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Northern Ontario Faces Crushing Poverty; Toronto Would Never Know

The rest of Ontario is nice, it doesn't have a monstrous tower dominating the skyline.Kenora When my American friends think of Canada, they think of two things: the CN tower and crack-smoking mayo...

Wrongfully Convicted Man Permitted To Sue Prosecutors

Every dog has its day, and in the case of the wrongfully accused Romeo Phillion, that day could mean $14 million in damages. Yesterday, Ontario’s Court of Appeals ruled that Romeo Phillion, a man who was wro...

Canada Blames China for NRC Espionage

Ah Espionage, an activity as sexy as the word sounds. Sharp tuxedos, beautiful Eastern European women, an evil fat guy with a monocle and a Russian accent, and shoe telephones. Although during the Cold War Cana...

Stoney Nakoda First Nation Signs Oil and Gas Deal With Chinese Company

Jimmy Crowfoot... Before he found that there are big bucks to be made in oil.Mike Russell On Monday, in a strange twist of business, the Stoney Nakoda First Nation signed a huge agreement with a C...

Lise Thibault Will Never be Royal Despite Best Attempt

Lise Thibault, former Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec (pronounced “leftenant” if you speak English and “la calisse de la Reine” if you speak Québécois) will be going to court, after a judge determined that she wi...

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...

Ottawa Frosh Video Encourages Drugs, Drinking, Debauchery

Universities across the country are preparing their campuses for the upcoming season of "Frosh", a time when new students are inducted into their new lives at university through a series of team cheers, drinkin...

Fertility Doctor Denies Alberta Woman Biracial Family

Some things were just made to go together: peanut butter and chocolate, burgers and fries, and shotguns and moonshine. One could argue that it’s these beautiful marriages that make the world go ‘round. But o...

3 (Possible) Reasons Bill Blair Is No Longer Toronto Police Chief

Ah Toronto, the "safest large city in North America," with the overall crime rate dropping severely in the past 10 years. Yet, Bill Blair, the Toronto Chief of Police just got canned, with his contract expiring...

New Detroit-Windsor Bridge Team Announced

Sorry, Matty Maroun, but the Detroit-Windsor bridge is going ahead as planned. In a press conference today in Windsor, ON, Canadian Transit Minister Lisa Raitt and Michigan Governor Rick Snyder named their r...