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SIGH — another report from a respected environmental institution lambasting Canada for its atrocious and morally/legally defiant climate performance. I tire of reading them, but find this one an especially good summary of our collective shame.
Leading up to next weeks’ G8 summit in Japan, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has released a report examining the [...]

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The Tories have been in full swing demonizing the Liberal Green Shift plan. Liberals rebutted last week with an official launch and media campaign.
Choices each party have made reveal much about their perspectives on Canada and Canadians.

The Tories, apparently, think Canadians are ignorant five-year olds on a Sunday morning. Comparing the two spots, the Conservative [...]

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Here in Calgary Broken City’s Celebrity Hot Tub and the HiFi Club have localized the global trend of paparazzi-style party pictures.
HoboGestapo, nightlife photographer in Sydney, captured pics of a stabbing outside of a club on film.
HipsterRunoff, who pointed me to the pics, asks:
I don’t think many people have a problem with party pix [...]

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An investigation will be held into suspicions that the Harper government illegally registered greenhouses gas emissions with the enforcement branch of the UN Kyoto Protocol.
This revelation means that Canada might be barred from the right to trade carbon dioxide in a global market. Greece was suspended for similar reasons last month, the first such state [...]

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Industry Minister Jim Prentice, seemingly an advocate for the rights of consumers following his spectrum auction announcement, has demonstrated a rather sickening disregard for Canadians recently.
CBC’s Search Engine podcast and its viewers, like many Canadians, have been concerned about an impending Canadian-style Digital Millennium Copyright Act — drafted in the coke-dusted, vodka-drenched backrooms of the [...]

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