by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Oct 9, 2008 | Alberta, Canada, Climate Change, Environmental Issues, News, Oil, Science
The development of a pipeline network and refineries around the Great Lakes to process Alberta bitumen “could cause irreversible” environmental damage to the region, says a new report that traces the tendrils of Alberta’s oilsands developments...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Oct 8, 2008 | Canada, Election, News, Politics
In September, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Canada would NOT fall into recession, but on October 6th, the TSE fell more than 1000 points and the Bank of Nova Scotia predicted “something worse than a recession” in 2009. Polls now show...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Oct 8, 2008 | Canada, News, World
TORONTO — Liberal Leader Stephane Dion is taking his Conservative rival to task for encouraging Canadians to take advantage of stock market opportunities created by the world economic crisis. Dion says Prime Minister Stephen Harper is completely out of touch with the...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Oct 5, 2008 | Election, GTA Politics, News, Ontario, Politics, Toronto
Brake lines cut, cars damaged at homes. Toronto police patrolled a midtown area overnight, after vandals cut brake lines on at least 10 cars parked at homes with Liberal election signs on their lawns. “We’re investigating. Officers are paying special...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Sep 22, 2008 | Canada, Election, GTA Politics
An Angus Reid survey suggests strictly on the “like-ability factor”, most Canadians would vote for Jack Layton as the next Prime Minister. The survey puts layton’s popularity rating at 36 per cent, ahead of harpers 32 per cent. But when asked who...