Monthly Archives: November 2011

Obama steers clear of deficit panel failure

President Obama has distanced himself from the congressional supercommittee — politically and geographically — in a strategy aimed at avoiding political risk rather than putting his leadership on the line for a long-shot deal, analysts say. “Politically, staying out of … Continue reading

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Goodspeed: As Arab Spring topples dictators, Iran’s influence grows

Not since the collapse of the Ottoman Empire after the First World War has the Middle East experienced such comprehensive change. Dictators have been toppled in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen; Syria is suffering civil war; and rebellion is smouldering … Continue reading

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McParland: McGuinty’s empty pockets aid Rob Ford’s austerity message

Rob Ford didn’t have the best first year in the history of Canadian mayors. There’s a decent chance his second will work out much more in his favour though. Much depends on how he handles the opportunity, but the opportunity … Continue reading

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Caledonia assault sentencing not a platform, judge warns

Cayuga • A sentencing hearing for a Six Nations man convicted of a violent assault during the native occupation of Caledonia will go on for another day after the judge said it was threatening to become “an anthropological walk in … Continue reading

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Spengler: Looting the Egyptian Currency – Democracy in Action

The ugly denouement of the so-called Egyptian Spring is visible in the collapse of Egypt’s stock exchange (down 11% in the first three days of this week) and the impending collapse of the Egyptian pound, as residents and foreigners flee to … Continue reading

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Lilley: Government debts need to be dealt with now

I don’t spend a whole lot of time looking at the international financial markets, I simply don’t have that much money to care. Maybe that should change. Earlier this week Germany, the strongest economy in Europe, tried to raise money … Continue reading

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Morning Update November 26th, 2011 (10)

CANADA #1 — CNews | Raw milk crusader fined $9,150  OWEN SOUND, Ont. — The southern Ontario dairy farmer who went on a hunger strike to protest the prohibition of raw milk was sentenced Friday. [...] #2 — Globe | Ontario’s … Continue reading

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Continetti: Anarchy in the U.S.A.

The roots of American disorder Ever since September, when activists heeded Adbusters editor Kalle Lasn’s call to Occupy Wall Street, it’s become a rite of passage for reporters, bloggers, and video trackers to go to the occupiers’ tent cities and comment on … Continue reading

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Afternoon Update November 25th, 2011 (10)

CANADA #1 — CS | CBC ponders another court case to fight access laws  OTTAWA  - How’s this for a sequel? The director of the long-running CBC reality show on access to information is considering a rerun of a court challenge to … Continue reading

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Euro falls on discord over how to resolve crisis (22)

LONDON: The euro fell to a fresh seven-week low against the dollar on Friday and was set to weaken further as a lack of agreement between European leaders on how to tackle the spreading debt crisis in the euro zone continued to rattle nervy … Continue reading

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FBI-backed team finds Canadian link to famous ’60s-era plane hijacking

Forty years after his daring flight into criminal history as the mysterious hijacker-parachutist “D.B. Cooper,” the unidentified man who got away with a $200,000 ransom — or died trying — has led an FBI-backed team of “citizen sleuths” to conclude … Continue reading

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US ‘blocking’ climate change fund ahead of Durban conference (1)

The US is threatening to derail next week’s UN summit on climate change by refusing to sign off on a global fund for protecting the environment, it was reported last night. American negotiators, backed by Saudi Arabia, were said to … Continue reading

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