Gen. Walter Natyncyzk admits Afghan prisoner detained by Canada

Canadian general Walter Natynczyk now admits that a prison severely beaten by Afghan interrogators had earlier been detained by Canadian soldiers  His statement is a complete reversal of his previous...

RaceORama Cars Dinner Plates Have Lead & Cadmium in Glaze

Enesco Canada in cooperation with Health Canada are recalling RaceORama Cars dinner plates because of the high levels of lead and cadmium in their colourful glazes. Food placed on these dinner plates can dissolve...

Evenflo Recalls Baby Toy in Canada and U.S.

Evenflo in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, is recalling a baby toy called Cake Toy on 1-2-3 Tea for Me.  Full description follows. " This recall involves the cake toy on 1-2-3 Tea for MeTM ExerSaucers® by Evenflo®. The...

Belkin TuneBase Products Subject to Recall

Belkin TuneBase products subject to recall.  These products are devices for docking and recharging your iPod by plugging into the car's cigarette lighter.  Full product description follows. "This recall involves the following Belkin products, which play and...

Mark Messier named Manager of Canadian National Hockey Team

Albertan and Hockey Great, Mark Messier has been named General Manager of he Canadian National Hockey Team. The St.Albert native spend 25 years in the National Hockey League playing for the Edmonton Oilers,...

General Walter Natynczyk, Abused prisoner not detained by Canada

There is a storm brewing in Canada and I don.t mean a winter storm.   A parliamentary committee is looking into allegations of prisoner abuse of detainees handed to Afghan authorities by Canadian...

The GAS Police? ...and the New Land Rush!

     Oh yes, my friends, those who watch out for us all (and our planet) and declared both carbon and methane to be official targets of our ire and animosity.  Never mind the facts...

Vancouver 2010 Medal Ceremony Concert List

The Vancouver Olympic Organizing committee (VANOC) released today that there will be a series of concerts that will accompany the medal ceremonies.  The Concerts are tributes to the medal-winning Olympians...

Five Canadians Have Died After Botox Injections

Heath Canada is looking into the deaths of five people following their injection with Botox.  None of the people who died were injected with Botox for cosmetic reasons. Botox is approved for use in Canada for to...

Greenpeace targets Parliament Hill for Protest in Ottawa

Greenpeace protesters put a giant banner on the West Side of Parliament Buildings this morning.  Protesters were also hanging on the side of the Parliament buildings with the aid of climbing equipment....

Toking women, will they pave the road for pot smokers?

"Public acceptance of pot is at an all-time high, and the fact that women have drastically changed their attitudes may be what is most fascinating about the sea change in public opinion -- and policy -- regarding...

Harper regained Access for Canadian Beef to the Hong Kong Market

The beef cattle industry in Canada, particularly in Alberta, has been in dire straits since the discovery of a cow that had been infected with BSE (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy). In August 2006 the Canadian...

You're born gay, and that's that according to QMUL's Dr. Rahman

Dr. Qazi Rahman Queen Mary University of London's assistant professor in Cognitive Biology whose research interests include Cognitive Biology and the Psycho-biology of human sexual orientation, claims in Gay by...

Twentieth Anniversary of the Montreal Massacre -

Today is the 20th Anniversary of the Montreal Massacre.  On Dec 6th, 1999 Marc Lepine walked into Montreal's l'Ecole Polytechnique and gunned down 14 female engineering students. Apparently Marc Lepine had...

A climate of hypocrisy at Copenhagen

By Barry O'Regan What will green cost us?  Plenty!  Prime Minister Harper's hesitation to attend the Climate change summit in Copenhagen may have been for good reason.  One reason was to see if...

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