Monthly Archives: June 2011

Editorial: Showing up the folly of 2-for-1 sentencing

On Tuesday, Constable Garrett Styles, a seven year veteran of the Toronto-area York Regional Police Service and married father of two, was killed in the line of duty. Const. Styles had stopped a stolen van, allegedly driven by an unlicenced … Continue reading

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Morning Update June 30th, 2011 (10)

CANADA #1 — CNews | No Candu for federal government OTTAWA – The Conservative government has sold its Candu nuclear reactor business to Montreal-based SNC-Lavalin for a paltry $15 million, effectively writing off tens of billions of dollars Canadians have … Continue reading

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Brogan: David Cameron and his party are on a collision course over Europe (1)

Does crisis bring opportunity? This is the question that is dividing the Conservative Party on Europe. On one side, there are those who see the slow implosion of Greece and the turmoil across the Channel as a heaven-sent chance to … Continue reading

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Afternoon Update June 29th, 2011 (10)

CANADA #1 — ES | Temporary housing rolling into Slave Lake Temporary housing has started to arrive in Slave Lake. Mayor Karina Pillay-Kinnee said residents can expect to see temporary housing in town over the course of the summer with … Continue reading

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Athens burns in riots (6)

Riot police fought running battles with hooded youths in Athens today as protests continued for a second day today as thousands took to the streets to fight against tough austerity measures. Parts of the Greek capital were ablaze and dozens … Continue reading

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Curl: Obama says everything — and nothing (2)

What on earth is President Obama talking about? The short answer is everything — and nothing. The most cerebral president in America’s history — yes, much smarter than Madison, Jefferson, Adams, any of the Founding Fathers, to hear the mainstream … Continue reading

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Spying on doctors: Prologue to Obamacare

Anyone who has seriously studied Medicaid, the insurance program for low-income Americans, understands that there is a huge difference between possessing health insurance and having access to health care. Until late yesterday afternoon, the Obama administration seemed bent on spending … Continue reading

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China’s pledge for ‘democracy’ contradicted by internal documents (1)

A pledge by Wen Jiabao, the Chinese premier, to bring “full” democracy to China has been undermined by the leak of internal Communist party documents ordering the party to tighten its control on the country. Mr Wen, who was in … Continue reading

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Hard-partying PoW camp a historical gem

They built whiskey stills, allegedly bribed camp guards with booze, attended Saturday-night dances in nearby towns, dated local women and got their hands on rifles to go hunting. They even went on strike. The prisoner of war camp in Riding … Continue reading

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