http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/canada/ en-us Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:19:04 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2102691/posts Noses out of joint because the Prime Minister says most people don’t really care about the arts? He was just being nice. Let me put it more directly: get a job and stop sucking off the collective teat. The Moderate Separatist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2102691/posts#comment Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:19:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2102400/posts Here is video of Liberal Canadian candidate for Prime Minister Stephane Dion suffering through a total disaster of an interview in which he was completely unable to understand the question given him. He asked to "start again" with the interview three times! Imagine a melt-down like this with either Obama or McCain! . . . . (Watch Video) Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2102400/posts#comment Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:03:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2101396/posts According to a report in Thursday's Wall Street Journal, National City Corp. (NYSE: NCC) is in talks with two banks to discuss a possible sale. The WSJ cites unnamed sources "familiar with the situation." It names Pittsburgh's largest bank, PNC Financial Services Group Inc., and Bank of Nova Scotia in Canada as among the potential buyers. The Pittsburgh Business Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2101396/posts#comment Thu, 9 Oct 2008 15:26:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2101376/posts In a desperate bid to help U.S. banks recapitalize, Washington is dropping its inhibitions and reaching out to Canadian financial institutions to gauge their willingness to participate in rescue operations. The Federal Reserve has activated a back channel that puts the central bank in direct contact with chief executives at Canada's largest banks and insurers, according to a person familiar with the dialogue. They are approaching "banks with major assets in the U.S. like [Toronto-Dominion Bank] and Royal [Bank of Canada], because when they have a bailout situation they want everyone who is a potential buyer to look at it,"... Financial Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2101376/posts#comment Thu, 9 Oct 2008 15:05:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2100090/posts Having tolls removed from a major route in British Columbia, Canada, has taken some of the sting out of the cost of operating a trucking business in that province, but there’s still plenty of sting to go around. In late September, the government removed a $20 truck toll and $10 passenger vehicle toll from the Coquihalla Highway, which connects the city of Hope to Kamloops, B.C., in the Canadian West. Provincial officials said that truckers were pleased with the move, and they were. “Given the price of fuel, truckers are very happy with this,” Bridgitte Anderson, spokeswoman for British Columbia... Land Line Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2100090/posts#comment Wed, 8 Oct 2008 02:20:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2099718/posts Americans are not the only ones facing an election this fall. Their neighbors to the north also head to the polls on October 14 as Canada holds its federal election. Yet one of the biggest issues of the past year — the right to practice one’s Christian faith unmolested by the state – remains untouched by Canadian politicians from all parties. And the persecution is spreading to the United States, as seen in several instances noted below. Sound like exaggeration? Think religious persecution is not possible right next door to America? Well think again. Canada’s human rights commissions and tribunals, originally... Catholic Exchange http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2099718/posts#comment Tue, 7 Oct 2008 17:37:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2099291/posts Tests find toxic toys in stores across GTA October 04, 2008 David Bruser Torstar News Service Young children in the Greater Toronto Area are being sold toys, knick-knacks and glittering jewellery laced with dangerously high levels of lead. A Star investigation found the sweet-tasting metal in a shocking range of items – from a dollar-store baby pacifier to a Hannah Montana bracelet bought at Wal-Mart. The federal government, which is responsible for policing store shelves, has failed to protect children from lead in toys. For a decade, officials in Ottawa have commissioned studies and issued warnings about a material that... TheSpec.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2099291/posts#comment Tue, 7 Oct 2008 03:58:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097830/posts Canada's parliamentary elections entered the home stretch Friday with the start of three days of advance voting ahead of the main polling day on October 14. Elections Canada -- the independent federal agency that oversees the voting process -- said those who need to cast their ballots early could do so on Friday, Saturday or Monday. Tuesday was meanwhile the deadline for putting one's name onto the electoral list. APF http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097830/posts#comment Sun, 5 Oct 2008 05:39:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097813/posts An 18-year-old man has been shot in the stomach by police in a north-end Montreal neighbourhood where another teen was killed by police in August. Montreal police said they received information about noon on Saturday that a man wanted for attempted murder was in St-Michel district. "The police officers of Montreal saw the individual on the street, and they tried to talk to him but he ran away," said Quebec provincial police spokeswoman Martine Isabelle. A brief foot chase by police ended in a yard nearby. Police said they opened fire on the man, who allegedly threatened them with a... cbc http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097813/posts#comment Sun, 5 Oct 2008 04:48:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096417/posts OTTAWA - Stephen Harper came out ahead of his political opponents in the English-language leaders debate Thursday night, but New Democratic Party Leader Jack Layton was a formidable match for the prime minister, according to viewers who answered a survey during the broadcast Vancouver Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096417/posts#comment Fri, 3 Oct 2008 05:41:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2095828/posts From the MANITOBA HERALD, Canada (a very underground paper): The flood of American liberals sneaking across the border into Canada has intensified in the past week, sparking calls for increased patrols to stop the illegal immigration. The possibility of a McCain/Palin election is prompting the exodus among left-leaning citizens who fear they'll soon be required to hunt, pray, and agree with Bill O'Reilly. Canadian border farmers say it's not uncommon to see dozens of sociology professors, animal rights activists and Unitarians crossing their fields at night. I went out to milk the cows the other day, and there was a... Email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2095828/posts#comment Thu, 2 Oct 2008 15:55:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2095335/posts I will be live blogging the french canadian debate at voices in the wilderness. It should be fun (Canadian debates usually are...they are less scripted than the U.S debates) Please join me for the fun and excitement. It starts and 8pm eastern time. Link below: http://www.voicesinthewilderness.net/index.jsp Voices in the Wilderness http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2095335/posts#comment Wed, 1 Oct 2008 23:47:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2094325/posts …….If I was running for office and the likes of Pam Anderson, Matt Damon, and George Clooney publicly supported me, it would be all the evidence I would need to be convinced I didn’t belong there and would drop out…… The Moderate Separatist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2094325/posts#comment Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:09:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2093274/posts Well, it took them long enough, but the State run Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) has finally apologized for the obscene attack on Governor Sarah Palin that appeared on September 5 that was extensively covered in the conservative press in both Canada and the U.S. Heather Mallick called McCain a "hateful little man," called Republicans and Palin "white trash," and also called Palin a "porn actress" in her two September 5 articles (one has been removed by the CBC the other is at The Guardian). That wasn't all as Mallick seemed to completely lose her mind with a litany of name... publiusforum.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2093274/posts#comment Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:02:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091033/posts Send this to everyone you know and get the word out, we have a Great FRIEND in CANADA. Thank you Canada, thank you, thank you. You have solved one of our biggest problems. God Save The Queen. you tube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091033/posts#comment Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:37:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2090915/posts BRAMPTON: A Canadian man accused of participating in military exercises and firearms training as part of a group authorities say plotted to storm Parliament and behead the prime minister was found guilty on Thursday. The man's attorney says the plot was a "jihadi fantasy" and that his client knew nothing about it. A judge ruled on Thursday that evidence of a terrorist group was "overwhelming." The man is the first person to be found guilty of a terrorist offense in Canada since the country enacted anti-terrorism laws in 2001. The arrests of the 18 group members, known as the "Toronto... The Times of India http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2090915/posts#comment Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:20:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2090131/posts Why Americans are more tolerant Canadians often consider themselves to be more tolerant than their "backwards" neighbours to the south. But is this simply a myth? - Pete Vere America taught me the hard way to value freedom of speech. Even speech that is hateful and abhorrent, provided it does not incite violence, should be allowed in free and open democracy. Like every other Canadian who grew up during the 1980's and 90's, my concept of ‘freedom of expression’ was vague. It was something contained in our Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Yet I was taught to subject this freedom... The Western Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2090131/posts#comment Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:10:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2089775/posts A decision by Toronto's city council to ban an exhibit comparing anti-Semitic and anti-Israel statements of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with those of Adolf Hitler has drawn fire from Canadian Jewish groups. The traveling four-part exhibit, of which the Ahmadinejad presentation makes up one part, has been banned by an ad-hoc committee within the council for being too controversial and inflammatory. "The exhibit talks about the Holocaust cartoon contest and [Holocaust denial] conferences [Ahmadinejad] has held and his statements against the Jewish people," explained Avi Benlolo, president of the Toronto-based Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies. "If this... JPost http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2089775/posts#comment Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:05:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2089099/posts Melamine contamination fear fuels coffee recall in Canada By Staff Reporter Vancouver Province Tuesday, September 23, 2008 A Canadian importer of Taiwanese instant coffee has voluntarily recalled several of its products because they may be tainted with melamine. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and importer Thai Indochine Trading Inc. Tuesday advised people not to consume the Mr. Brown 3-in-1 instant coffee products. The affected Mr. Brown products are Instant 3-in-1 Mandheling Blend, Blue Mountain Blend and Arabica Coffees. The recalled brands were produced between April 9, 2008 and Sept. 12, 2008 and have best-before dates ranging from April 9,... Cananda.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2089099/posts#comment Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:27:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088798/posts michaelsavage.wnd.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088798/posts#comment Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:47:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087975/posts A young man was stabbed in the chest while travelling through northern Ontario on a Winnipeg-bound Greyhound bus Sunday afternoon -- less than two hours after passengers say the attacker was put on board by members of the Ontario Provincial Police. The victim -- identified by witnesses as an Asian male in his mid-20s -- was rushed to hospital and is expected to survive. Police arrested the suspect near the town of White River, just moments after the driver allowed him to get off at the side of the highway. "We don't know why he was with the police or... winnipegfreepress.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087975/posts#comment Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:42:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086369/posts OTTAWA: Canada is stepping up its military alertness along its northern frontier in response to Russia’s “testing” of its boundaries and recent Arctic grab, the prime minister said yesterday. “We are concerned about not just Russia’s claims through the international process, but Russia’s testing of Canadian airspace and other indications ... (of) some desire to work outside of the international framework,” said Prime Minister Stephen Harper. “That is obviously why we are taking a range of measures, including military measures, to strengthen our sovereignty in the North,” he said, highlighting a new sensor net, navy patrols and a military training... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086369/posts#comment Sat, 20 Sep 2008 04:55:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2086997/posts It contains such high-brow literary examples as calling Palin ‘white trash’, labeling her a ‘type’, and saying she has a ‘toned-down porn actress look’. Apparently, in an attempt to avoid looking sexist, she shoots off a verbal load against men (not for the first time no doubt), when she refers to Republican men as ‘sexual inadequates’..... The Moderate Separatist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2086997/posts#comment Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:14:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086544/posts TORONTO - A U.S.-based anti-terrorism group has posted a video on its website showing a training camp in rural Ontario allegedly attended by a group of Toronto men charged with plotting large-scale terrorist attacks in Toronto and Ottawa. The video shows masked men wearing camouflage parkas, firing weapons and waving a black flag from atop a small hill in the snow-covered woodlands near Orillia, Ont., while chanting "Allahu Akbar." The non-profit Nine-Eleven Finding Answers Foundation obtained the video after it was played in a trial in the United Kingdom, and alleges that it is linked to the trial of 11... canada http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086544/posts#comment Sat, 20 Sep 2008 15:06:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086472/posts The Conservative candidate for B.C.'s Skeena-Bulkley Valley insists naked photos taken of her in her office are not an issue for the party.Sharon Smith, the mayor of Houston, B.C., grabbed worldwide attention five years ago when pictures of her wearing nothing more than a smile and her mayor's robes were widely circulated on the Internet. CTV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086472/posts#comment Sat, 20 Sep 2008 12:28:59 GMT