Intrigues

Oil fatcats enriched by Trans Mountain deal

Sandy Garossino interviewed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a few months ago for National Observer. Trudeau said that the Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion was a project in the national interest that will benefit all Canadians as part of his national ...

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On groping in general and on Justin Trudeau

It was 1956 and I was in my junior year at Miami Senior High School (aka, MHS) on southwest first street. It was a whites-only school in those days of racial segregation in Florida but most Cubans and other Latinos ...

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Expect a Ferris wheel on Toronto Island

A Ferris wheel ala London’s famed wheel is likely in the cards for Toronto Island. Unless he has changed his mind since brother Rob was Toronto’s mayor, new Ontario Premier Doug Ford would have a Ferris wheel erected on the ...

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What is OPG really up to at Pickering?

In response to calls to close the aging Pickering Nuclear Station, our newly elected Premier, Doug Ford, defended keeping the plant running until “at least” 2024 while on the campaign trail. That phrase “at least” is very important because there ...

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10 more years of Pickering nuke hazard?

Does the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) care what you think about keeping the aging Pickering Nuclear Station running for another 10 years? Their actions strongly suggest they don’t. The CNSC has quietly arranged for hearings on the Pickering licence ...

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Baby name Albert would get highest real-world salary

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge might want to consider how the name they choose for the new Royal Baby could affect their offspring’s future earning potential, with Alberts and Arthurs earning the most, according to new research by job ...

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Megan makes noise, Putin makes sense

An attempted assassination by NBC news poodle Megan Kelly quickly mired down in mock interrogation as she hammered the Russian leader with snide and unanswerable questions. It was the major-media equivalent of a How often do you beat your wife ...

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Council of Canadians slams Trudeau water sellout

The Trudeau government introduced sweeping changes to Canada’s water, environmental and energy legislation. For people like you and me who care deeply about water, we’ve been waiting more than five years for this day—ever since the Harper government stripped 99% of ...

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Tories call on Trudeau to ‘Pay It Back’

Peter Kent, Conservative Shadow Minister for Ethics, and Jacques Gourde, Deputy Shadow Minister for Ethics, on  Feb. 7 launched the Pay It Back campaign, a grassroots effort to force Justin Trudeau to pay back the more than $200,000 he billed ...

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