"More than 7,000 health-care workers will receive an average $9,500 each before Christmas as compensation for being laid off after the B.C. government contracted out their jobs. The payments are part of a $75-million settlement negotiated among the government and health...
This is a classic battle between giant corporate interests vs. the rest of us. If you value the Internet and don't want it to turn into the kind of trash you see on TV then please do what you can to support the...
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A major study in England found that kids aren't being encouraged to take enough risks in their play time. They even go so far as to make some suggestions:""The research lists examples of risky play that should be...
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There will be no more privacy then... " Plans for a massive database snooping on the entire population were condemned yesterday as a ‘step too far for the British way of life’. In an Orwellian move, the Home Office is proposing to detail every phone call, e-mail,...
"FBI agent Paul Shannon led a team sent to Afghanistan in 2001 to fingerprint and interview foreign fighters for a database of known or suspected terrorists. Here, he takes Saddam Hussein's prints after his...
Flags are flying at half mast throughout the United States today as government offices and state facilities paid their respects to Police who have fallen in the line of duty for Peace Officers Memorial Day.While police officers actually have a statistically high death rate,...
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More news from Tibet as China cracks down on protests there."Chinese troops sealed off three of
Lhasa's largest monasteries after Tibet's biggest protests in
almost 20 years deteriorated into violence, with shops and...
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Does the Media have the Power to Squelch a Candidates
Voice?
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LAS VEGAS — Representative Dennis J. Kucinich of Ohio flew here
on Tuesday, hoping to join the leading Democratic presidential
candidates at a debate, but his wishes were dashed by the...
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorGranted, as the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms spells out what is expected of newcomers to this country, Herouxville feels the Canadian Government has not gone far...
In a Montana prison convicted Murderer Ronald Smith who executed two First Nations men because he wanted to know what it was like to kill someone? Perhaps Karma is playing a role in that the Canadian...
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The Beijing 2008 Olympics are vast hunting prairies for all sorts of journalism. Will the Chinese Republic allow free journalism?
…..”Beijing Olympics may give the impression of...
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"This morning, we at MAXINE were listening to Laura Ingraham having a chat with Michelle Malkin and her new website – Deport Them Now.
Through their discussion, it was revealed that a federal law exists that cuts...
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorIn Summary, Well don't this beat all, a Cocaine Smuggler crosses the US/Canada Border at Aldergrove, BC. Canadian Customs Officers Drug Sniffing Dogs...
"The Supreme Court of Canada began hearing arguments Wednesday in a case that seeks to define how police interrogation tactics should square with the Charter's long-protected right to silence.
Jagrup Singh, a...
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The U.S. Constitution is the “supreme law of the land” that was written by our fore fathers. This document ensures that our country does not fall under any type of dictatorship.