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Michael Ignatieff Gets Hired at Harvard, No Longer “just visiting”

Michael Ignatieff, Liberal messiah and snob-extraordinaire was greeted with amazing news. For the first time in a number of years, Ignatieff will be working full-time, sitting as the Edward R. Murrow chair of P...

The Harper-Couillard Bromance: $5 billion for Quebec Infrastructure

Vive le Québec dépendant! Today in an important vote-grab, er, press conference, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard announced that over the next ten years, Quebec would receive...

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...

‘Dem Foreigners and Dat darn Harper’: The Temporary Foreign Worker Program

Apparently, serious complaints have been surfacing about the Temporary Foreign Worker Program for some time now. The earliest complaint, as we can understand it, came from Conservative MP Rob Merrifield, who cl...

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...

Canadian Military Fashion Upgrade: New Uniforms On The Way

As the world prepares for the Toronto Men’s Fashion Week in August, there is one big question at hand: will the Canadian Military men get an invite? In a move that likely shocked top designers Hugo Boss and Tom...

Canadian Al Jazeera Journalist Mohamed Fahmy Convicted by Egyptian Court

In a "shocking" turn of events, three Al Jazeera journalists were convicted and sentenced to seven years in prison in an Egyptian court earlier today. Somewhat strangely, one of those convicted was a canuck. Mo...

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 ...