Indeed, the potential impact on Ottawa’s relationship with Washington figured in the timing of the current change of strategy, a source familiar with the discussions said. “The PM [Stephen Harper] didn’t want it to become a [U.S.] election issue and therefore hurt Canada-U.S. relations.”
Flu death estimates not based on autopsies, reports, or lab tests. aka BULLSHIT
President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, where more than 33,000 people have been killed in 19 months of conflict, issued a law on GM food Thursday to preserve human life, state-run SANA news agency reported.
Yes Adam, they are just teasing you now. A New York man who was fired from a hotel in the Israeli resort town of Eilat on Thursday returned to the hotel on Friday morning and opened fire, killing a kitchen worker before being shot dead by police officers, the authorities said.
Once again, @noagenda called it. Prosecutors Allege Dr. Drew Was Paid to Talk Up Wellbutrin
Sometimes they do get caught. GlaxoSmithKline will plead guilty and pay $3 billion to resolve federal criminal and civil inquiries arising from the company's illegal promotion of some of its products, its failure to report safety data and alleged false price reporting.
More than half a decade after the Harper government was rocked by bombshell allegations that Canada knowingly transferred prisoners to torture in Afghanistan, a watchdog has concluded a probe of the matter by saying Ottawa thwarted efforts to get to the truth.
Mysterious Baltic Sea UFO disables electronics when approached, colder then surrounding water, and totally the stargate.
Uruguay will regulate and sell Marijuana
Canada's conservative government continues to ruin the country, this time by making us a target for nukes everywhere. Signs defense pact with Israel.
Massive offshore gas discoveries in East Africa are catapulting the region into a major player in the global energy arena, bringing billions in investment that could transform entire economies. I smell LIBERATION!
Health Canada announced Friday that Sanofi Pasteur was recalling roughly 4,700 vials -- or 47,000 doses -- of the so-called BCG vaccine. Another 1,000 vials produced as part of the affected lots had not been distributed by the company.
24 packages containing white powder delivered to high profile targets appeared to come from a group referring to itself as the Armed Revolutionary Forces of Quebec.
Canada passes anti-bully bill, legislating tolerance across the land. Since Harper only helps Harper, we can be sure that this bill will be used to protect the government from bullies (read reporters) and not the kids.
Bad news bear for those of us who still actually buy form the USA. USPS to stop international shipments of devices with Lithium-ion batteries. The batteries are suspected of terrorist acts by randomly blowing up and generally ruining peoples days when they run out of juice.
Doctors are proposing to use the Microsoft Kinect to observe children for signs of autism. Lock those spinners down!
SHOE that MOFO!
The federal government has decided to throw its weight behind a private member's bill that would make it a crime to wear a disguise while taking part in a riot. Does that mean the cops can't wear them either?
SNC-Lavalin won't name execs who OK'd $56M payouts. Authorities in Switzerland are holding Riadh Ben Aissa on accusations of fraud, corruption and money laundering tied to his dealings in North Africa where he won billions in contracts for engineering giant SNC-Lavalin in Libya from the Gadhafi regime.
Investigators have released a statement that the deceased M16 codebreaker probably didn't zip himself into a body bag and just maybe had some help.
