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Ex-Ottawa police chief Peter Sloly testifies at Emergencies Act inquiry
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- Ex-Ottawa police chief Peter Sloly testifies at Emergencies Act inquiry
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- 2 years ago
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- On Oct. 28, former chief Peter Sloly told the Emergencies Act inquiry that Ottawa police officers were “doing their very best under inhuman circumstances” during the first weekend of Freedom Convoy protests, but that nothing in intelligence he received beforehand indicated they would stay in the capital for so long. The former Ottawa Police Service (OPS) chief also blamed the fact that public opinion turned so hard and so quickly against police officers on the first weekend of the convoy’s “occupation” and “off the charts” levels of “disinformation and misinformation.” Watch his full testimony.
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- Tearful ex-chief says Ottawa police did their 'very best': Emergencies Act inquiry
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- 2 years ago
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- On Oct. 28, former chief Peter Sloly told the Emergencies Act inquiry that Ottawa police officers were “doing their very best under inhuman circumstances” during the first weekend of Freedom Convoy protests, but that nothing in intelligence he received beforehand indicated they would stay in the capital for so long. The former Ottawa Police Service (OPS) chief also blamed the fact that public opinion turned so hard and so quickly against police officers on the first weekend of the convoy’s “occupation” and “off the charts” levels of “disinformation and misinformation.”
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- What counts as a threat to the security of Canada in law?
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- 2 years ago
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What counts as a threat to the security of Canada in law? Kristopher Kinsinger, National Director at Runnymede Society, speaks with National Post.
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- Introduction to Underwater Hockey
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- 2 years ago
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- Read the full story at https://nationalpost.com/news/strange-unsung-sport-of-underwater-hockey-gets-an-unlikely-spotlight-in-court
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Video courtesy of https://www.underwater-society.org/uwh This non-contact snorkeling sport has two teams of six facing off on the bottom of the pool. The weighted puck can be pushed, slid, or flicked with a short stick into the goal.
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- Veteran told MAID is 'better than blowing your brains out,' committee hears
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- 2 years ago
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- Explosive testimony Monday before the Commons standing committee on veterans affairs by a retired member of the Canadian Armed Forces suggests a combat veteran was offered MAID twice — despite repeatedly dismissing medically assisted suicide — and was told that Veterans Affairs had carried out the service for others.
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- China's Xi has former president Hu escorted out of party congress
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- 2 years ago
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- China's Communist Party wrapped up its twice-a-decade congress on Saturday. In an unusual moment, former President Hu Jintao was unexpectedly escorted out of the closing ceremony.
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- GC Strategies testifies about $9M ArriveCan contract
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- 2 years ago
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- GC Strategies billed the government $9 million over two years, with most of that money being paid out to software engineers and others who actually built components of ArriveCan, the company’s managing partner, Kristian Firth told the government operations and estimates committee. The Ottawa firm was the largest single contractor on the federal government’s controversial ArriveCan app and Firth and his partner, Darren Anthony, personally earned between $1.3 million and $2.7 million for their work.
Read more: https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/two-owners-of-it-firm-made-up-to-2-7-million-for-hiring-team-that-helped-build-arrivecan
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- Did the convoy have a charter right to park trucks in the middle of the street?
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- 2 years ago
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Did the convoy have a charter right to park trucks in the middle of the street? Kristopher Kinsinger, National Director at Runnymede Society speaks with National Post
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- RCMP release audio of tense call with Lucki after N.S. massacre
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- 2 years ago
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RCMP release audio of tense call with Lucki after N.S. massacre
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- U.K. PM Liz Truss resigns after six weeks
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- 2 years ago
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- Liz Truss has announced she will resign as Prime Minister, becoming the shortest serving prime minister in British history.
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- Councillor Diane Deans Announces She Found A New Police Chief During Phone Call With Mayor J...
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- 2 years ago
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- On Oct. 19, 2022, Councillor Diane Deans testified at the Emergencies Act inquiry. Audio from a video call between Mayor Jim Watson and Dean was played. During the call, Deans announces that she found a new police chief to replace Peter Sloly after he resigned. So basically, Im going to sign a contract with a new chief today and I believe he will start on Monday.
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- Rabih Alkhalil escaped from a B.C. prison assisted by two men posing as a work crew
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- 2 years ago
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- Read the full story at https://nationalpost.com/news/gangster-who-broke-out-of-b-c-prison-tops-canadas-most-wanted-list
Rabih Alkhalil was named as Canada's most wanted Tuesday with a $250,000 reward for information leading to his arrest. He spectacularly escaped from a B.C. prison on July 21, 2022, assisted by two men posing as a work crew. Police released new video of the two accomplices entering prison.
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- Anti-Catholic Bigotry is a Real Problem in Canada
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- 2 years ago
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Can you guess which group of Canadians suffered from the biggest spike in hate crimes last year? Catholics.
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- Gen X, Y & Z: What you should never use in a text
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- 2 years ago
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Read more at https://nationalpost.com/life/the-exclamation-marks-new-meaning
National Post and Financial Post employees discuss how emailing and texting rules vary between generations.
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- North Korea says it test-fired missiles that can carry nuclear weapons
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- 2 years ago
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- North Korea says it’s successfully test-fired cruise missiles that can carry nuclear weapons. State media reported on Oct. 13 that leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the launch of two long-range strategic cruise missiles. And called it a test to “confirm the reliability and operation of nuclear-capable weapons deployed to military units.”
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- 'Oh dear, oh dear': King Charles to U.K.'s embattled PM Truss
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- 2 years ago
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- Britain's King Charles was heard saying to Prime Minister Liz Truss, "Back again. Oh dear, oh dear," as he held a regular audience at Buckingham Palace in London on Wednesday Oct. 12.
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- Jamil Jivani: Canadians need stronger conscience rights against assisted suicide
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- 2 years ago
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The prospect of euthanasia being made available to a growing number of Canadians is concerning to many who fear it's becoming a way to end the lives of people who are our government ought to be helping, not killing.
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- China and Russia 'at war with the West': Canada's chief of defence staff
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- 2 years ago
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- Chief of Defence Staff General Wayne Eyre testified at the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security on Oct. 6.
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- MAID should be offered to some babies: Quebec College of Physicians
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Dr. Louis Roy, from the Quebec College of Physicians, told the Commons' Special Joint Committee of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) on Oct. 7 that his organization believes MAID can be appropriate for infants up to age one who are born with “severe malformations” and “grave and severe syndromes” for which their “prospective of survival is null, so to speak.”
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- Board chair defends Hockey Canada leadership
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- On Oct. 4, interim chair of Hockey Canada's board Andrea Skinner testified to a House of Commons committee.
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- Why Canada’s nurses are leaving the profession
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Hospitals across Canada are struggling with a shortage of nurses. Here's why nurses say they are leaving their jobs. (Sources: Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions member survey; Registered Practical Nurses Association of Ontario)
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- Taiwan military practice on Kinmen Island
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- 2 years ago
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- Footage of the R.O.C. military on Aug. 10, 2022, in Kinmen, Taiwan, conducting maritime tactical drills.
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- Jason Kenney’s advice to the next Alberta premier
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- 2 years ago
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On Wednesday Oct. 5, 2022, National Post’s John Ivison sat down with Alberta’s 18th premier, Jason Kenney, who resigned after narrowly winning a leadership review in May. Danielle Smith won the United Conservative Party leadership vote on Oct. 6 and will become the next Alberta premier. Before the result was announced, Kenney gave some advice for whoever would become the next UCP leader.
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- Trudeau questions Poilievre over misogynist hashtag
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- 2 years ago
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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre criticized Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's own record in response in Question Period on Oct. 6.
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- China is the largest source of foreign interference in Canada
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- 2 years ago
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- Weldon Epp, a China lead with Global Affairs Canada, testified at a Tuesday meeting of the House of Commons committee on relations between Canada and the People’s Republic of China.
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- An exit interview with Jason Kenney: No regrets, no retreat, no apologies
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- 2 years ago
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Albertans won’t have Jason Kenney to kick around for much longer. The province’s 18th premier will leave office after a new United Conservative Party leader is named on Thursday, and he or she tests the confidence of the provincial legislature. Kenney sat down with John Ivison to discuss his 25 years in the front-lines of provincial and federal politics, where he served as a senior minister in Stephen Harper’s government.
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- ‘Enough with the woke s--t’: MP Michelle Rempel Garner immediately apologizes for swearing
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- 2 years ago
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- 'No sense of accountability': Heritage chair slams Hockey Canada at committee
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- 2 years ago
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- Current interim chair of Hockey Canada’s board of directors Andrea Skinner and former chair Michael Brind’Amour were grilled for two hours by MPs on the federal Heritage committee on how the organization has handled multiple allegations of sexual assaults over decades against its member players or coaches.
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- The left takes minority communities for granted
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- 2 years ago
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Prime Minister Trudeau didn't go surfing in Tofino on Truth and Reconciliation Day this year. But he did decide to go bungee jumping on the long weekend. Just as last year's excursion told us something about how our Prime Minister prioritizes his time, his bungee jump is also revealing. While he was taking plunge in the Ottawa area, a historic rally took place just north of Toronto in Richmond Hill. Over 50,000 people gathered in support of the people of Iran who are protesting their tyrannical government after a young woman died in the custody of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.
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- The world’s greatest flag (is obviously Canada’s)
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- 2 years ago
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There are those who get all hand-wringey when it comes time to wave the Canadian flag. After all, didn’t some bad people wave the Canadian flag once. Will I be bad if I wave it too? No, that’s silly. But I would urge you to wave the Canadian flag for the very singular reason that it’s an awesome flag.
The best in the world.
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- Erin O'Toole: The Man Who Fell To Earth
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- 2 years ago
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Erin O'Toole says he would have become prime minister just over a year ago, if a resurgence of COVID in the final week of the general election campaign hadn't spooked voters.
Here, he joins John Ivison to talk about what he would have done differently than Justin Trudeau on Ukraine, China and on the environment, where he says the Conservatives cannot be branded as climate change deniers.
He says he has asked new leader Pierre Poilievre not to put him in his shadow cabinet but to use him as "a designated hitter". "I don't want to be a distraction".
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- U.S. 'will continue to support Taiwan’s self-defence'
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- 2 years ago
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- On Sept. 28 U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris tells sailors in the U.S. Fleet Activities Yokosuka that the U.S. “will continue to support Taiwan’s self-defence.”
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- Hurricane Ian floods Florida neighbourhoods
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- 2 years ago
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- Hurricane Ian left a path of destruction in southwest Florida, trapping people in flooded homes, damaging the roof of a hospital intensive care unit and knocking out power to 2.5 million people.
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- Newfoundland firefighter saw houses swept away by Fiona
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Residents of the Canadian town of Port aux Basque described the “absolute chaos” they witnessed when the powerful storm Fiona struck on Sept. 24.
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- John Baird: Poilievre can unite the Conservative Party and reach across the aisle in Parliament
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- 2 years ago
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Former foreign affairs minister John Baird was recently Pierre Poilievre's leadership campaign co-chair. He tells John Ivison that his protégé has the ability to unite the Conservative Party, reach across the aisle in Parliament and to engage with a hostile media.
"He did do a lot of legacy media in Quebec and performed quite well. My advice to him is to do more in English Canada because he's an effective spokesman for his vision for the country and party," he said.
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- Trudeau faces Poilievre in QP for first time since he became Tory leader
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faced Pierre Poilievre in his new role as Conservative leader for the first time on Sept. 22 as the two argued over Poilievre's favourite issue, the rising cost of living.
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- Russia's Putin warns West over 'nuclear blackmail'
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- 2 years ago
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- President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered Russia's first mobilization since World War Two, warning the West that if it continued what he called its "nuclear blackmail" that Moscow would respond with the might of all its vast arsenal. (Source: Reuters)
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- The European energy crisis explained
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- The seeds of the European energy crisis were planted long before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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- Jamil Jivani: Poilievre brings fight to elites
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- 2 years ago
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Poilievre has a plan to challenge elites. He will need to do more, but pushing back on the professional managerial class isn't all about tax policies. And he's proving it.
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- Harry and Meghan at Queen's state funeral
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- 2 years ago
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- Queen Elizabeth's closest relatives were ashen-faced at her funeral on Sept. 19, as they took their places in meticulously choreographed processions that nevertheless betrayed the high emotions of the day.
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- Prince George and Princess Charlotte at Queen's state funeral
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- 2 years ago
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- The Queen's great-grandchildren, Prince George, 9, and Princess Charlotte, 7, joined other senior members of the Royal Family on Monday Sept. 19 at the state funeral of Britain's longest serving monarch. The two eldest children of now heir-to-the-throne Prince William and Catherine, Princess of Wales, accompanied their parents and other members of the Royal Family for the service at Westminster Abbey.
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- Queen Elizabeth's state funeral
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- 2 years ago
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- The state funeral for Queen Elizabeth was held at London’s Westminster Abbey on Sept. 19 attended by her closest relatives and dignitaries from across the globe.
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- Why constitutional monarchy is fantastic (really)
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- 2 years ago
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With the death of Queen Elizabeth II you’re going to start hearing a lot of voices arguing that it’s high time we get rid of the monarchy altogether. Although Elizabeth was almost universally beloved, the same can’t really be said for her son, so why not just ditch the institution entirely. The usual justification for monarchy is that, while it may seem a little silly, it’s too hard to get rid of it. Tristin Hopper is here to argue the exact opposite.
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- Watch these babies instinctually avoid grass
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- 2 years ago
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Some experts say babies just don’t like the texture and feel of grass, others say there's something more going on.
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- David Beckham queues over 13 hours to pay respects to Queen
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- 2 years ago
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Former England soccer captain David Beckham queued for more than 13 hours alongside thousands of other mourners to see Queen Elizabeth lying in state in London on Sept. 16. (Source: BBC via Reuters)
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- The making of 'Queen Camilla'
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Camilla, the second wife of the new British king, Charles, may never have fully won over the public but she is now Queen Consort, holding a title few would have thought conceivable 25 years ago. (Source: Reuters)
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- 'I can’t bear this': King Charles loses temper over leaky pen
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- During a book signing ceremony towards the end of visit, King Charles complained about the pen he was using, with the Queen Consort suggesting it was leaking. Source: Reuters
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- Jamil Jivani: Poilievre can't underestimate Trudeau if he wants to defeat him
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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In sports, it would be odd for a team to underestimate an opponent that has beat them in the playoffs three times in a row. But politics is different. Conservatives have been doing just that with Justin Trudeau since 2015 when he first ran for Prime Minister and won.
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- Harry and Meghan join William and Kate to pay tribute to Queen
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- 2 years ago
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- The sight of Prince William, his wife Kate and Prince Harry and wife Meghan outside of Windsor Castle may raise hopes that there has been a rapprochement between the siblings following the death of Queen Elizabeth. Trevor Koroll reports for Reuters.
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- Pierre Poilievre is the new Conservative leader
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Pierre Poilievre swept the contest with 68% of the vote. Former Quebec premier Jean Charest, who came in second, only got 16%.