Canadian Chief of Defence Staff orders plans for Afghan Pullout

The Canadian Military has been in Afghanistan since early 2002.  Initially a Battalion (Third Battalion Princess  Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry) was deployed to Khandahar and participated in the...

PETA Launches their Save the Seals Celebrity Campaign: Photos

PETA has launched their 'Save the Seals' celebrity campaign with an eye to using celebrities as a focus point to draw attention to the Canadian seal hunt and their desire to stop it. See some of the celebrity...

Harpers EI reform would be effective immediately

Michael Ignatieff, Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, has vowed that his party will no longer prop up the minority Conservative Government once Parliament resumes later this month. The Liberals are not in a...

Government's Khadr appeal to be heard by Supreme Court of Canada

Omar Khadr was captured on the Afghanistan battlefield, after a four hour battle, as a 15 year old and has been in Guantanamo for six years.  He has been charged with murdering a US soldier and is...

Canada's Conservatives optimistic about economy-election chances

The Bank of Canada declared last week that the recession was over.  It projected that the economy would grow by 1.3% in the last quarter and 3% next year.  Unemployment would lag behind. Prior to the...

Nuclear disaster averted?

What's the fallout from the decision to shelve plans for a new nuclear plant on the shores of Lake Ontario? We'll speak with Greenpeace Canada energy expert Shawn Patrick Stensil about a future without nuclear...

Alberta MP is being impersonated on line

The Internet is playing a larger role in our lives.  Many of us are aware of identity theft and are aware the chaos that could create in our lives.Conservative Member of Parliament for Edmonton East, Peter...

World Tamil Movement raised money for LTTE allege Canadian Police

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has released documents that prove the World Tamil Movement (WTM) has indeed been run by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). According to the documents released on...

Are there any environmental improvements in the Canadian budget?

The Canadian government released their budget yesterday, and it contained, according to the govenment, the largest 'green' plan in Canada's budget history. However, elements of the budget fell short of...

Too few votes mean no settlement deal for Peguis First Nation

The Peguis First Nation has neither accepted nor rejected a historic land claim settlement offer because too few cast their vote. Althought initial reports speculated that many of the 4,000 eligible First Nation voters did cast ballots, the final count indicated that only...

First Nations counting vote on historic settlement

The results of a historic vote by members of the Peguis First Nation in Manitoba are being counted to determine if a land claims settlement offered by the Canadian government will be accepted. Ottawa has offered...

Thank God for SSM

"Canadian marriage rate plateaus: StatsCan Thank god for Gay Marriage it meant that actual marriages in Canada last year did not just plateau but would have declined without them."

Canada expels Russian for espionage

There is very little detail in this story and we request all NP members with an interest in espionage to listen at their posts for any relevant information."Immigration enforcement officials in Canada have...

Two Strikes For Chong

"Michael Chong was one of a dozen Conservatives who voted against reopening the same-sex marriage debate in the House of Commons yesterday.This is the second time in a week the Wellington-Halton Hills MP has expressed a view contrary to the party's"

Harpers Legacy

"Is not a good one so far, says Toronto Sun columnist Chantal Hébert Still, Harper has earned a place in the history books for his efforts this week. Harper became the first post-war Prime Minister to ask the Commons to consider taking away the rights of a Canadian...

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