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Canada: Leaders Of Polygamist Group Arrested

AP | JEREMY HAINSWORTH | Posted 01.07.2009 | World

Read More: Polygamy, Blackmore Arrested, Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Warren Jeffs, Winston Blackmore, Canada Polygamy, Blackmore, Polygamous Community, Oler Arrested, James Oler, Canada, Bishop of Bountiful, Commune in Canada Leader in Prison, World News

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Two top leaders of a polygamous community in western Canada have been arrested and charged with practicing polygam...

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Oh Canada, Get Some Sleep!

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 01.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Sleep Aids, Economic Cost of Insomnia, Health, Alcohol, Insomnia, Sleep Products, Sleep Deprivation, Fatigue, Pharmaceuticals, Canada, Sleep Disorders, Living News

A recent study I read showed some interesting aspects about the sleep of our friends to the north, and they seem to be as bad as ours here in the US! ...

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Shoe and Awe: From Bush in Iraq to Gaza Fury

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 01.04.2009 | World

Read More: Egypt, Gordon Brown, London, Al Watan, Kuwait, Gaza, Al Jazeera, George W. Bush, Israel, Canada, La Presse, Gulf News, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, World News

It was bound to continue -- the shoe has been transformed into a weapon of protest and fury at Israel's onslaught on Gaza.

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Canada Avalanche: Body Of Eighth Man Found

AP | Posted 12.30.2008 | World

Read More: Canada Avalanche, Canada Avalanche Kills 8, Avalanche, Avalanche Deaths, Eighth Man Canada Avalanche, Canada, Canada Avalanche Kills 7, World News

FERNIE, British Columbia — The eighth and final body was found Tuesday from a group of snowmobilers buried by weekend avalanches in western Cana...

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Iraqi Canadian Charged With Spying For Saddam While In US

Theglobeandmail.com | KATE HAMMER | Posted 12.30.2008 | World

Read More: Baath Party, Iraqi Intelligence Service, Us Department of Justice, Iraqi Intelligence, Mouyad Mahmoud Darwish, Spy, Iraq, Canada, Counterintelligence, Iraqi-Canadian Man Spies for Saddam, World News

An Iraqi-born Canadian citizen who was detained on Christmas Eve as he tried to enter the United States has been charged with conspiring to spy for Sa...

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Why Americans Should be Following Canadian Politics Right Now

Michael Garrity | Posted 12.29.2008 | World

Read More: Liberals and Conservatives, Electoral, Obama Canada, Canada Parliament Shuts Down, Conservative Party of Canada, Democracy, Canada, Canada Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Canadian Politics, World News

Canadian politics over the last several weeks has been hands-down the best drama on television. It is also in a state of crisis and in urgent need of the type of political renewal the U.S. is going through.

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Steve Nash Speaks About Trades, Politics, & Playing for NY

Graham Bensinger | Posted 12.29.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Suns, New York, Mark Cuban, Basketball, Arizona, Shaquille O'Neal, Canada, Steve Nash, Sports, Phoenix, Mike D'antoni, Foundation, Mavericks, Steve Kerr, Knicks, Dallas, Nba, Dirk Nowitzki, Video, Entertainment News

Nash is a 6'2, white, non-dunking, Canadian. He may be the least physically gifted point guard in the NBA, yet he's a two-time Most Valuable Player.

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Laid-Off Employee Opens Fire At Vancouver Holiday Office Party, Killing 1

AP | Posted 12.13.2008 | World

Read More: Canada, Vancouver Holiday Party Shooting, Vancouver Office Shooting, Vancouver, Vancouver Shooting, World News

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — A 61-year-old man was charged with first-degree murder Saturday after allegedly opening fire at his former employe...

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The Secretary of Sports

Roger I. Abrams | Posted 12.11.2008 | Home

Read More: France, Al Gore, Title IX, Baseball, Bowls, Football, College Football Playoff, Obama, Obama Transition, Canada, Basketball, Department of Sport, Amateur Sports Act, Hockey, Home News

President-Elect Obama has made plain his support for a college football playoff system. Advocates of our current system have expressed their diss...

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Biggest Leveraged Buyout In History Is Dead

AP | ROB GILLIES | Posted 12.11.2008 | Business

Read More: Biggest LBO in History, Leveraged Buyout, Lbo, Canada, BCE, Business News

TORONTO — The largest leveraged buyout in history is officially dead and arguments over a billion-dollar break fee have erupted after an investm...

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The World's Friendliest Countries

forbes.com | David Sutton | Posted 12.10.2008 | Living

Read More: World's Friendliest Countries, Friendliest Countries, Canada, Living News

The country that once welcomed the tired, poor, huddled masses is now asking for a little reciprocation. And Canada, Germany and Australia are heeding...

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Canada's Opposition Will Have New Leader: Michael Ignatieff

Globe and Mail | Posted 12.09.2008 | World

Read More: Stephen Harper, Canada Government, Canada Harper Parliament, Canada Opposition Leader, Michael Ignatieff, Canada Parliament Shuts Down, Canada, Canada Political Crisis, Michael Ignatieff Canada, World News

Canadian opposition leader Stephane Dion announced he would step down as Liberal Party leader yesterday. After other candidates backed out, Michael Ig...

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Power Grab Unleashes Canadian Political Passions

Megan Harris | Posted 12.09.2008 | World

Read More: Canadian Opposition Party, Canadian Seperatism, Canadian Voters, Steven Harper, Michaelle Jean, Bloc Quebecois, Stephane Dion, Gilles Duceppe, Jim Flaherty, New Democratic Party, Canada, Quebec Seperatism, Canadian Politics, Jack Layton, World News

Jack Layton and Giles Duceppe can be credited for unleashing the political passion of Canadians but they should also pay the price at the polls for plunging Canada into a political crisis.

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Liberal Party's Leader In Canada Says He'll Quit Early

nytimes.com | IAN AUSTEN | Posted 12.09.2008 | World

Read More: Stephane Dion, Michael Ignatieff, Canada, World News

Just days after it appeared he might become prime minister, Stephane Dion said instead on Monday that he would accelerate his previously announced dep...

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Harper's "Time Out"

Eric Lurio | Posted 12.05.2008 | World

Read More: Michael Ignatieff, Voting, Steven Harper, Michaelle Jean, Canada Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Canada, World News

Steven Harper has forced the national au pair to shut down the parliament and give the opposition a "time out."

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"Prorogue" Eh! A Coup in Ottawa?

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: House of Commons, Obama Transition, Nato, Stephen Harper, Michaelle Jean, Canada, Afghanistan, Canadian Parliament, Barack Obama., Commonwealth of Canada, Politics News

In the scheme of great challenges faces the incoming Obama administration, an internal threat to Canada's democracy just ain't on anyone's priority list.

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Oy, Canada! Conservative PM Uses Rare Act To Suspend Parliament

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 12.04.2008 | World

Read More: Prorogue, Economic Crisis, Economy, Canada, Steven Harper, World News

With the fiscal situation worsening up North, the current Prime Minister of Canada has gone rogue--or rather 'prorogue.'

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Canadian Leader Shuts Down Parliament In Desperate Attempt To Stay In Power

AP | ROB GILLIES | Posted 12.04.2008 | World

Read More: Canada No-Confidence Vote, Stephen Harper, Canada Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Canada, Canada Parliament Shuts Down, Canada Stephen Harper, World News

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper suspended Parliament on Thursday to avoid almost certain defeat in a confidence vote _ an unprecedented m...

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My Country is now an Autocracy

Kevin Grandia | Posted 12.04.2008 | World

Read More: Prorogue, Conservative Party of Canada, Stephen Harper, Canada Politics, Canada, Foreign Policy, World News

I thought this type of thing only happened in rogue African nations. The Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, was just given the go-ahead to shu...

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Canada's PM Says Bid To Topple Him Is Undemocratic

AP | ROB GILLIES | Posted 12.03.2008 | World

Read More: Canada, Stephen Harper, World News

TORONTO — Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Wednesday condemned an opposition plan to gain power by ousting his government in a confiden...

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The Short End of The Socialist Stick

Paul Jenkins | Posted 12.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Economy, Auto Industry, Communism, Europe, Gm, Socialism, Mexico, Canada, Social-Democracy, Democratic Party, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Journalism, Transportation, France, Education, Military, Bailout, Charles De Gaulle, Marxism, Republican Party, Health Care, Politics News

What we have is De Gaulle-style socialism (state-funded corporations, cronyism, an overstuffed military), but without free and decent French schools, doctors and trains.

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A Coup in Canada?

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 12.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Conservative Party, Financial Crisis, Stephen Harper, Liberals, The Queen, Coup, Economy, Canada, Wiretapping, Politics News

It's an exciting time the United States, but there are even bigger things happening to the north. No, it's not picking a national security team. Canada is on the verge of a coup.

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Canada Takes Over Where Obama Refused to Go

Kevin Grandia | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Stephen Harper, Barack Obama, Stephan Dion, Fox News, Conservative Party of Canada, Hate Speech, Canada Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Harper, Canada, Canada Prime Minister, Jack Layton, Politics News

Canada's right-wing government is relying on the heated rhetoric and divisive-style of politics that Obama refused to engage in south of the border in the recent US election.

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A Post-Thanksgiving Cornucopia: World AIDS Day, The Birth of (RED)WIRE, Milk and Prop 8

Mike Ragogna | Posted 12.01.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Prop 6, Congress, Hiv, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ontario, Who, Dixie Chicks, Asia, China, Wolrd Health Foundation, Gay Adoption, Ali Partovi, Olympic Bird's Nest, Patna Women's College, The Killers, W Hotels, Premiere Wen Jiabao, Aids, Elvis Costello, World AIDS Day, Melissa Etheridge, Latin America, President Barack Obama, Rod Stewart, Nand Kishore Yadev, Sheryl Crow, The Police, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Emile Hirsch, Coldplay, India, Matthew Sheppard, James Franco, Starbucks, Gay Marriage, Jay-Z, Josh Brolin, Toronto, Prop 8, Spider-Man, Canada, Sean Penn, Keith Olbermann, California, Don MacKinnon, Lisa Gurry, W, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Senator Barbara Boxer, (RED), Elton John, World Health Organization, Kargil Chowk, Hear Music, Senator John v. Briggs, High School Music, John Legend, Unicef, Molly Johnson, Msn, Lucas Grabeel, United States, Harvey Milk, Gus Van Sant, Death Cab for Cutie, Into the Wild, President George W. Bush, Itunes, Carribean, Matthew Shepard, Ilike, Entertainment News

The new online digital magazine (RED)WIRE will sponsor a series of unique performances by artists such as U2 and Sheryl Crow, in its bid to help fight AIDS.

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Canada's Opposition Parties May Topple Conservative Government

AP | ROB GILLIES | Posted 11.29.2008 | World

Read More: Stephen Harper, Canada, Canada Government, Canada Prime Minister Stephen Harper, World News

TORONTO — Opposition parties said Friday they may seek to topple Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government and form a ruling coalition, chargin...

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