June 16, 2008

The Canadian Environmental Law Association and the Canadian organization Environmental Defense jointly conducted a study that was released to the public on Thursday, saying that chemicals released by new vinyl curtains may pose a significant health risk.
The study noted that many shower curtains contain more than 100 volate organic compounds (VOCs), phthalates and organotins, some [...]

June 13, 2008

A long-awaited apology from the Canadian government to the country’s native population was overshadowed on Wednesday by remarks made by Canadian Member of Parliament (MP) Pierre Poilievre. The government had announced that the historic statement was to take place on Wednesday, June 11, but prior to the actual apology, Poilievre spoke on a noon-hour radio [...]

June 11, 2008

“[Inside the windowless courtroom] there’s no link with the outside world except a clock, which is stuck at 8:00. And that’s government bureaucracy for you. You know, in British Columbia, it claims to be able to eradicate hate, but it can’t get someone in to restart the clock.”
– Mark Steyn on the Hugh Hewitt Show, [...]

June 4, 2008

The Conservative Party of Canada is now considering a 2005 recording of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper discussing “financial considerations” offered to the late Member of Parliament (MP) Chuck Cadman to have been “doctored”.
The tape contains a conversation between Harper and Vancouver journalist Tom Zytaruk, whose book “Like a Rock: The Chuck Cadman Story” claims [...]

June 2, 2008

Five people are dead in a murder-suicide in Calgary, Canada, which occurred on Tuesday, May 27. 34-year-old Joshua Lall stabbed and killed his 35-year-old wife, Alison, his two daughters, Kristen, 5 and Rochelle, 3, and 30-year-old Amber Bowerman, a tenant in their home, before committing suicide. A third daughter, one-year-old Anna, was not harmed.
Joshua apparently [...]

A couple from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada has been arrested on charges of public mischief after listing their seven day old baby girl on the popular Internet classified ads website Craigslist.
The listing claimed that the baby was unexpected, “healthy and very cute”. It asked CAN 10 000 for the baby. It also listed a phone [...]

May 27, 2008

Maxime Bernier, Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, resigned after it was revealed that he left classified materials at an insecure location. Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Bernier’s resignation in Ottawa on Monday.
Bernier was once in a relationship with Julie Couillard, whose previous associations with the controversial Hells Angels biker group were reported in recent months. [...]

April 22, 2008

Canadian Prime Minster Stephen Harper, US President George W. Bush and Mexican President Felipe Calderón met yesterday.
The first meeting was between Bush and Calderón. Afterwards, Bush noted that they “had a very long and very good discussion on a variety of issues. U.S. and Mexican relations are very important.”
Bush congratulated Calderón. “I want to congratulate [...]

March 14, 2008

There were 8 games played in the National Hockey League on March 13, 2008.
Tampa Bay Lightning @ Boston Bruins
Tampa Bay Lightning 3
Boston Bruins 1
Jeff Halpern scored first for the Lightning 7:41 into the first period on a Tampa Bay power play. Andreas Karlsson put the Lightning ahead by 2 7:43 into the second period. At [...]

February 6, 2008

The hunt for alleged kidney harvester, Dr. Amit Kumar, has led investigators to Brampton, a city in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) of Ontario, Canada.
Indian investigators allege that Kumar is the kingpin of a ring that removed kidneys of poor laborers in India for transplantation to the highest bidding patients, usually foreigners. After a request [...]

January 20, 2008

More on high-handed suppression of free speech by Canada’s Human Rights Commission.
The Canadian reader who alerted me to the violation of political liberty by the Canadian Human Rights Commission emailed this follow-up:

Following on the heels of the charges against Mark Steyn was the charge and investigation of another mainstream conservative journalist - Ezra Levant.
His crime: [...]

January 2, 2008

On New Year’s Day, the Buffalo Sabres and Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League played in the AMP Energy NHL Winter Classic, an outdoor game held at Orchard Park, New York’s Ralph Wilson Stadium. This was the second outdoor game in league history and the first outdoor game held in the United States.
The Penguins [...]

December 22, 2007

(This article is based on a US government report obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.)
The US Customs and Border Protection is responsible for keeping terrorists and other dangerous people from entering the country while also facilitating the cross-border movement of millions of travelers.
CBP carries out this responsibility at 326 air, sea, [...]

December 14, 2007

Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney testified Thursday before an ethics committee in the Canadian House of Commons about the Airbus affair, a case involving alleged bribery at the highest levels of government to secure Airbus sales of aircraft to Air Canada.
In his testimony, Mulroney said that he should not have associated with German businessman [...]

November 5, 2007

The website ScienceDaily.com posted a short story claiming that researchers may have discovered that there is a correlation between a man’s height — or rather his lack thereof — and a predisposition toward pedophilia. Now, the science of this is not the issue that immediately popped into my mind when I read this. No, what [...]

Harvard: Positive Newspaper Stories on Dems- 58.8%, Positive for Repubs- 26.4%
If even Harvard University says that the Media overwhelmingly favors Democrats in their coverage, you’ve got to finally accept that it is true. The MSM loves Democrats and hates Republicans. It’s just that simple. Investor’s Business Daily gives us the low down on the gushingly [...]

November 1, 2007

The Dalai Lama XIV visited Toronto for the last two day’s of his visit to Canada yesterday. He arrived at the Fairmont Royal York hotel in downtown Toronto.
He blessed the Tibetan Canadian Community Centre in Etobicoke, Ontario this morning, he also talked about “The Art of Happiness” to a crowd of 30,000 people at the [...]

The Dalai Lama XIV visited Toronto for the last two day’s of his visit to Canada yesterday. He arrived at the Fairmont Royal York hotel in downtown Toronto.
He blessed the Tibetan Canadian Community Centre in Etobicoke, Ontario this morning, he also talked about “The Art of Happiness” to a crowd of 30,000 people at the [...]

October 31, 2007

Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced a five-year program that could reduce taxes by a total C$60 billion.
The planned tax reduction measures include:
* Low-end personal income tax rates would be reduced from 15.5% to 15%, taking retroactive effect to the start of 2007;
* The basic personal exemption, the amount at which income is taxable, is [...]

October 28, 2007

A new bill will propose a law to amend the Canada Elections Act to ban Muslims from wearing veils (or niqab’s) while at polls.
“During the recent by-elections in Quebec, the government made it clear that we disagreed with the decision by Elections Canada to allow people to vote while concealing their face. That is why, [...]