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We're (about to be) number 17! (Per Google; Approximately 16 countries or multinational organizations have the capacity to launch their own satellites into orbit.) Can Canada get to orbit? Companies NordSpace and ProtoSpace hope to launch country's 1st space mission...

If you are thinking off leaving your current domocile and moving to Canada, you can practice the test here: Canadian Citizenship Test As a British Subject I did not have to take the test. Just swear allegiance to Her Majesty to get my citizenship card. I only got 19 out of twenty on the...

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070126.warar27/BNStory/National/home It seems the long running issue of Maher Arar will be coming to an end. He was wrongly identified as a terrorist (by the Canadians), and shipped back to Syria by the Americans, where he was tortured. I...

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Bit of a change of gears from our usual non-stop 9-11 silliness. Y'all ready for the biggest land grab since the Blitzkrieg of 1940? The article itself is so silly it hardly needs to be debunked. It's twice as funny for a canuck reading it as it is for a yank. The author gets extra points in...

Who might be considered the greatest Canadian of all-time?

It was inevitable I guess.CBC News: Details emerging after 17 terror arrests in Toronto The RCMP found 3 tons of Ammonium Nitrate! Wasn't the Oklahoma Bombing the result of 1 ton of the same? As I post this, no names or affiliations have been released. It will be an interesting week up here in...

It could be yours, if the price is right!

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060127/WFIVE_dr_hope_main_060127/20060128?hub=WFive Bill O'Neill's patients drop like flies, but he can continue to say he has a 100% cure rate. Why? Because he doesn't claim to be a doctor. His supplements don't say "cancer cure" on...

I was interested in the reference to this matter in the 23 December 2005 commentary. I had the same problems with the shop at Questacon, the science museum in Canberra. The shop there had some astrology-related products on sale. I wrote several letters, and happily the products were withdrawn...

Today the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that swingers clubs do not pose a threat to Canadian Society. Link

It seems that things are running a bit amok up north. and this Sounds a bit like thought crime. I am a strong believer in freedom of speech and I find this PCness very, very troubling.

I'm a less frequent visitor to these threads nowadays, but I must say I am surprised by the lack of discussion by the mostly-US contingent here regarding the recent overthrow of the Canadian government. It's very unlike US politics, and I'm not sure I understand it. Thee PM is a member of the...

Giant walk-through colon tours Canada No, it's not about the visiting Chinese PM... It's not about our own PM... And it ain't about Dick Cheney either!

What happened to my old friend Canada? I often feel this way these days... Thoughts?

I'm an ignorant Englander who wants some swift answers to a couple of questions. I wasn't sure whether to post this in history or politics - due to my ignorance. But I guessed that politics was at the heart of the answers I shall be given, so I posted it here. (1) Why do two countries exist...

Well the tensions mount over Hans Island :) http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1122288891895_37/?hub=Canada Is there any possible rational reason for either country to bother sending people to place flags on this frozen bit of ice?

I don't care where you stand on the Kyoto Protocols, this is more than a little scary. Read the story here.

Over the weekend I read an article in a Canadian newspaper that a lot of Americans are convinced that the 9/11 terrorists came in through Canada. The fact is none came through Canada. Charlie (Canuckian Night In Canada) Monoxide

CBC story Canada says that they expect to be consulted because they are a sovereign nation. The U.S. says, because you expect to be consulted, you are not a sovereign nation. My head hurts.

Link to article Sorry about the entire article, they generally don't archive them though. What 'scientifically proven alternative therapies' are there? I think a letter to the editor is in order, and I cannot believe that there isn't more outcry over this.

Two notes: (1) This article was written by a State Department Diplomat. (2) You might be better off reading this at the source since the article is extensively backed up via in text links, and I don't have time to recreate that here. E.U. Dependence Theory: Blame Canada A few of our Canadian...

why can't we get drugs? The hypocritical Bush admin is trying to get flu vaccine from Canada and Germany - all while making it illegal to get drugs from Canada because of "safety" issues. How is this justified? If drugs from Canada are unsafe, wouldn't flu vaccines be unsafe too? Ah, but...