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on June 27, 2014 in World News

Environment Canada tornado tweets stalled by language laws

Environment Canada tornado tweets stalled by language laws Ottawa developing software to tweet warnings in French and English simultaneously Meteorologists in the United States use Twitter to push weather warnings to the public, but that doesn’t happen in Canada — official bilingualism has proved a barrier to weather warning tweets. Canadian meteorologists are not authorized to tweet because all government communication has to follow Canada’s language laws, according to Environment Canada’s executive director of national programs Ken Macdonald. “We have to issue our warnings simultaneously in both languages,” Macdonald told the iTeam’s Geoff Leo. Macdonald said Environment Canada is working… View Article

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on June 26, 2014 in World News

Top court grants land title to First Nation

              Top court grants land title to First Nation For the first time, the Supreme Court of Canada has recognized a First Nation’s title to a specific tract of land — a historic decision with major implications for contentious energy projects such as the Northern Gateway pipeline. Thursday’s 8-0 decision, which overturned an appeal court ruling, will essentially make it easier for First Nations to establish title over lands that were regularly used for hunting, fishing and other activities. The landmark ruling is the Supreme Court’s first on aboriginal title and will apply wherever… View Article

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on June 26, 2014 in World News

Why CBC may have to sell its headquarters to survive

Why CBC may have to sell its headquarters to survive The broadcaster may be forced to sell its downtown Toronto headquarters in the face of budget cuts. Will the CBC be forced to sell its iconic downtown Toronto headquarters in the wake of budget cuts? The cash-strapped public broadcaster is at a crossroads and needs to cut costs dramatically as it announces its five-year strategic plan to employees on Thursday. The 1.4-million-square-foot headquarters at Front and John Sts. is considered prime Canadian real estate. “We can’t invest in infrastructure that drags us down. We can’t invest our money in bricks… View Article

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on June 26, 2014 in World News

Supreme Court Curbs President’s Power

Supreme Court Curbs President’s Power to Make Recess Appointments The Supreme Court on Thursday dealt a significant blow to executive power, cutting back on the president’s power to issue recess appointments during brief breaks in the Senate’s work. The court ruled unanimously that President Obama had violated the Constitution in 2012 by appointing officials to the National Labor Relations Board during a short break in the Senate’s work when the chamber was convening every three days in short pro forma sessions when no business was conducted. Those breaks were too short, Justice Stephen G. Breyer wrote in a majority opinion… View Article

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on June 26, 2014 in World News

Chicago Aldermen Pass Rahm Emanuel’s Gun Control Plan 48-0

Chicago Aldermen Pass Rahm Emanuel’s Gun Control Plan 48-0 Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plan to allow gun stores to exist “in only about half of a percent of Chicago’s geographic area” got the go ahead on June 25. City Alderman voted 48-0 in favor of the plan. According to the Chicago Tribune, Emanuel’s rules “[prohibit] gun retailers within 500 feet of a school or a park.” As Breitbart News reported on May 27, Emanuel’s rules will also require video taping of all gun sales and force the few gun stores that do exist to perform “quarterly audits of their gun… View Article

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on June 25, 2014 in Right Edition

Clintons Live in Poverty – Gun Control vs Border Control

Clintons Live in Poverty – Gun Control vs Border Control I’m not ‘truly well off’ compared to wealthiest Americans, says Hillary Clinton… despite multi-million dollar properties and personal fortune estimated at $100million Hillary Clinton has been criticized for charging $200,000 speaking fees and saying she was broke in 2001, despite making $12 million that year ‘They don’t see me as part of the problem because we pay ordinary income tax, unlike a lot of people who are truly well off – not to name names,’ Clinton said The Clintons are the wealthiest living family to leave the White House, The… View Article

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on June 25, 2014 in World News

Kill Memo Is Out And Libertarians Were Right — It’s Murder

Pentagon Official: The Obama Drone Kill Memo Is Out And Libertarians Were Right — It’s Murder The Obama administration had sought to keep the memo secret Joseph Miller is the pen name for a ranking Department of Defense official with a background in U.S. special operations and combat experience in Iraq and Afghanistan. He has worked in strategic planning. On Monday, the White House memo used to justify drone attacks on U.S. citizens was released, and it appears to confirm the worst suspicions of its libertarian critics. The Obama administration had sought to keep the memo secret, and now we… View Article

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