billion dollars? Ha! Yeah, where we're from, that's a $6.98 billion pipeline!" And then I'd smugly shine an apple on my lapel.

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Just for Spite

Doug Stanhope | Posted 07.17.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Montreal Just for Laughs Festival, Canada, Montreal, Comedy Festivals, Just for Spite, Just for Laughs, Entertainment News
Doug Stanhope

Out of spite, I booked the weekend in Montreal on my own, the same weekend as Just For Laughs' finale.

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"Screwed up" and "abused": Omar Khadr's Canadian interrogations at Guantanamo

Andy Worthington | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Al-Qaeda, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Nathan Whitling, Omar Khadr, UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Omar Khadr Tape, Canada, Osama Bin Laden, Politics News
Andy Worthington

In 2003, when he was 16, Omar was visited by representatives of Special Investigations. The video shows Omar displaying his wounds, weeping uncontrollably and pulling at his hair in despair.

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Exclusive: Congress Plans Historic Hearing on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: House, Senate, Congress, Military, Dadt, Colin Powell, Hearing, Afghanistan, Homophobia, Sam Nunn, Manpower Shortage, Gays, Iraq, Dan Coats, Canada, Politics News
Aubrey Sarvis

Any serious discussion of the crisis the country faces in recruiting and retaining qualified men and women in the military will require a fresh and serious look at the odious "compromise" known as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."

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The Ten Hottest Men And Ten Hottest Women From Canada

Huffington Post | Posted 07.01.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Hot Canadians, Canada, Canada Day, Slideshow, Entertainment News

HAPPY CANADA DAY!! July 1 is the country's national holiday. As per wikipedia, "The occasion marks the joining of the British colonies of Nova Scot...

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In Favor of Plan B, IUD's and the Freedom of Choice

Danielle Cavallucci | Posted 06.18.2008 | Living

Read More: Women's Health, Plan B, Iud, Feminism, Canada, Healthcare, Sexuality, Education, Sex, News, Living News
Danielle Cavallucci

Why is it that Canadians have such an evolved take on sexuality and are so much less taboo driven and abstinence promoting?

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Secretly Turning Canadian Lakes Into Mine Dumping Sites

CBC News | Terry Milewski | Posted 06.17.2008 | Green

Read More: Fisheries Act, Canada, Hidden Mining Subsidy, Pollution, Canadian Lakes Dump Sites, Green News

CBC News has learned that 16 Canadian lakes are slated to be officially but quietly "reclassified" as toxic dump sites for mines. The lakes include pr...

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NAFTA: America's Energy Solution

Diane Francis | Posted 06.13.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Alternative Energy, Manhattan Project for Energy, Mexico, Conservation, Obama, Mccain, Canada, U.S., Drill Bans on Federal Lands and Offshore, Democrats, Nafta, Windfall Profits Tax, Power Generation, Hybrids, Oil, Tidal Power, Fuel Efficiencies, Hydro-Electric Power, Natural Gas, Alberta, Newfoundland, Green News
Diane Francis

North America should forget a continental energy policy which will guarantee its economic pre-eminence -- but this will only work if the US imposes strict conservation and Mexico changes its oil policies immediately.

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Gas Prices Not High Enough For Some: Price-Fixing Cartel Caught In Quebec

Ottawa Citizen | Posted 06.12.2008 | Business

Read More: Gas Prices, Price-Fixing, Quebec Gas Scam, Canadian Gas, Quebec, Quebecois, Canada, Gas Price Fixing, Canada Gas Scam, Business News

MONTREAL - The Competition Bureau has charged 13 people and 11 companies - in what it called a cartel - with gas-price fixing in four different Quebec...

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Serious News: Indian Abuse Ignored For Decades. Why?

Sharon Waxman | Posted 06.12.2008 | Media

Read More: Native American, Native Americans, New York Times, Native American Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Canada, Physical Abuse, Media News
Sharon Waxman

Canada has apologized to the country's Native Americans, for forcing them into residential schools where they were physically and sexually abused.

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Major Victory for Indigenous Rights and Old Growth Forests

Michael Brune | Posted 06.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Logging, Canada, Indigenous Rights, Activism, Forests, First Nations, Ontario, Land Battles, Native Americans, The Grassy Narrow, Living News
Michael Brune

Mention Native peoples being forced off their lands and most Americans think of their high school history books. But battles over Indigenous land rights continue to this day, even right here in North America.

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Guns N' Robes: A Canadian Perspective

Bruce Kluger | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: The Supreme Court, Gun Control, Tim O'Driscoll, D.C. vs. Heller, Canada, Quebec, Health Insurance, Health Care, Politics News
Bruce Kluger

I've always liked Canada. Its health care system apparently works; its comedians are consistently a hoot; and the gentle behemoth just upstairs always manages to keep a cool head in a hot world.

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Interview With Political Science Professor Kenneth Janda

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Caucus, Primary Calendar, Superdelegate, Canada, Northwestern University, Campaign, Republican, Nevada, Janda, Nomination Race, Rnc, Mike Huckabee, 2008, Political Science, Ohio, New Hampshire, John Edwards, Superdelegates, Super Tuesday, 2008 Campaign, Primary Election, Florida, Primary, Payson S. Wild, Mitt Romney, Woman, Democrat, 2008 Elections, Minority Voters, 08, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Election, Primary Race, 08 Election, Nomination, Elections, Rudy Giuliani, 08 Campaign, African American, Michigan, 2008 Presidential Race, Kenneth Janda, Northwestern, Iowa, South Carolina, Smoke Filled Room, Hillary Clinton, Dnc, National Primary, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Last Thanksgiving, I took a vacation from the blog and (while I was gone) I ran a series of speech transcripts from all eight of the Democratic candid...

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Movies Instead of High School? Join The Film Club!

Elizabeth Benedict | Posted 05.04.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: David GIlmour, Children, Sons, The Film Club, Canada, Film, Movies, Fathers, Parents, Huffpost Books, Book Review, Entertainment News
Elizabeth Benedict

Canadian novelist David Gilmour's The Film Club tells such an unusual story, and tells it so gracefully, it just might break through the non-fake memoir glass ceiling.

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Can't See the Forest for the Trees?

Carl Pope | Posted 04.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Tariffs, Logging, Slush Fund, Bush Administration, Canada, Forests, Politics News
Carl Pope

Our National Forests have been starved for basic services and funding over the past six years because the government "can't afford" to do the people's business.

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Time to Renegotiate NAFTA, Not Expand It

Rep. M. Kaptur, Sen. Y. Polevnsky and MP P. Julian | Posted 04.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Felipe Calderon, George W, Stephen Harper, Nafta, George W. Bush, Mexico, U.S., Canada, SPP, Politics News
Rep. M. Kaptur, Sen. Y. Polevnsky and MP P. Julian

Rather than attempting to handcuff the new administration and the people of our three countries to NAFTA-plus, it is time to chart a fair trade future for North America that fosters democratic governance.

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April is Earth Month -- Mother Earth, Motherhood -- The Holiest of Holies

Paige Donner | Posted 04.14.2008 | Living

Read More: Earth Month, Motherhood, Dna, Mother Earth, Earth Day, Paternity, 23andme, Cherish, DNA Day, Neglect, Environmental, Sustainable, Humanity, Holiest of Holies, April, Spittoon, Uk, Npr, Canada, DNA Data Bank, Japan, Scientificmatch, Britney Spears, Living News
Paige Donner

The month of April is a celebration of Earth. What is more synonymous with Earth than Mother? And yet, just as we are recognizing the serious conseq...

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ABC News Continues To Get Obama/NAFTA Story Wrong

Steven G. Brant | Posted 03.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ohio Primary, Hillary Clinton, Video, ABC News, Nafta, Canada, Barack Obama, Politics News
Steven G. Brant

My questions for ABC News and George Stephanopoulos is: Where are your reporters getting their information? Last weekend's newspapers?

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Did Clinton Win Ohio on a Lie?

Paul Loeb | Posted 03.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Negative Campaigning, Canada, Hillary Clinton, Huckabee Scandal, 2008 Election, Nafta-Gate, Barack Obama, Dirty Politics, Nafta, Naftagate, Cbc, Ian Brodie, Samantha Power, Austan Goolsbee, Stephen Harper, Ctv, Politics News
Paul Loeb

The nine delegates Clinton netted from Ohio can't be changed, but the salience of of the "NAFTAgate" lie casts into doubt everything she says about the lessons of this victory.

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Obama Denies Assuring Canada on NAFTA

Posted 03.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama NAFTA, Obama NAFTA, Austan Goolsbee, Obama Canada Embassy, Obama Canada, Obama and NAFTA, Nafta Canada, Nafta, Canada, Politics News

UPDATE: Canada's parliament took up the issue of Obama's position on NAFTA today, with Liberal leaders angrily accusing conservative Prime Minister St...

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The Clinton Health Care Fallacy

Paul Jenkins | Posted 02.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Switzerland, Massachusetts, Canada, Capitalism, 2008 Election, Democrats, Japan, Barack Obama, France, Singapore, Rudy Giuliani, Great Britain, Elizabeth Edwards, John Edwards, Hillary Clinton, Doctors, Republicans, Socialism, Cuba, Health Care, Medicine, Marxism, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

Clinton isn't really for universal health care, or she would be advocating a socialized system not unlike Canada's, Great Britain's, or France's: free and accessible medical care.

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ESPN's Chris Berman Caught On Camera Talking About Smuggling Canadian Pills

Huffington Post/College Humor | Posted 02.12.2008 | Media

Read More: Canadian Drugs, Drugs, Sportscenter, Espn, Djhe Djhe Djhe, Canadian Asprin, Monday Night Football, Canada, Baseball Tonight, Chris Berman, NFL Countdown, Berman, Codeine, Asprin, Chris Berman Canadian Pills, Chris Berman Pills, Chris Berman Behind the Scenes Footage, Media News

UPDATE: At first it seemed like Chris's calling the pills "djhe djhe djhes" was his attempt to hide some deeply illicit name. But on closer inspection...

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Canada May End Afghan Mission, Bush Told

AP | ROB GILLIES | Posted 01.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warwire, Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, Canada, Stephen Harper, George Bush, Bush Harper Afghanistan, Canada Afghanistan, War on Terror, Nato, NATO Afghanistan, Politics News

TORONTO — Prime Minister Stephen Harper told President Bush on Wednesday that Canada will end its military mission in Afghanistan if another NAT...

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