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CFN – During Tuesday’s much-anticipated meeting on Parliament Hill between regional language rights advocates and Canada’s Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, James Moore, reportedly Moore admitted that forcing bilingualism on Canada’s citizens simply isn’t working. In the words of meeting participant Beth Trudeau:  “He [Moore] confirmed that EVERYContinue Reading

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CFN – Canada’s Governor-General David Johnston today presented the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal to Sultan Jessa, a retired journalist. Awards were presented to 35 Canadians at a Special ceremony in Ottawa. This medal, specially created to mark the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II, was presented to Sultan for his significantContinue Reading

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CFN – The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) pulled a plane hired by the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) back down to Rockcliffe Airport due to its political message on Saturday 1 September. The PSAC had hired a plane (image attached) to fly over Ottawa and Gatineau with a trailing banner which read,Continue Reading

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Dear Editor, Action taken in the Omnibus Budget Bill cutting back funding for research resulted in scientists protesting ‘death of evidence’ on Parliament Hill. Unfortunately this is only one example of the Harper Government’s actions related to evidence.  “Why save the prison farms?” provided reasons, evidence ignored, in the closingContinue Reading

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“The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference.  The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference.  The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference.  And the opposite of life is not death, it’s indifference. Elie Wiesel, Nobel Laureate and Holocaust Survivor Jedem Das Seine. Roughly translated fromContinue Reading