Mike Duffy: Deflation
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation inflates giant Mike Duffy balloon near Parliament Hill as part of a campaign to reform the Senate.
The approach to Port Alberni?
Documents reveal that food deprivation was used in nutritional experiments on malnourished children in Native Residential Schools in Canada; drawing parallels to Nazi human experiments
Prime Minister Harper compiles “enemy list”
Canadian Prime Minister’s office sends emails requesting that aides compile a list of “enemies” for distribution to new Cabinet
Studies show music can lessen pain
Listening to music can lessen children’s perception of pain; but what if the music is CAUSING the pain?
Malala-Day
UN declares “Malala Day” in honour of the Pakistani schoolgirl activist shot by the Taliban for attending classes.
Pope asks priests to abandon luxury cars
“Well, at least it emits more gas than it guzzles”
Burkhardt fiddles while Lac Mégantic burns
Edward Burkhardt, CEO of Maine and Atlantic Railway, makes flippant jokes mere days after a massive explosion, caused by his company’s train derailment, destroys the town and kills up to 50 people.
Sins of Emission
German Chancellor Angela Merkel personally blocked plans to improve the efficiency of European cars in order to protect German luxury cars such as Mercedes, BMW, Audi and Daimler, in spite of the fact that 27 other European nations had agreed.
Canning the new Fisheries Amendments?
The Canadian Conservative government has missed another deadline to implement its controversial fisheries bill which gutted habitat protection.
