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Swearing Allegiance to the Queen Still Necessary, But Only Symbolically

This article is part of our series Counter-Counter-Counter-Point. To read about why you should still have a picture of the Queen in your house, Maxwell Stockton reports. On Wednesday, the Ontario c...

Partisan Attack Ads Are Getting Prettier: Tories Launch Mulcair Site

After the Board of Internal Economy (BOIE) ruled that the NDP would have to pay back money related to party employee salaries, the Conservatives jumped on the opportunity to take a shot at the off...

"I also don't recognize any legal authority in a fancy building except my diary"

Oath to Queen Still Necessary for Citizenship: Court to Permanent Residents

This article is part of our series Counter-Counter-Counter-Point. For why we should get rid of this silly old tradition, check out what Anna St. Clair has to say. On Wednesday, Ontario Court of App...

Life of Harper: Wars, Football, and Homer Simpson

Each week, Kyle Muzyka sifts through what our PM has been up to in this column, The Radical Adventures of Stephen Harper, for your personal enjoyment. (You can see his archived reviews of 24/SEVEN here.) ...

Life of Harper: Saskatchewan, Bees, and Weed

Each week, Kyle Muzyka sifts through what our PM has been up to in this column, The Radical Adventures of Stephen Harper, for your personal enjoyment. (You can see his archived reviews of 24/SEVEN here.) &nb...

Crazy Canadian Comments: Cow Housing, Indian-ness, and Welfare Whales

Welcome to Crazy Canadian Comments, a weekly column featuring the most outlandish comments made on popular news sites (mostly the National Post and Globe and Mail, because that’s where all the angry senior citi...

Mr. Big Is Not Okay: Supreme Court Rules Against Sting Operations

As cool as undercover police operations seem on TV, the Supreme Court of Canada isn’t such a fan. Today in a majority decision, Canada’s top court ruled that so called Mr. Big sting operations, also known as “T...

Life of Harper: Missiles, Duffy, and the Ottawa Redblacks

24/SEVEN is a Prime Minister's Office-produced web series that takes a look at all the fun photo-ops that Stephen Harper did while wearing plaid and a cowboy hat (our reviews of which are archived here). In thi...

Crazy Canadian Comments: Estrogen Shiberals, Snuffling Lawyers, and Eye-Poking

Welcome to Crazy Canadian Comments, a weekly column featuring the most outlandish comments made on popular news sites (mostly the National Post and Globe and Mail, because that’s where all the angry senior citi...

Ontario Budget Passed: Why is Nobody Writing About It?

Premier Kathleen Wynne and her veritable army of Liberal cronies passed the Ontario budget today, but nobody seems to be talking about it. There are no major newspaper stories, no major segments on ...