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Submit News to CKA News Owner of bloodied Montreal boutique to appear in court
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:04:18 -0500
The owner of a Montreal fashion boutique where two men were murdered on Thursday will be appearing in court Saturday on suspicion of breaching his bail conditions.
Submit News to CKA News Owner of shop involved in Montreal shootings to appear in court Saturday.
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:44:00 GMT

A paramedic leaves the shooting scene at a clothing store in Old Montreal, Thursday, March 18, 2010. Police have arrested the owner of an Old Montreal boutique where deadly shootings took place.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan RemiorzThe Canadian Press - MONTREAL - The owner of a Montreal boutique where two men were gunned down Thursday appears in court today on suspicion of breaching his bail conditions.


Submit News to CKA News Search to resume in B.C. Rockies for victims of latest snowmobile avalanche
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:22:00 GMT

Snow mobiles, bottom right, are collected near Revelstoke, BC, Sunday, March 14, 2010.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff BassettThe Canadian Press - REVELSTOKE, B.C. - Rescue crews are poised to resume their search near the B.C. town of Revelstoke for any more victims of the region's second deadly avalanche in less than a week.


Submit News to CKA News Celeb video dominates
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:19 -0400
Sandra Bullock's marital woes bettered a nude art exhibit and Jennifer Aniston-Gerard Butler gossip as the week's most watched video


Submit News to CKA News Search for snowmobilers to resume after B.C. avalanche
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:07:22 -0500
The search for snowmobilers caught in an avalanche near Revelstoke, B.C., will resume at daybreak Saturday, after one person was killed in the second powerful avalanche to hit the area in less than a week.
Submit News to CKA News Pope apologizes to Irish abuse victims in letter
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:04:32 -0500
In a letter to the Irish faithful, Pope Benedict XVI apologized Saturday to victims of sexual and child abuse by Catholic priests in Ireland and rebuked Irish bishops for "grave errors of judgment and failures of leadership."
Submit News to CKA News Quebecers rally to put secularism on agenda
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:02:30 Z
As demonstrations go, the small protest in front of the cathedral in Trois Rivières on International Women's Day two weeks ago went almost unnoticed. About 20 demonstrators with handwritten placards called on the Quebec government to stop accommodating religious minorities like Muslim women who wear the niqab - a face veil with a slit for the eyes.
Submit News to CKA News Obama to rally Democrats ahead of health vote
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:59:45 -0500
Claiming unstoppable momentum, President Barack Obama is heading to Capitol Hill Saturday to rally House Democrats for a final push on landmark health care legislation ahead of a critical vote that could make-or-break his presidency.
Submit News to CKA News Montreal's street gangs growing up
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:57:58 Z
When people think of street gangs, they think of 19-year-olds in baggy pants.
Submit News to CKA News Montreal's street gangs are 'evolving' - Montreal Gazette
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:53:29 GMT+00:00

CBC.ca

Montreal's street gangs are 'evolving'
Montreal Gazette
Ducarme Joseph, 41, is believed to have been the target of a daring daytime shooting that took place at the FlawNego boutique in Old Montreal on March 18, 2010. Joseph escaped out the back door ...
Shop owner involved in Montreal shootings to appear in courtGlobe and Mail
Montreal shop owner in court after deadly shootingCBC.ca
Owner of bloodied Montreal boutique arrestedCTV.ca
Toronto Star -Edmonton Journal -Toronto Sun
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Submit News to CKA News Dozens stuck on impassable Manitoba roads - CBC.ca
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:52:44 GMT+00:00

CBC.ca

Dozens stuck on impassable Manitoba roads
CBC.ca
Officials say 81 people ? including about a dozen who were thought to be missing ? are stuck on winter roads in northern Manitoba that have turned to mush. On Friday concerns were raised about a group of 12 who were stranded near the community of Wrong ...
RCMP resume ice-road rescue in ManitobaVictoria Times Colonist
Rescue operation continues for stranded group on winter roadCTV.ca
Stranded group found by truck convoy: RCMPOttawa Citizen
Globe and Mail -Winnipeg Sun -Winnipeg Free Press
all 73 news articles »
Submit News to CKA News FlawNego owner 'leaves a trail of blood'
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:52:20 Z
Was the attempt to kill Ducarme Joseph somehow related to the hit on Nick Rizzuto Jr. just after Christmas? Did the former gang-leader step on too many toes, trying to exert his influence in the posh restaurants up and down the Main?
Submit News to CKA News Search to resume for victims of second avalanche - Globe and Mail
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:40:53 GMT+00:00

Globe and Mail

Search to resume for victims of second avalanche
Globe and Mail
A Search and Rescue helicopter heads toward the area where a large avalanche struck near Revelstoke, BC, on Sunday, March 14, 2010. RCMP now say two men were killed in an avalanche that struck a group of snowmobilers in BC, and not three as believed in ...
Search to resume for snowmobilers trapped in deadly BC avalancheVancouver Sun
Feds, BC to adopt new avalanche warning systemMontreal Gazette
New avalanche kills 1 near Revelstoke, BCToronto Star
CTV.ca -News1130 -Victoria Times Colonist
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Submit News to CKA News Negligence led to ER death of RDS TV personality: committee
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:38:20 Z
A Montreal emergency room doctor has been handed a formal reprimand in connection with the death of a well-known television personality under his care.
Submit News to CKA News ?King Ralph? Klein reigns over new game show
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:15:10 GMT
Former Alberta premier Ralph Klein has been enlisted to star in a combination game/talk show on the Christian television network
Submit News to CKA News British Airways hit with cabin crew strike
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:07:20 EDT
British Airways was forced to cancel more than half its 1,950 scheduled flights Saturday as a three-day strike by cabin staff began.
Submit News to CKA News Search to resume for snowmobilers trapped in deadly B.C. avalanche
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:02:28 Z
The search for snowmobilers trapped in a Friday avalanche in southeastern British Columbia was set to resume on Saturday at daybreak.
Submit News to CKA News Canada's Conservatives lead in opinion poll
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:58:00 GMT

Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa March 17, 2010. REUTERS/Chris WattieReuters - TORONTO (Reuters) - The Conservatives hold a lead over their main rivals in an opinion poll released on Saturday, but do not have enough support to win a majority government if an election took place now.


Submit News to CKA News Search to resume for snowmobilers trapped in deadly B.C. avalanche
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:55:06 GMT
Less than a week after a large avalanche left two men dead in southeastern British Columbia, an even bigger snowslide hit the area Friday
Submit News to CKA News Safety rules year too late for condos - Calgary Herald
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:51:53 GMT+00:00

CBC.ca

Safety rules year too late for condos
Calgary Herald
A firefighter helps a resident remove items from a burned out condo building in Millrise Friday afternoon. Calgary Fire Department escorted residents into the building allowing adults two boxes ...
Condo hit by fire deemed unlivableCBC.ca
City says fire 'compromised' Millrise apartment buildingVancouver Sun
All Millrise pets found aliveCTV.ca
CANOE -660 News -Calgary Sun
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Submit News to CKA News Ann Coulter visit sets off furor
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:38:51 -0400
American conservative firebrand Ann Coulter won't be in London until Monday but already the dust is flying.
Submit News to CKA News Sandstorm in China turns Beijing skies orange
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:38:26 -0500
China's capital woke up to orange-tinted skies Saturday as the strongest sandstorm so far this year hit the country's north, delaying some flights at Beijing's airport and prompting a dust warning for Seoul.
Submit News to CKA News Shop owner involved in Montreal shootings to appear in court
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 9:37 -0400
Owner of boutique where two men were gunned down appears in court today


Submit News to CKA News Big scores pose big challenges for thieves, say experts
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:33:18 -0500
The anniversary of an unsolved and spectacular art theft from a Boston museum is a reminder that audacious thieves are occasionally capable of pulling off amazing feats. But experts say they face challenges when trying to unload their stolen treasures.
Submit News to CKA News Police, doctors warn of the growing use of 'doda'
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:32:49 -0500
Police, politicians and doctors are warning that a relatively new street drug called doda is becoming more common across Canada, and not enough is being done to stop its trade.
Submit News to CKA News Montreal shop owner in court after deadly shooting
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:20:02 EDT
The owner of a clothing boutique in Old Montreal where two men were killed and two others injured will appear in court Saturday via video link.
Submit News to CKA News British Airways crew launches 3-day strike
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:01:30 -0500
British Airways was scrambling to deal with a three-day strike launched by cabin crew Saturday, throwing the plans of tens of thousands of travellers into chaos and risking harm to the Labour government before a tough general election.
Submit News to CKA News Obama makes good on hockey bet - Montreal Gazette
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:59:11 GMT+00:00

CBC.ca

Obama makes good on hockey bet
Montreal Gazette
Prime Minister Stephen Harper (left) looks at a case of beer given to him by US Ambassador to Canada David Jacobson at 24 Sussex Drive, Harper's official residence, in Ottawa Mar. 19, 2010. Jacobson presented Harper with two cases of beer after US ...
Obama sends Harper beer for hockey wagerToronto Sun
Harper cites central bank fears about C$ riseReuters Canada
Stephen Harper accepts Barack Obama's bashful beer: Olympic hockey betNational Post (blog)
CBC.ca -BusinessWeek -Inquirer.net
all 293 news articles »
Submit News to CKA News New boss wants to turn Tata into serious contender
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:29:37 -0500
Carl-Peter Forster had an option to become the next vice chairman of GM. He also had a competing offer from Ratan Tata to lead Tata Motors, the country's biggest automotive firm, to the next level. He chose the latter.
Submit News to CKA News Quebec joins Meatless Mondays
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:26:44 Z
For your kids' future, your health, the tortured animals, to lose weight, to slow climate change, to improve biodiversity, to reduce poverty ... experts say these are all good reasons to cut back on your meat consumption.
Submit News to CKA News U de M students stress about jobs, exams, travel as labour strife continues
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:58:31 Z
Graduation. That first real job or critical internship. Plane tickets to exotic destinations.
Submit News to CKA News Soldiers get family BBQ sendoff
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:13:01 -0400
Brave, confident faces of 130 Edmonton-based soldiers filled an Edmonton Garrison hall for one last family celebration before deployment to Afghanistan.
Submit News to CKA News Hospital thief taunts police
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:12:11 -0400
A fugitive sought in the hospital deathbed robbery of an elderly woman has been taunting detectives with phone calls in which he says he can't be caught.
Submit News to CKA News Big breakfast set for Guinness
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:08:22 -0400
With a breakfast of this size, you're going to need a bigger spoon.
Submit News to CKA News Martial artist admits killing mom
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:07:50 -0400
A Russian-born Edmonton martial arts enthusiast has admitted fatally stabbing his mother in the jugular vein with a shard of glass in a fight at their west-end home.
Submit News to CKA News Problem gamblers lose $3.5B lawsuit
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:06:46 -0400
More than 10,000 problem gamblers seeking $3.5 billion in damages against the Ontario Lottery & Gaming Corp. lost their bid to have their case heard as a class-action lawsuit.
Submit News to CKA News Calgary hate-crime suspect arrested - CANOE
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:04:12 GMT+00:00

Calgary hate-crime suspect arrested
CANOE
CALGARY - Cops have collared a man they believe to be a tagger responsible for a rash of anti-Semitic graffiti that targeted Calgary's Jewish community. The 18-year-old allegedly hit the Calgary Jewish Centre, ...
Racist graffiti suspect arrestedCalgary Herald
Teen wanted for defacing Jewish monumentsVancouver Sun
Man arrested in case of anti-Jewish graffiti spray-painted in CalgaryWinnipeg Free Press
CTV.ca -CHQR -Calgary Sun
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Submit News to CKA News Goods bound for Canada travel through 'pirate alley'
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:26:24 Z
When a Canadian navy warship reached the MV Kota Wajar in December, the container ship from Singapore and its crew had just been released after being held captive by Somali pirates for 2 1/2 months.
Submit News to CKA News Advocate says bang from Paralympics may be too small to keep bucks coming
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:15:00 GMT
The Canadian Press - VANCOUVER, B.C. - There are million-dollar strategies to turn B.C. into an accessible tourism destination.
Submit News to CKA News Walkom: Why we're all Red Tories - Toronto Star
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:38:00 GMT+00:00

Globe and Mail

Walkom: Why we're all Red Tories
Toronto Star
A re Canadians becoming more conservative? Those around Prime Minister Stephen Harper believe so. I'm not so sure. I think they are confusing how Canadians view the world with the Conservative government's ...
Tories lose some ground, but Grits fail to capitalizeVancouver Sun
Harper leads in new pollVancouverite
Canada's Conservatives lead in opinion pollReuters
Globe and Mail -CBC.ca -Winnipeg Free Press
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Submit News to CKA News Pathology dispute affecting patient care
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:30:47 GMT

A widening dispute between Newfoundland and Labrador's largest health authority and its doctors is having an impact on patients, an official says.CBC - A widening dispute between Newfoundland and Labrador's largest health authority and its doctors is having an impact on patients, an official says.


Submit News to CKA News Palestinian MP's visa too late for visit
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:30:00 -0400

The Canadian government issued a visa to a prominent peace activist and Palestinian MP too late for him to make the long trek in time for a three-city speaking tour about Middle East politics.

Submit News to CKA News Vatican failed to heed sex abuse lessons from Canada
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:30:00 -0400
Vatican failed to heed lessons from Canada

The tsunami of sex abuse scandals hitting the Roman Catholic church indicates it learned little from the trailblazing work done in Canada on the issue two decades ago, say experts in the church here.

Submit News to CKA News 'Tenants from hell' avoid rent, leave trail of debt
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:30:00 -0400
'Tenants from hell'

If Gregory or Suzanne Williamson knocks on your door wanting to rent your property ? run. That's the advice from a group of landlords who have been stiffed, stung and strung out by a couple they have dubbed the "Tenants from Hell."

Submit News to CKA News Check out Santa Cruz for land-based tours of Galapagos Islands - Vancouver Sun
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:12:20 GMT+00:00

ABC News

Check out Santa Cruz for land-based tours of Galapagos Islands
Vancouver Sun
Q. Our family is planning an 18-day holiday to the Galapagos Islands. We have two teenagers who don't like the idea of cruising around the islands so we are hoping to explore the islands on designated ...
Canadians safe after yacht hits Galapagos reefCBC.ca
Bookseller shipwrecked in GalapagosNational Post (blog)
Ship runs aground in the GalapagosGadling (blog)
Kelowna.com -Telegraph.co.uk -The Associated Press
all 229 news articles »
Submit News to CKA News RCMP locate missing travellers in northern Manitoba
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:05:17 Z
RCMP say they've located more than a dozen people who became stranded this week on thawing and muddy winter roads in northern Manitoba.
Submit News to CKA News New lease on life
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:18:36 GMT
The Edmonton Sun - Identical twins Shawn and Shane Mamer will set off airport security alarms for the rest of their lives.
Submit News to CKA News SUV lands on cab in crash
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:11:17 GMT
The Edmonton Sun - A lucky cabbie was at the right place at the right time yesterday when an SUV crashed into a gas pump at a southside 7-Eleven and partially landed on his taxi.
Submit News to CKA News Photos: Day 8 at the Paralympics
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:11:07 Z
All the highlights from Day 8 at the Paralympics.
Submit News to CKA News Giants beat Blazers 4-3 in first playoff outing
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:02:39 Z
While the Vancouver Canucks jockey for the playoffs, the city's more successful hockey team began them Friday the same as always. The Vancouver Giants won. Don't they always?

Canadian Editorial/Opinion Newswatch

Submit News to CKA News Young offenders get Ottawa's spin
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:30:00 -0400

Once again, the Conservative government is warning Canadians that our laws are not strong enough to "protect society." This time, it is young offenders, as young as 14, who apparently pose a threat.

Submit News to CKA News Israel cannot afford breach with U.S.
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:30:00 -0400

The cancellation of the visit by American envoy George Mitchell, who has been delegated to renew the diplomatic negotiations, embodies the slippery slope facing Israel. Even before completing the first year of his second term in office, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has managed to foment crises in two key strategic areas: the peace process with the Palestinians and relations with the United States.

Submit News to CKA News Messages we won't miss
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:30:00 -0400

Exploiting a loophole in the parliamentary rules regarding mailings to constituents, the federal Conservatives have been flooding opposition ridings with partisan pamphlets.

Submit News to CKA News How China's Internet censorship affects your health
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:16:20 GMT
Neil Seeman: If you accept, as I do, the proposition that free public online information can help you manage your health and access better care, there are over 1.3 billion people in China whose well-being is in jeopardy.
Submit News to CKA News Conservatives should thank their lucky stars for Michael Ignatieff
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:14:43 GMT
EKOS came out with a poll this week showing that the Conservatives have once again widened their lead over the Liberals by four percentage points. That?s not amazing in and of itself, but considering what has been going on in the news, it?s practically like turning water into wine.
Submit News to CKA News Harper?s hard right turn
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:00:04 +0000
Social conservatism is on the rise in Ottawa, and across Canada
Submit News to CKA News Stephen Harper's mojo is missing
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:04:32 GMT
John Ivison: That comfortably padded lunatic asylum, known euphemistically as the House of Commons, seems to have been overtaken by a bout of March Madness. The Conservatives reversed a publicly stated position for the third time in as many days.
Submit News to CKA News No-condoms-for-Africa is no solution
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:02:27 GMT
NDP leader Jack Layton?s rhetoric may be, er, inflated, but he is right about one thing: Canada should include contraception as part of its mission to improve maternal and child health in the third world.
Submit News to CKA News Toronto ? the province Canada loves to hate?
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:51:46 GMT
It?s a national pastime with a new twist. Even Ontario is trash-talking Toronto now, debating the merit of forcing Canada?s universal centre to become a standalone province.
Submit News to CKA News Confident, truly huge beauties
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:00:41 +0000
Barbara Amiel: "We are probably in the middle of an aesthetic change"
Submit News to CKA News Quite an introduction
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:00:12 +0000
Between the sometimes-luminous opening ceremonies and the corny clichés of the closing show, Canada presented versions of itself the world had never seen
Submit News to CKA News Your ?downturn,? their ?upturn?
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:40:53 +0000
Still foolish enough to be in the private sector paying for the benefits of the public sector?
Submit News to CKA News A formula for confusion
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:30:00 -0400

Telling new mothers that breastfeeding is the healthiest option for their newborn and then sending them home with free samples of infant formula has always been a mixed message.

Submit News to CKA News Harper's Mideast fog
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:30:00 -0400

If Prime Minister Stephen Harper wants to rebuke the Israeli government for expanding Jewish settlements in disputed East Jerusalem, as Washington and others have done, why doesn't he just come out and say so in plain language?

Submit News to CKA News Should Toronto be a province?
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:30:00 -0400

If the Fathers of Confederation were gathering to shape a new nation today, rather than in the 1860s, they might have been tempted to make Toronto a province. After all, there are compelling arguments to be made for provincial status. With a population of 2.5 million, this city has more people than most provinces; it is an economic titan; and some would argue that Toronto is culturally distinct, too.

Submit News to CKA News Movie review ? Stephen Harper's YouTube interview
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:00:43 GMT
Tasha Kheiriddin: An inspired casting call by PMO that manages to both suck up to the Internet colossus and make their boss look good at the same time.
Submit News to CKA News Vetting Afghan files
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:30:00 -0400

Has Prime Minister Stephen Harper handed former Supreme Court justice Frank Iacobucci an impossible task by asking him for a speedy decision on what documents Ottawa can make public on the Afghan detainee issue without endangering national security? It's beginning to look that way.

Submit News to CKA News Act now on head shots
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:30:00 -0400

The National Hockey League's general managers have collectively decided that enough is enough and have recommended rule changes to curb reckless "head shots" that leave players concussed or worse.

Submit News to CKA News Dissatisfying end to MFP scandal
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:30:00 -0400

Toronto's former budget chief Tom Jakobek is claiming vindication on news that the OPP will not be pressing criminal charges against him or anyone else involved in the MFP computer leasing scandal. In Jakobek's view, he was the victim of a political witch hunt, one that lacked evidence of any wrongdoing.

Submit News to CKA News Whatever happened to the government's post-Olympic popularity surge?
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:56:46 GMT
Don Martin: If you heard a Wednesday morning banging sound coming from inside the Prime Minister?s Office in the Langevin Block, it was just Stephen Harper hitting his forehead on the wall after reading the latest Nanos poll on his political fortunes.
Submit News to CKA News The secret to electoral success: Jetpacks!
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:00:44 +0000
Scott Feschuk gives the obvious answer to all problems
Submit News to CKA News Editorial: Don't cut costs on backs of sick
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:30:00 -0400

There is never a good time to be unemployed, poor, sick ? and dependent on government assistance. But with the province facing a massive deficit and searching for savings, this is a particularly bad time.

Submit News to CKA News Guergis lawyers up?
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:39:29 GMT
Bad enough Conservative Cabinet minister Helena Guergis threw an abusive tantrum at Charlottetown Airport. Is she now going to compound her folly by suing the airport and Air Canada?
Submit News to CKA News Ottawa's paralysis slows reconstruction
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:07:36 GMT
Almost all activity by the Canadian International Development Agency in Afghanistan has been stymied by a 2011 sunset clause Canadians have never been told about.
Submit News to CKA News Michael Ignatieff's dream from the throne
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:02:25 GMT
The Liberal leader continues to bypass the issues Canadians care about to focus on vague ruminations on "a shared national project." So what's that mean for health care?
Submit News to CKA News Harper?s rut
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:20:20 +0000
PAUL WELLS: Suddenly, things aren't so clear and focused
Submit News to CKA News What not to tweet
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:43:03 GMT
Lisa Raitt's twittered observations on the opposition's wardrobe may not be groundbreaking but are arguably an improvement over most Question Period fare
Submit News to CKA News The Best?and Worst
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:35:50 +0000
SCOTT FESCHUK: Judging various elements of the Vancouver Olympics using a numerical ranking from zero to 10
Submit News to CKA News It was my duty to hate
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:23:46 GMT
A state sentor from California says he voted against gay measures despite being gay because he felt obliged to represent the opinions of his bigoted supporters
Submit News to CKA News Welcome back Brian
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:33:38 GMT
Brian Mulroney is being eased back into the Tories' good books as Conservatives recognize the need to avoid a party split in future leadership contests
Submit News to CKA News The Tiger Woods nation
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:31:16 GMT
Conrad Black says Republicans are exploring new worlds of hyperbole, including Gov. Tim Pawlenty's suggestion Americans get their 9-irons and "smash the windows out of big government?
Submit News to CKA News Dr. Mini-Me wields his mini-axe
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:04:50 GMT
Stockwell Day's first budget restraint announcement will save the country One...Million...Dollars! Bwa-ha-ha
Submit News to CKA News The future is now
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:36:59 GMT
The squeeze unveiled in last week's budget underlines the need for Canadians to decide now what role we want Canada's military to play in the world
Submit News to CKA News Just kidding folks, really
Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:47:20 GMT
Stephen Harper's government is quickly backing away from its plan to rework the national anthem to be more gender-friendly
Submit News to CKA News Banking on duck porn
Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:33:44 GMT
The case against Syncrude for the death of several hundred ducks appears to be aimed as much at influencing public opinion as at informing the court
Submit News to CKA News Smile smile, chop chop
Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:04:00 GMT
The finance minister has told the public service that their operating budgets will be frozen, so any pay increases will come out of their own budgets.
Submit News to CKA News Pay your money, take your choice
Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:39:59 GMT
The throne speech was either a compendium of warmed over platitudes, or signs of a revolution in the making, depending on your pundit of choice.
Submit News to CKA News Gordon Brown?s cry of impotence
Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:00:10 +0000
MARK STEYN: If he rages naked at his aides it?s because he can do nothing about anything that matters
Submit News to CKA News Harper promises change
Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:45:30 GMT
The Prime Minister pulled an old study off the shelf and indicated that, after four years in power, serious changes are finally on the way.
Submit News to CKA News Apology glut
Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:23:52 GMT
It seems lately that every other person is telling the public they are sorry about something or other. This just makes the apologies all seem meaningless
Submit News to CKA News Liberals' fiscal policy revealed
Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:18:03 GMT
Here is the Liberal position on the budget, based on recent statements by the party leadership. Warning: it gets confusing
Submit News to CKA News Racism, as Canadian as winning gold
Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:29:57 GMT
To some, not only is the recent incident of a cross-burning not surprising, it?s fairly expected in a racist hellhole like Canada
Submit News to CKA News I didn?t medal because your pants are snug
Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:04:49 +0000
Scott Feschuk on blamers vs. complainers
Submit News to CKA News Prime Minister Joe Fan
Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:58:06 GMT
What's odd about Stephen Harper's love of hockey is the fact that it's unusual -- previous prime ministers looked like the went to games only because they had to
Submit News to CKA News What has changed in Ottawa in two months?
Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:28:47 +0000
Parliament?s first week back will see a war of narratives as Harper fires up his big guns: the budget and the Throne Speech
Submit News to CKA News How Canadians survived prorogation
Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:08:51 GMT
Our Olympic victories did not completely stifle the deep yearning every Canadian harbours for daily Ministerial Statements, but they did help fill the void
Submit News to CKA News Urban renewal, Detroit style
Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:08:54 GMT
Detroit's mayor wants to round up people in desolate neighbourhoods and ship them to less hopeless residential areas. Or he'll cut off their sewers and water supply.
Submit News to CKA News Tiger?s a lot of things, but he?s not sick
Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:50:08 +0000
Woods spent 45 days in therapy. But is ?sex addiction? really an illness?
Submit News to CKA News Cheering for our athletes and ourselves
Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:40:59 +0000
ANDREW COYNE: We have all, to a greater or lesser extent, undergone a change in national temperament
Submit News to CKA News Signs of life for Michael Ignatieff
Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:00:39 +0000
Prorogation allowed Ignatieff to see through the fog of his foibles and find his vision

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