http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/canada/ en-us Mon, 20 May 2013 22:06:14 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3021795/posts After enjoying mass capitulation over unrecognizing Halloween (now ‘Black & Orange day’), St. Patrick’s Day (‘Wear Green’ day, which I find particularly offensive), and the outright denial of Christmas (Happy Holidays my ass), those who wish to change or erase historical dates have set their sights on nailing the leftovers. LPSullivan.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3021795/posts#comment Mon, 20 May 2013 22:06:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3021286/posts In a world first, an exploration team has proved that it's possible to drive from Russia to Canada. To achieve this feat, the team from Russia used modified buses with huge tires to carry them across the frozen wastes. In a trip that took them over two-and-a-half months, the explorers traveled over 4,000km at an average of 10km per hour. The journey began at the Russian archipelago Severnaya Zemlya and ended at Resolute Bay in the Canadian far north. unexplained-mysteries.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3021286/posts#comment Sun, 19 May 2013 13:53:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3020650/posts <p>NEW YORK (AP) -- A controversial oil pipeline to the U.S. Gulf Coast "absolutely needs to go ahead," Canada's prime minister said Thursday, and he warned that the oil will be transported through America one way or another.</p> <p>Stephen Harper addressed the Keystone XL project, a flashpoint in the debate over climate change, during a visit to New York City. The long-delayed project carrying oil from Canada's tar sands would need approval from the State Department, and Harper's remarks - with the U.S. ambassador to Canada, David Jacobson, in the audience - were meant to apply some pressure.</p> Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3020650/posts#comment Fri, 17 May 2013 14:57:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3020515/posts The Toronto Star has seen the video in question. Much more to come on thestar.com Toronto Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3020515/posts#comment Fri, 17 May 2013 03:51:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419757/posts The London-based Globe and Mail reports that Jordan has asked Canada to seize Israel's 2,000-year-old Dead Sea scrolls that are currently on display in Toronto. The scrolls are on display until until Sunday at the Royal Ontario Museum. Jordan claims that the scrolls were found in "disputed territory" that Israel captured from Jordanian control in 1967, and asks Canada to hold them until the question of their ownership is settled. Jordan's control of Judea, Samaria and the Jordan Valley - which it called the "West Bank" - from 1948 until 1967, was recognized internationally by only two countries: Great Britain... Arutz Sheva, Israel National News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419757/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jan 2010 00:59:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3019793/posts IT'S A SCENE that could be from a '70s horror movie: A wave of ice crystals relentlessly marching towards homes in Minnesota in the United States. The massive ice floes have also destroyed 12 homes and damaged another 15 in Canada, which boarders Minnesota. According to emergency officials, a total of seven homes in Ochre Breach were "literally crushed" by the ice that rose up within minutes pushed by strong winds, Winnepeg Free Press reports. A resident caught footage of a wave of ice that creeped off another lake in Minnesota - as foam froze and was pushed ashore by... News Limited http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3019793/posts#comment Wed, 15 May 2013 15:56:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3019592/posts Canada has deported to Lebanon a “Palestinian” man who lived in the country for the past 26 years over a 1968 attack on an Israeli airliner, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney announced Monday, according to the AFP news agency. Issa Mohammad immigrated to Canada using a false alias in 1987, after being convicted by a Greek court of storming a civilian airliner and killing a passenger and later being released from jail in a hostage exchange. Arutz-7/Israel National News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3019592/posts#comment Wed, 15 May 2013 03:48:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3019233/posts On Monday, March 21, 2011 the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology in Drumheller, Alberta received word that the remains of either a plesiosaur or an ichthyosaur had been discovered in the Milllennium Mine operated by the petroleum company Suncor Inc. This mine is located about 30 km north of the town of Fort McMurray (population ~50,000) in northeastern Alberta (about 800km north of Drumheller), and is one of the places where bitumen rich sand is mined and refined into various petroleum products. On Wednesday, March 23, 2011 myself and technician Darren Tanke flew up to Fort McMurray expecting to see... The Guardian (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3019233/posts#comment Tue, 14 May 2013 14:00:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3018961/posts International Space Station commander Chris Hadfield was already becoming an Internet sensation with his 770,000 Twitter followers and videos of him strumming a guitar and cooking spinach in space. But now the Canadian astronaut has topped those short performances with a competently-sung rendition of David Bowie’s song “Space Oddity.” The performance of the classically spacey song while actually floating in space “wins the Internet” as some commenters have suggested. Hadfield plays his acoustic guitar alongside shots of the station zooming over earth in the video which the staff of the Canadian Space Agency helped mix. Hadfield handed over the station’s... Variety http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3018961/posts#comment Mon, 13 May 2013 22:41:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3018493/posts A wall of ice that was pushed out of a lake and across snow-covered ground by strong winds has destroyed 12 homes and damaged 15. The 9m (30ft) high slab took about ten minutes to rise up out of the water and slide across the beach before crashing into properties near the shoreline of Dauphin Lake in Canada. Resident Doug David described how it pushed furniture around and threw his bath into the hallway when it ploughed through his two-storey home, propelled by 55mph gusts in Ochre Beach, Manitoba. The wall of ice destroyed 12 homes in CanadaThe wall of... metro.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3018493/posts#comment Sun, 12 May 2013 16:37:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3018284/posts For a man with a carbon footprint the size of a dwarf planet, Al Gore takes the hypocrite's cake for his ignorant statement that there is "no such thing as ethical oil." He was in Canada this week to sell his new book, of course, so what better way to get media attention than to insult both the host country and one of its major resources? If you want to know the name of his book, look it up. We're not going to shill for him, even if he is a former vice president of the United States as well... Toronto Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3018284/posts#comment Sat, 11 May 2013 20:46:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3018088/posts ... Ahmed Abassi, a Tunisian citizen who previously lived in Canada, has been charged with two counts of knowingly making false statements in an application to immigration authorities for a green card and work visa, in order to facilitate an act of international terrorism. "As alleged, Mr. Abassi came to the United States to pursue terrorist activity and support others in the same shameful pursuit. What Mr. Abassi didn't know was that one of his associates, privy to the details of his plan, was an undercover FBI agent," said FBI assistant director-in-charge George Venizelos in a statement. Authorities arrested Abassi... Toronto Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3018088/posts#comment Sat, 11 May 2013 02:18:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3018071/posts The police are super busy in Toronto, threatening Rabbis and making sure that I am not allowed speak about this very thing. Do these jackbooted keystone clowns really believe that by stopping me from speaking about Islamic jihad, that Islamic jihad will stop? Last week I was on a Canadian radio show (I forget which one), and when I referred to this plot as jihad, the host stopped me and said, "we don't know that." The host implied that I was being a bombthrower by calling it an Islamic attack. The level of denial and delusion is stunning. In this... Atlas Shrugs http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3018071/posts#comment Sat, 11 May 2013 01:34:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3017699/posts Famed Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz ranks Sen. Ted Cruz among the school’s smartest students, adding that the Canada-born Texan can run for president in 2016. Cruz was a “terrific student,” Dershowitz told The Daily Caller. “He was always very active in class, presenting a libertarian point of view. He didn’t strike me as a social conservative, more of a libertarian.” “He had brilliant insights and he was clearly among the top students, as revealed by his class responses,” Dershowitz added. Dershowitz also gave a high estimate of Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren — who has decidedly different political... Daily Caller http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3017699/posts#comment Fri, 10 May 2013 02:44:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3017999/posts Two senior members of the Canadian mafia have been murdered in Sicily and their bodies incinerated, victims of what police suspect is a vicious turf war in Canada which has spilled over into the Cosa Nostra's Italian heartland. After an anonymous tip-off, the bodies of Juan Ramon Paz Fernandez and Fernando Pimentel were discovered near a rubbish dump in the countryside outside Palermo on Thursday. Police described the double killing as an "old-fashioned" gangland hit. Spanish-born Fernandez, 57, a notoriously tough enforcer for Montreal's Rizzuto clan, was expelled from Canada last year for the third time after serving a 10-year... The Guardian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3017999/posts#comment Fri, 10 May 2013 21:47:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3017902/posts Canada Prepares To Follow Cyprus Debt Crisis Bank Deposits Theft Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2013May 10, 2013 - 02:45 PM GMTBy: Casey Research Jeff Thomas, International Man An intriguing article titled "Canada Includes Depositor Haircut Bail-In Provision for Systemically Important Banks in 2013 Budget" was recently published in SD Bullion. The somewhat lengthy title offers all the information necessary, but for those who – quite understandably – may not be able to accept that they have just watched Canada tumble down the Cypriot rabbit hole, here is a bit more detail from the approved budget itself: "The Government proposes to... TMO http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3017902/posts#comment Fri, 10 May 2013 17:14:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3017628/posts A Canadian couple are coining it in after changing the name of their breakfast cereal to 'Holy Crap'. Brian and Corin Mullins developed their gluten-free, vegan, organic cereal to address Mr Mullins' allergies. It was originally called 'Hapi Food' cereal and sold only at the Sechelt Farmers Market on the Sunshine Coast, British Columbia. But after one of their very first customers said: "Holy Crap... this is amazing!", they changed the name to Holy Crap. Sales increased 1000% - from ten bags a day to over one hundred. Orange http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3017628/posts#comment Thu, 9 May 2013 22:35:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3017605/posts NOTE The following text is a quote: www.fbi.gov/newyork/press-releases/2013/tunisian-man-charged-with-visa-fraud-related-to-terrorism-intended-to-remain-in-u.s.-to-facilitate-an-act-of-international-terrorism Tunisian Man Charged with Visa Fraud Related to Terrorism, Intended to Remain in U.S. to Facilitate an Act of International Terrorism U.S. Attorney’s Office May 09, 2013 Southern District of New York Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; George Venizelos, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); and Raymond W. Kelly, the Police Commissioner of the city of New York (NYPD), today announced the unsealing of charges against Ahmed Abassi, a Tunisian citizen, for... FBI.gov - New York - Press Release http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3017605/posts#comment Thu, 9 May 2013 21:41:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3017496/posts Former Vice President Gore on Tuesday said "there's no such thing as ethical oil," slamming the notion that importing oil from U.S. ally Canada was better than doing so from unfriendly nations. “There’s no such thing as ethical oil. There’s only dirty oil and dirtier oil,” Gore told Canada’s The Globe and Mail during a Tuesday event in Toronto. Gore was responding to Globe and Mail Editor in Chief John Stackhouse on whether it made a difference that oil sands from the proposed Keystone XL pipeline would come from a democratic nation. U.S. backers of the Canada-to-Texas pipeline have pointed... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3017496/posts#comment Thu, 9 May 2013 17:41:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3017299/posts The recent mass shootings in Connecticut and Colorado have stirred considerable discussion and action about gun laws, as well as boosting firearms sales. A rush to action is often not the wisest move on such a complex subject, for as criminologist Dr. Gary Mauser of Vancouver, British Columbia observes, “gun laws are typically passed during periods of fear and/or political instability,” which leads to “the slippery slope of gun control,” which is based on emotional reactions rather than solid research.Dr. Mauser holds joint U.S. and Canadian citizenship and has taught at Simon Fraser for some 35 years. He has lectured... outdoorhub.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3017299/posts#comment Thu, 9 May 2013 04:29:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3017086/posts Mixed in with the multi-pronged attack Progressives are staging on society is their takeover of our education system. As America battles with left-wing ‘educators’ and their agenda of indoctrination, Canada’s school system finds itself deeply ensconced in the New Age muck. Canadians know the tribulations of one Jessie Sansone, the Ontario father who unexpectedly found himself in handcuffs when he tried to pick his daughter up from school. His home was ransacked by cops, his child taken away by Protective Services, his wife interrogated, all for an inexcusable crime: his daughter drew a gun in class. The fallout caused even... LPSullivan.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3017086/posts#comment Wed, 8 May 2013 16:21:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3016927/posts MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, May 7, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An independent contractor was fired by RE/MAX on Thursday after the media took note of a real estate flyer he had distributed that included an excerpt of an article on the back about how children do best in a household with their married mother and father. Andrew Ciastek, who immigrated to Canada years ago and speaks with a heavy Polish accent, came under fire after some Mississauga area residents complained to RE/MAX, Peel Regional Police, and the Ontario Human Rights Commission about the flyer he had handed out in April. The realtor has... Life Site http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3016927/posts#comment Wed, 8 May 2013 04:06:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3016849/posts Iran's Visual Media Institute in collaboration with the American-Canadian company Reel Knights Productions are producing the movie "Airbus"; a movie about the Iran Air Flight 655 , which was shot down by the U.S.S. Vincennes over the Persian Gulf on July 3, 1988. (Tehran Times) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3016849/posts#comment Tue, 7 May 2013 23:56:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3015843/posts Canadian jihadi under interrogation told Russians about Tamerlan Tsarnaev; they then told FBI (full title) Epic failure. Obama scrubbed our counter terror materials and manuals of jihad, so what would you expect to happen? Even in the wake of the blood and carnage, Eric Holder is admonishing Jews to be tolerant of Islam and warning of "anti-Muslim backlash." That's his takeaway. Canadian jihadi under interrogation told Russians about Tamerlan Tsarnaev; they then told FBI Jihadwatch And the FBI did nothing to stop the Boston Marathon jihad bombing. They received the warning but did nothing, because it had to do with... Atlas Shrugs http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3015843/posts#comment Sun, 5 May 2013 00:51:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3015772/posts Energy companies are lining up for their shot to drill in the Dakotas and Montana after a new government report revealed that a massive geological formation stretching across the states contains twice the oil and three times the amount of natural gas than was originally believed. While the new estimate is drawing smaller companies to the game, the larger players like Schlumberger, Halliburton and Continental Resources are pushing forward with ambitious multi-year plans to stake their claim in the industry. Continental recently announced a five-year plan to triple its production by 2017. The company’s growth is based on success in... foxnews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3015772/posts#comment Sat, 4 May 2013 20:26:11 GMT