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Renegotiate NAFTA, new Green party leader says
2006/08/27 20:53 Permalink
The new leader of the Green Party of Canada has called on the government to give notice to the U.S. that it wants to end the free-trade deal.
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"No Threat" to Spotted Owls in Canada: Govt
2006/08/27 20:50 Permalink
Despite petitions from environmental groups, the federal Environment Minister will not step in to protect Canada's most endangered species.
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Canada Alters Course on Kyoto
2006/05/03 09:34 Permalink
Budget Slashes Funding Devoted to Goals of Emissions Pact

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Pill-popping society fouling our water Pill-popping society fouling our water, official says
2006/03/23 17:42 Permalink
Pharmaceuticals that people flush down the drain every day are showing up in our drinking water, says Ontario's environmental commissioner.

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Supermarkets in Britain urged to snub Canada over seal hunt
2006/03/20 11:55 Permalink
Opponents of Canada’s annual seal hunt urged Britain’s big supermarket chains on Monday to boycott Canadian fish and seafood products.

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High Crimes, or A Tokin' Figure?
2006/03/18 10:51 Permalink
Canadians Find the 'Prince of Pot' Harmless. The DEA Begs to Differ.

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Senator fires back at U.S. family upset with seal hunt
2006/03/17 10:20 Permalink
A Liberal senator has replied to a family in Minnesota upset about Canada's seal hunt with a letter denouncing the United States for executing prisoners at home and killing people in Iraq.

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New border ID card won't fly, study suggests
2006/03/14 17:44 Permalink
A survey released today suggests 68 per cent of people in the United States and 54 per cent in Canada would be unlikely to purchase a card to avoid showing a passport at land crossings by the end of next year. About a third of people surveyed in each country who don't have passports said they'd be less likely to cross the border, a sign of an impending blow to tourism that's been estimated at nearly a billion dollars in the U.S. and twice that in Canada.
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Troops to get java fix, Timbits
2006/03/10 08:01 Permalink
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Tim Hortons to open in Kandahar - Move follows call by top soldier!
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Harper probe
2006/03/07 14:37 Permalink
Ottawa — A spokesman for the federal ethics commissioner says his boss will press on with a preliminary inquiry into Stephen Harper, despite opposition from the prime minister's office.
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Ready for a thaw?
2006/02/24 09:15 Permalink
Canada's new government hopes to repair relations with the United States
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Canadian Conservative Party Links to Right Wing American Groups
2006/02/22 11:26 Permalink
Over 20 candidates and members of Parliament for the Conservative Party of Canada, including leader Stephen Harper, Justice Critic Vic Toews, Foreign Affairs Critic Stockwell Day and Firearms Critic Garry Breitkreuz, have links to organizations established under the umbrella of the Council for National Policy (CNP), an American group that the New York Times calls a “club of a few hundred of the most powerful conservatives in the country,” and which Rolling Stone reports has “funnelled billions of dollars to right-wing Christian activists.” Visit http://harperstiestousa.org/ for more on this one!
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