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Christine Elliott Announces Ontario PC Leadership Bid

At a press conference this morning that everyone saw coming, Christine Elliott, Ontario MPP for Whitby-Oshawa and Former Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's widow, announced her intention to replace Tim Hudak as On...

Is Ontario’s New Cabinet Shuffle a Wynne-r?

Reigning Ontario Empress Kathleen Wynne has announced her new shuffled cabinet today, and we are happy to say that it adequately reflects the symbolic progressive nature of her leadership. There are eight women...

What To Do for Quebec’s Fête Nationale: St Jean Baptiste 2014

Today is Saint-Jean Baptiste Day, an annual celebration of French Canadian culture and something about a baptism. In 1636, the traditional midsummer feast occurred for the first time on these continental sho...

The Northern Gateway Hypocrisy | Counter-Counter-Point

This article is part of our series Counter-Counter-Counter-Point. For a more culinary approach to the gastronomic delights of the tar sands, check out Michael Luba's take. I have to speak up agains...

Some Northern Gateway Food for Thought | Counter-Point

This article is part of our series Counter-Counter-Counter-Point. For an article a bit more jazzed about the pipeline, see Dylan Kruger's take. Canadians should know all there is to know about the ...

James Lunney Proves Climate Change Hoax By Cherry-Picking Facts

While the rest of the Canada is bracing itself to be trolled to death by yet another highly improbable theory on why climate change is actually an Illuminati hoax, James Lunney (who might want to co...

Edmonton Eskimos: Strongest Offense in the CFL?

After the US Patent Office cancelled several trademarks formerly belonging to the NFL’s Washington Redskins on the basis that the team name is “disparaging to Native Americans”, a minority group of Canadians (t...

Conservatives Are Missing The Hair: Charisma Matters

The losers will be consigned to book tours for the rest of their lives.Getty/AP/CP As evidenced by both recent federal polls and last week's Liberal victory in Ontario, something strange is happen...

Tim Hudak Remaining as PC Leader Until July 2nd

The recent Ontario election blowout has left many Progressive Conservatives calling for new leadership, but Tim Hudak is staying put. Tim Hudak will be hanging on tight to his position as PC leader and MPP o...

Montreal Police Fail to Pay Racial Profiling Fine to Farid Charles

Montreal police may be facing Human Rights Tribunal loan sharks after missing the deadline to pay court-ordered racial profiling charges to Farid Charles. When I was eight years old, I had to dish out $50 of...