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It's about bloody time: Canadian support for monarchy drops dramatically

Finally. Some great news. It's been pretty hard being a Canadian of late. Not only do we have a right-wing buffoon for a prime minister, but the progressive majority here has been left with no attractive, electable alternative.

Good riddance to long gun registry

Now that MPs have voted 164-137 to repeal the registry of long guns and shotguns, several realities stand out in the whole emotional question of the gun registry.

Barbaric' practices not welcome

A new citizenship guide for potential immigrants to Canada flatly declares that new Canadians may not engage in "barbaric" cultural practices such as genital mutilation and "honour killings."

A Plea to the Canadian Centre-Left - A Birthday Wish for me, which WON'T be coming TRUE, unless we ACT!

I am a politician & writer and I rarely see a letter, which is as smart, intelligent and which encompasses a good case, on every level, as this one has!

Canadians will get H1N1 shots faster than others: official

Canada may be behind other countries in rolling out its swine flu vaccine, but the population should be immunized by Christmas before the virus peaks, the country's chief public health officer said Wednesday.

The GG's self-promotion

It's embarrassing that the Governor General doesn't seem to know that she's not Canada's head of state. It's even more embarrassing that she and the prime minister are now engaged in a very public spat about it.

Treat Northwest Passage as an internal waterway to boost national security

Imagine a group of terrorists gaining access to North America by way of an increasingly ice-free and largely unpoliced Canadian Arctic. Imagine them infiltrating the Northwest Passage with ship-launched cruise missiles or weapons of mass destruction.

Buy American exemption deal in the works

A deal may be imminent that will exempt Canada from the controversial Buy American provision included in the U.S. stimulus package, CBC News has learned.

New hope for American war resisters

As of last week, American war refugees in Canada have reason to be a bit more hopeful.

Expecting flu assistance, reserves get body bags from Ottawa

They asked for help and got body bags. Aboriginal leaders said they were outraged and confused when dozens of body bags were delivered to remote Manitoba reserves after native communities demanded federal resources to fight a second wave of the H1N1 flu outbreak.

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