Monthly Archives: March 2010

Canada Mar. 29th, 2010 (10)

#1 — CBC | Alberta budget hits kids, seniors, disabled Frontline public services will be affected by provincial funding cuts, Premier Ed Stelmach warns. [...] #2 — CBC | Saint John MP pushes bridge deal Conservative MP Rodney Weston is … Continue reading

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Ring of Fire a chance to remake, or ruin, the north (1- bumped)

ARTEN FALLS FIRST NATION, ONT.–Children sprint into the school gym to feast on the grapes, apples and oranges laid out on long tables – the first fresh fruit they’ve seen in months. The fruit, all 90 kilos of it, is … Continue reading

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Diplomat hammers Liberals over lost principles (1)

MONTREAL — The Liberal party is sacrificing its principles and maybe even its soul in an empty quest to return to power, says Robert Fowler, a career Canadian diplomat and veteran public servant. In a hard-hitting address to the Liberals’ … Continue reading

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Palin to tea partyers: Don't sit down, shut up (2)

SEARCHLIGHT, Nev. (AP) — Sarah Palin told thousands of tea party activists assembled in the dusty Nevada desert Saturday that Sen. Harry Reid will have to explain his votes when he comes back to his hometown to campaign. The wind … Continue reading

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The ObamaCare Writedowns (2)

It’s been a banner week for Democrats: ObamaCare passed Congress in its final form on Thursday night, and the returns are already rolling in. Yesterday AT&T announced that it will be forced to make a $1 billion writedown due solely … Continue reading

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German Shipping Faces Wave of Financing Problems

As recently as 2008, container ships were transporting record amounts of products across the world’s oceans. Now, many German shipping companies are struggling to pay for the vessels they ordered during the boom. Their banks could be in trouble, too. … Continue reading

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Quebec farmers union wary of Chinese connection

MONTREAL – Quebec’s powerful Union des producteurs agricoles says it is concerned by reports of investors of Chinese origin inquiring about buying large tracts of agricultural land in the province. The UPA says Quebec needs to make sure this does … Continue reading

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Health Care time bombs

What happens when you pass a 3,000 page piece of legislation dealing with perhaps the most complex segment of American society that few legislators bothered to read, and that no one – not the authors of the bill, the Democratic … Continue reading

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Sixteen cranky pacifists

Canada has lost 141 soldiers in the war in Afghanistan. Responding to these painful losses, ordinary citizens have rallied to support our military. From the Yellow Ribbon campaign to the Highway of Heroes to the Toronto Maple Leafs’ “Luke’s Troops” … Continue reading

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World Mar. 28th, 2010 (10)

#1 — BBC | Special relationship between UK and US is over, MPs say The UK government needs to be “less deferential” towards the US and more willing to say no to Washington, a group of MPs have said. [...] … Continue reading

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Canada Mar. 28th, 2010 (10)

#1 — CBC | Retirement a top concern at ‘thinkers’ conference Canadians are looking at a future of working beyond the traditional retirement age and stashing away more savings in order to maintain their standard of living, the former Bank … Continue reading

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Homes of their own (1)

An old and recurrent fantasy about American aboriginal peoples is that they had no conception of property. Christopher Columbus got the impression that “in that which one had, all took a share, especially of eatable things.” The Baron de La … Continue reading

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