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RCMP shouldn’t probe itself

RCMP shouldn’t probe itself

The RCMP should not be put in a position where it must investigate itself in serious matters.

Rewriting the rules won’t make Bloc go away

It’s been 19 years since Gilles Duceppe was elected as the first Bloc Quebecois member of Parliament.
Cadets great for teens

Cadets great for teens

Anyone who has ever attended a final parade for participants at the Penhold Air Cadet Summer Training Centre can’t help but be impressed.

Obama a bad president, indeed

Back in November, I predicted that the American people had made the wrong choice in electing an unremarkable Chicago lawyer and senator to the highest office in the land.

Pros and cons of programs aimed at C02 emissions

Federal Environment minister Jim Prentice recently announced Canada’s intention to introduce a “cap and trade” system that would force industry to lower its emissions of carbon dioxide.
Grizzly runs out of land

Grizzly runs out of land

It’s a devastating blow that a healthy grizzly bear population can’t be restored on the Prairies.

Two left feet in the dance of diplomacy

Stephen Harper is correctly diagnosing the symptom that tightened photo-opportunity smiles at the latest, least congenial Three Amigos summit. How fully the prime minister grasps the deeper disease is less certain.

United Church should thrown support behind Israel

The United Church has come out with progressive social positions like that on water use and their stand against bottled water.
Jobless help falls short

Jobless help falls short

There are two fundamental issues at play in the debate about reforming Canada’s employment insurance system.

Can Murdoch save the newspapers?

Can Rupert Murdoch save the newspaper industry by making people pay to read the news online?