Diwali on foreign shores; Toronto, Canada World champion

According to a survey done by an airfare deals website, Diwali happens to be one of the top five festivals of the world that shouldn’t be missed. The festival of lights is no longer limited to Indian shores – in fact, it’s as famous as Bollywood all over the world. From...

Former Cdn Top Soldier writes Memoirs-Afghanistan and politics

Former Canadian Chief of Defence Staff  has recently released his memoirs A Soldier First: Bullets, Bureaucrats and the Politics of War. Hillier was a former Commander of ISAF in Kabul, a job now held by...

Stephen Harper Says No to Tax Hikes

Stephen Harper announced in a news conference in Welland, Ontario that he won't hike taxes or cut spending to deal with Canada's ballooning debt.  He says that Canada is on track to balance the federal budget by 2016.Opposition to Harper, such as the NDP, point out that...

Harper to G20: Canada has 'no history of colonialism'

Stephen Harper has a controversial vision for Canada's future but that is less worrying than his dubious sense of the country's history.  This week he said: ""We also have no history of colonialism. So we have...

Anti-Seal Hunt Protesters Arrested at Harper's Washington Visit

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has visited President Obama in Washington today, but three anti-seal hunt protesters were arrested outside the Canadian embassy there for dressing as bloody seals and...

Harper to press Obama on U.S. protectionism

President Obama made his first official international visit to Canada in January.  This has been a long standing tradition observed by U.S. Presidents. Tomorrow, Prime Minister Stephen Harper will visit the...

Did Harper get two of three opposition parties to blink?

Just when Michael Iganatieff was counting on a fall election, and an eventual entry in Canada's history books as Prime Minister, the other two opposition parties threw the perpetual monkey wrench into the spokes....

Conservative Govt. takes lead on Srilanka issue,holds Round Table

Sept. 11th 2009 A round table was held at Minister's Regional Office in Toronto today, Canada where Sri Lanka's present situation was discussed.Round table was attended by Canada's Multiculturism,Citizenship...

EKOS poll suggests that support of Liberal Party is softening

The leader of the Liberal Party, Michael Ignatieff,  recently announced that his party would no longer prop up the minority Conservative government in Canada.  At the time the Liberal Party was...

Harper vows No Backroom deals to avoid fall of his Government

The 2008 Canadian Federal Election resulted in the allocation of 143 seats to the Conservative Party, 77 seats to the Liberal Party, 49 seats to the Bloc Quebecois, 37 seats to the NDP and 2 seats to...

Doer to become Canada's Ambassador to the United States

One day after announcing that he would step down as Manitoba's Premier, Gary Doer has been introduced as Canada's next Ambassador to the United States. Doer, 61, has been the Premier of Manitoba since...

Canada PM focuses on Arctic north - Global Chess game

" Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is on a five-day visit to the northern Arctic region of his country. Mr Harper said it was all part of an initiative to promote Canada's sovereignty in the far north. ...

Canada PM eating seal meat, Iqaluit gaffe draws attention

" the prime minister’s office to issue press releases Monday referring to Nunavut’s capital as Iqualuit — rather than Iqaluit. In Inuktitut, Iqaluit means “many fishes.” Refer to Iqualuit, however, and...

Brits defend National Health Service against US conservative lies

"FAT, stupid Americans with no health insurance have attacked plans to stop them dying so easily."That's just one of many salvos being fired at U.S. conservatives who have been taking liberties with the truth about the United Kingdom's national health service."Bill McKay, a...

Stephen Harper to Visit Barack Obama in September

Prime Minister Stephen Harper will visit President Barack Obama on September 16, according to a statement posted on the White House website. This will be Harper's first visit to the White House since Obama's presidential inauguration. Harper and Obama have already met...

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