#Vancouver home to #Canada’s first #crackpipe #vending machines
Vancouver is the home to Canada’s first-ever crackpipe vending machines, which were erected in the city’s troubled Downtown Eastside a bid to curb the spread...
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Apple accused of selling customers’ personal information
Reuters / Carlo Allegri Apple has been hit with a hefty class action lawsuit courtesy of three men from Massachusetts who say the computer company...
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C-23 a threat to democracy: Opinion by a local resident and gardener
The Orwellian-named Fair Elections Act, while on the surface appearing to disenfranchise Canadian non-Conservative voters and, in other ways, advancing the interests of its authors,...
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Federal minister says child poverty not Ottawa’s problem
Industry Minister James Moore VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – It appears the federal government won’t be helping BC get out of the top spot when it comes...
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Neil Young calls Fort McMurray oilsands ‘a wasteland’
Canadian rocker Neil Young had some harsh words for the oilsands in Fort McMurray, Alta., during an event in Washington, D.C. "Fort McMurray looks like...
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Has #Canada Put a Question Mark Over the #Bitcoin?
I invited Stuart Hoegner to do this guest post. He is a virtual currencies, gaming, and tax attorney and accountant in Toronto. He is also...
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U.S. won’t be pushed into fast Keystone decision
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. government says it won't be pushed into making a decision on the long-delayed Keystone pipeline, suggesting Friday that the ongoing lobbying...
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Alberta wins as Ottawa rebalances health-care spending
Rising health care costs are enough to keep provincial finance ministers up at night. Canadians use more health care as they age and Canada’s population...
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What exactly is International Women’s Day?
Student protesters march during a demonstration marking International Women’s Day in Barcelona on March 8, 2019. Countries around the world will celebrate International Women’s Day...
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WATCH: Mercer Rips Tories For Canada Post Service Cuts
wireless canada The Harper government went to war with Canada’s big wireless companies, and lost. But there may yet be time for a rematch. That’s...
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In battle of Harper vs. Trudeau, polls clash on who has the edge among likely voters
The next federal election may be decided by who votes, rather than for which party Canadians cast a ballot. But it’s not entirely clear which...
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Hackers, rights group sue Germany’s government over NSA surveillance
A group of computer hackers and human rights campaigners in Germany say they are suing their government for allegedly breaking the law by aiding foreign...
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Coke defends arrest of gay Russian human rights advocate
In a troubling, and tone-deaf, statement about the recent arrest of a Russian gay rights advocate for waving a rainbow flag during the Olympic torch...
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Senate ethics – what about Press Gallery ethics?
A great deal of media attention has been paid these past few months to the ethics, or alleged lack thereof, of senators Pamela Wallin and...
