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    • Green plan limited, PM warns

      Posted by Shemuses from Globe and Mail

      Canada will be off Kyoto targets by 50 per cent in 2012, Harper says.Statements from senior Conservatives, including former prime minister Brian Mulroney, have made clear in recent weeks that environmental concerns have become a top issue for voters , but yesterday's comments appeared to critics to mean there will be little change in the months...

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    • Mild weather makes some rethink Canada's identity

      Posted by Shemuses from Globe and Mail

      Canada's typically harsh winter weather continued to spare most of the country over the weekend as mild conditions prevailed instead of the snow and deep freeze many expect at the start of January. And while many cheerfully enjoyed the unseasonal treat, others pondered what it all means for Canada's national identity.

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      Seven Solutions to Homelessness

      Posted by Shemuses from The Tyee

      Homelessness is not necessary. Unlike most other urban social problems, homelessness is something policymakers actually know how to address. The U.S. and Britain have slashed their rates of homelessness during the past decade. But in Canada, homelessness is on the rise; and in the Vancouver region, the official count of homeless persons...

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    • Mother gives birth to six babies in Vancouver

      Posted by Shemuses from Globe and Mail

      A woman has given birth to sextuplets at a Vancouver hospital, a source has confirmed to The Canadian Press. No other details are being revealed but sources have told two Vancouver news outlets that the births had taken place this weekend, about 6 1/2 months into the pregnancy.

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      The greening of the oil sands

      Posted by Shemuses from Globe and Mail

      The three threads intertwine as a sense of urgency about global warming has pushed the environment into a tie with health care as the biggest issue in the minds of Canadians, according to new numbers this week from a quarterly poll by Environics Research. The issue could define the next federal election and has left the Alberta energy industry...

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      Harper takes fresh aim at ethnic voters

      Posted by Shemuses from Globe and Mail

      Mr. Harper Friday touted the defection of Muslim Liberal MP Wajid Khan as a sign of the new acceptance of the Tories by Canada's cultural communities, but it was Thursday's elevation to minister rank of MP Jason Kenney, the Prime Minister's bridge-builder with ethnic groups, that is more significant in practice.

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    oneohone comments on:

    Aboriginal issues missing from election campaign: First Nations leader

    This is bad.  Their issues should be discussed in the election

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    6:01 pm 10/06/08
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    oneohone comments on:

    Tickets to 2010 Vancouver Games go on sale in October

    These games seem to be becoming more about money than sports.

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    6:51 pm 10/04/08
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    georgenitis comments on:

    Obama Is Your Trudeau, I Tell American Friends

    Probably

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    1:19 pm 9/19/08
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    RobCottingham comments on:

    Political Savvy Meter

    Thanks for posting this, Jodie – interesting ideas from Rafe Mair.

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    11:38 pm 9/07/08
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    Shemuses comments on:

    Barenaked Ladies singer faces drug charge in N.Y.

    wow. the police look into the house, see them using drugs and arrest them. them there is hard core drug enforcement policy. i feel a lot safer knowing that Steven is locked up and in the criminal justice system.

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    10:15 pm 7/15/08
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    j1o2n3a4s5 comments on:

    The Culture of Meat

     A humanity that would domesticate is not healthy.  Exploitation and slavery come to mind, as well as torture.  Given all the information available about the harms of animal products on the human body I am flabbergasted that people accept this ‘meat washing’.

    incorrect overdose of simple proteins

    no animal that eats meat naturally has to cook it

    intestine inflammation

    reduced energy and fatigue

    Maybe because I have never eaten it and observed the effects on others that I take this no intentional harm abuse or consumption of life stance.  good book: Eternal Treblinka

    Maybe because i have never eaten it and observed the effects on others that i take this no intentioal harm abuse or consumption of life stance.  good book: Eternal Triblinka

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    9:44 am 7/09/08
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    Outrage brews as Ottawa set to honour Morgentaler

    there are several differences between a medical doctor who has not broken the law and a convicted pedophile serial killer. suggesting said convicted felon be freed?

    many canadians, the majority in fact are proud that our country enables women access to essential healthcare. these services save lives, often lives of the most vulnerable women in our society. there is a viable and empathetic middle way that combines health care, education, abstinence, birth control, and abortion. we need to look beyond our idealogy and meet the real needs of families in our communities.

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    10:52 pm 7/06/08
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    Shemuses

    Member since Oct 2008

    Jodie lives, plays, and blogs in Vancouver, BC. Her day job at ONE/Northwest puts her talents to work supporting social change strategies for greening our world.

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    Jeff

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    Jeff is the founder of NewsCloud. He is also a freelance writer and blogs at Idealog.

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