Let us not forget that the current leader of the BC Liberals and Premier of BC was disqualified from elected office at Simon Fraser University for cheating in a student election.   Old habits die hard.


With all due respect, PrintSmith, there were 235,248,000 votes cast by actual citizens for the office of President in 2016.  I really don’t give a fig about the results of the vote by a bunch (538) of  different state political functionaries…except, of course, I care about the effect it is having on our country.
I don’t understand the easy acceptance of NOT allowing the election of the only Political Office that represents ALL Americans with a simple, democratic vote by ALL Americans.  Is this too complicated to understand?


Is it just me, or does it seem there are a lot of hit and runs lately?


It's never about what you've got; it's always about how you use it.


If the boat was being used to shuttle deputies between islands then it wasn't decommissioned when it sank.  It is possibly decommissioned at this point.  It's a county asset that was damaged, due to poor seamanship/negligence.   The replacement cost is over $14,000.


Utopia? I have family that lives overseas and all they do is shake their heads and laugh at this country and what its become while people like you live in denial that something is off kilter in this country.


Some do?  I am not sure.  It is a health issue though.


Unfortunately the article can't convey the anger most Ontarian' s have for this gov't and its views of the competitive world we live in.


Is it upsetting that pensions for teachers and others in the public sector make them millionaires for this study?
Eligibility to retire in their mid 50's combined with interest rates so low AND an annual inflation increase, it makes many public sector pensions worth above or at least near the million dollar level. (in Cdn $'s)


I will read the lecture today.
<But we ended up with Dolan, Cordileone, George, Krol, Lori . . .>
It is to weep.


yes, and we know exactly who penned them because they are signed by the CEO or whoever wrote them. and exactly, no one forces anyone to read my posts online, and online I am known as Boozer Schmidt. and for the record, I did call out their editors in a published op-ed letter calling them gutless cowards hiding behind a newspaper through unsigned editorials. This was on citizens united when once again these educated idiots published shameless lies their own editorial page thoroughly debunked. The unsigned editorials are not the views of a building that has no views. They are the views of the cowards who wrote them and hide behind the building. All other pundits sign their name,


I don't disagree that they have violated the law and feel a false sense of entitlement. I'm just stating the fact that the judiciary has made it quite clear that the constitution applies to all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States, regardless of their status. Indeed, a literal reading of the 14th Amendment makes that point quite clear. You or I may disagree with that, but it doesn't change reality.

Which is t to say those here illegally shouldn't be deported, but it isn't as simple as one might hope.


If North Korea called Bernie S right now for dirt on Trump he would be on the next flight over. Who cares. If the Russians gave True information about Clinton we should thank them. If they wanted to work with Trump to spread lies that is another story, but so far not the case.


All the rainfall on the Hoh has fermented and turned what used to be a brain into a mushroom inside his thick skull.


Well, they are different and refreshing. We usually read about Canadians being up to their necks in debt (with debt level of 165 % !). No wonder we see so many leased luxury vehicles on the road: people pretending they are rich while 'renting' an expensive ride!
So yes, it is refreshing to see people living within their means. I don't mean to gloat, but we paid off our mortgage in our mid-40s and it's a liberation. We didn't live in misery, we were just careful. Now, we are financially freeer to do many more things. Travel even more, enjoy life and have the security knowing your house is paid !


"Middlebury, Berkeley, Pomona, Brown, Yale, Smith, Wellesley"

All private institutions that cannot be compelled to become forums for "speech" they consider to be vacuous and aggressive against members of their community. Perhaps the generous F-Society can go back to their billionaire donors and ask for more money to set up shop across the street.

Sorry, but these particular "conservatives" (ha!) would not pass muster under any "civil comments" regime. That's is PRECISELY why they've been "prevented from speaking." Conservatives -- not professional trolls -- speak in these institutions (frequently to the consternation of their ideologically illiberal doppelgangers on the left) and debate ideas - not just vicious personal attacks upon others.

Sorry, but just because the First Amendment narrows constrains the ability of government to criminalize attacks upon others does not mean that private actors can be dragooned into the same restrictions designed to focus on ideas.


"A culture of death" someone once said. Forget any political differences that you may have. We live in a slaughter house.
==========
60,000,000 deaths via abortion since 1973.
A whole generation and more growing up under the Liberal Ideology that "Taking Lives is good, legal, defensible, and honorable."


As the old Wendy's commercial goes "Where's the beef" as we see from the article there are a lot of "likely" and "consider" but no hard evidence that Russia was behind the hacking, may be it was China or North Korea, or Iran or ISIS.


"...Common sense says not if they shot you in the head first..."

So by that statement you admit that considering the nature of the businesses they've targeted, the burglars should be considered armed & dangerous and pose an imminent threat that would justify the use of deadly force?


Years ago I signed a petition that was exactly the opposite of what the signature-gatherer told me it was. Ah, lost innocence. Now I tell them I'll get back to them, and do my own research.


Yeah. Vote NIMBY. in the end that all it is.


Went to the site, no such thing.  If Lane county is going to advertise it should be on the homepage with one click


Christipher Crews, where did I say anything about a massacre of natives in South Central Alaska? Don't put words in my mouth, but do try reading my comment a little slower, and maybe that will help with your reading comprehension skills.

If you know so much about Alaska history, you'd know the first white people to invade Alaska were the Russians, and they did kill many natives. You have surely heard about the Russians, haven't you? The US bought Alaska from them in 1867? Seward's Folly? Does that ring a bell?

If you don't believe the native Dena’ina population that lived in what would become the Anchorage Bowl, and along the Dgheyaytnu, which would come to be called Ship Creek, were displaced, then I would suggest brushing up on your vast knowledge of Alaska history before trying to school me on the subject.


If it had been Trump that was disinvited....whoa...the secular joy that would spill out of these digital pages.

The arguments and points would be quite different.

Power to the people.
Protests are healthy.
Thank God the people spoke.
It's the democracy of the lay.
or worse.

I could go on for 40 lines.


So they should be penalized because they are successful and people like you and Allie are not?  That's a crock.  It's called jealousy.


People who couldn't manage to sign or otherwise fill out their ballots properly and military personnel who couldn't manage to have their ballots arrive by 7pm Tuesday should just be plain out of luck. Adults should vote responsibly, unpopular as that concept is.


Liberal policies at work...wanna watch Forrest explain the shrinking economy, quarter after quarter.

I suggest he add another income tax:  let's go for 60% marginal.  You can do it Forrest.  Think of all the middle class people that can feed.

Someday the bad dream will end, Forrest and Wynner will be out of office - if not in jail - and we will be left with a mega  debt problem.


I quit using studded tires in the 70's.  For Anchorage most of the time studs are worse or add no additional traction.  On bare dry or wet roads you will slide more with studs than with good non-studded tires.  In soft snow deep enough for no tire pavement contact they add absolutely zero value.  If I lived in a place like Valdez where there are a lot of icy warm conditions and low commute miles I might consider studded tires.  I've tested many different scenarios of winter tires over the years because I love driving year-round.  I find that a good set of stud-less winter tires with a narrow profile (while maintaining stock diameter of the tire) provides very good traction overall.  In deep snow the narrow profile cuts through the snow like ice skates providing very good directional stability.  The narrow profiles will cut into the soft snow pack instead of floating like wide tires and reach hard pack quickly for better traction. On ice they are as good as studded tires!


Who voted to let this guy serve as sect'y of HHS? After all the stock trades and his slimy past someone in the senate should be held accountable. Drain the swamp my a$$. Add more layers to it is the Trump way


Doesn't stop the single Canadian Trump supporter from doing so using their multiple monikers.

Check out your other comment under the name Will Smith4, for example.

We know it's only you, Kelly.


Your comment is misleading, and mischievous, for failing to point out the context. Given all we know about anthropogenic climate change, i.e. the current climate crisis, and its deadly consequences already in evidence, it would be immoral for anyone who's in a position to set policy or alter opinion to suggest that nothing needs to be done, there is no problem.


Have they been charged yet for buying resident hunting and fishing licenses while being non-residents?


Are you talking about Trudeau?


I for one think we need to visit regulations across the board. I am tired of hearing one brag how his wife got an antlerless moose permit and the husband got a bull while his wife tagged her cow. Yet I know she never even left the house. All the while these same folks signed up for the roadkill program and nuisance moose program. I know of at least 3 families that had 4 moose last season and the same families already got two this season. How about limiting tags to one per household so the rest of us have a chance? How about limiting the roadkill program to elderly/senior citizens that cannot get out to do a hunt yet still enjoy eating moose? I'm just saying this free for all has to be reigned in because the present system is obviously not being managed for the benefit of everyone.


Duane Hallman: Animals "are not brethren, they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendor and travail of the earth."

 - Henry Beston, American writer-naturalist


Sounds like you're pushing eugenics, bonehead.


And denying you expensive treatment increases their profit margins, so they will and do try to block anything they can get away with.


Wow, that's a whole lot of chit-chat about money. WE DON'T CARE!
The best Prime Minister we have had in my life was Pierre Trudeau.
He spent money we didn't have making our county better.
The deficit and budget and all that garbage does not effect me. Clean, pleasant places to live, an inclusive, friendly society is what I want. The Trudeau we have now seems to feel the same way. Good!


Mr. Valantas, how should the paper report on Trump without reporting on Trump?


Once more, religious or tribal considerations take precedence rather than the interests of all, no matter how much they should have known better after being badly treated themselves.

Tribal? How about the Afrikaner Nats here who abused their power once they got it, followed by the Xhosa Nostra and now the Zulu Pulukas. The Shona in Zim after independence, and of course any other Failed A State to the North of us where the 'victors' carry out far worse atrocities than they accuse their colonisers of perpetrating.

Religious? How about the Israelis who seem to have learnt nothing from the holocaust. And now the Buddhists, who of all religions you would have hoped would have had some common sense.

Once again, I despair.


Sessions should never have been approved by the Senate.  Pox on Rand Paul and others for not growing a spine and standing for their supposed principles.


That's weird I just read two stories about the exponential increase in homelessness in all major cities in the US. Tent cities everywhere. Reported by traditionally liberal media outlets The Guardian, and The NYT. Someone is fudging numbers.


last i checked it is still there. this article is pretty clearly about the craft breweries in golden. you can get 3 free beers at the coors brewery, but then you have to drink coors.


It should be clear from the report, the supplementary reports, and the aftermath that this whole process is about each political party looking out for its own interests, not the interests of diverse Canadians. Noe of this would have happened if: (i) a citizens' assembly approach had been used, over at least 18 months, to carry out the research, truly listen to Canadians, and develop a consensus set of recommendations, taking into full account the changing nature of Canada over the next thirty years, (ii) all Canadian citizens had been well informed and educated about all of the issues, not just the issue of fairness and proportionality, (iii) a referendum had been held with clear questions and clear approval bars (% of eligible, and more than 60%), and (iv) then, and only then, a full discussion in Parliament leading to a decision. On this issue, politicians and political parties, the Minister, and the committee have absolutely failed all of us. We should be appalled and sad.


Don't you need his money?

Make your case benm.  Tell us why this cause warrants support.  What's in it for the rest of us to pay for these people's problems?


Yes.


The Looper is getting in some practice for his post governor employment. I wonder which lobbying firm will win the bidding?


You didn't refute anything, I am  not responding. Your ego make you wrote "I accept your surrender" as if you won something. Are you this adversarial all the time. I am just allowing you to make your opinion. I do not refute your opinion, you are entitled to them. I am just being polite and non-verbally confrontational. If you take my approach as your victory, that is your ego speaking, Mr. Minshall. You are so use to fighting, arguing and combating with people that you regard all as adversaries and all arguments as source of conflict. Our past experiences proves that to be true,,,,,,,,right? By allowing you to state your opinion, I am saying you are entitled to it. It don't mean anything about you winning or losing. I know that is very important to you but it is not to me.  Its just an issue, one of many and Mr. MInshall, there is no need to go hyper over it. You can discuss your point without being hostile.


A good reminder that reality is best viewed empirically not ideologically. It is too bad we do not get more such perspective.


"A President that does what he says he's going to do"
You mean like prosecute Hillary?
You mean like propose Congressional term limits?
You mean like release his tax returns if he wins?
You mean like . . .


Africa will always be 200 years behind the rest of the world.


Thank you for speaking up, property owner.


Donald Jr no doubt can feel outraged at being told to be vigilant, he always flys on a private jet. He's chauffeured here and there when he's on the ground. And now he has taxpayers paying for his round the clock security.

Those of us who aren't coddled by privilege are wary of unattended baggage and mysterious parcels. We dutifully line up to go through metal detectors, empty our pockets and take off our shoes. We keep our ears and eyes open for people acting suspicious or being out of place.

Collective security is what every citizen of a large city learns. Cities are homes to various people with their own inner politics, which may erupt from time to time.. There's apolitical gang violence then there are separatists, like the provisional IRA, or ISIL, or there are attacks on ex-pats like those of the Russian secret police on Putin's critics living in London.

Donald Jr hasn't learned the first rule of politics: When there's a public tragedy, don't try to score cheap political points


The ONLY animals that Hawaii's "Humane Society" find of having any "intrinsic value" are those that they can exploit to line their own pockets. They throw them under the wheels of cars (under the guise of TNR) so when people find them dying of their "loving and humane TNR attrition" they then post their photos in social-media, and then cry for even MORE donations to ensure even MORE of their vermin cats get half-flattened by cars. A self-perpetuating, animal-torturing, animal-exploiting business-model and nothing more than that.

And what about all those boiled-alive animals crammed into bags, boxes, and cans with a "Cat Food!" label now on them that they gleefully accept from PetSmart and other pet-food companies just to feed their cats, or is now turned into TNR-grants to perpetuate the "Kill Animals for Kitties" gravy-train profiteering.

These are the very same practices for which HSUS was fined nearly $16M in 2012 for being in direct violation of the RICO anti-racketeering act.


It's not complicated…

a. Limit e-bike speed to 15mph.  (people ride regular bikes over 20mph all the time on trails which is just as risky,)

or

b.  Allow only those with a handicapped tag to use e-bikes on trails like auto's have for parking.

Hard to oppose an e-biker using the trail hauling bags of groceries home or hauling work tools. Seem like a real "green" thing that should be encouraged.


shannonhall: You raise a good point. Air Miles partners should be furious about this situation. When the credit card company that's associated with my Air Miles account recently called me about an upgrade (interestingly, to protect Air Miles collected in the future) I asked about the Air Miles expiry plan but got no plain answer. I said I'd probably cancel the card in 2017 and move away from their products and Air Miles completely. I suspect they're hearing more of this than they suspected they might.


Guess what - that is exactly what MSW is arguing.  It is not either/or - but Gallagher makes his own list and posits that it is either/or - either his list is right and you are wrong or else.  True and new *cafeteria catholic*.


There is a simple fix to this. Doctors should go back to their provincial bargaining group, negotiate higher wages to compensate for the loss of preferential tax treatment and then pay taxes like everyone else. After that, who can complain. Be happy you had this scheme for 20 years.

Some political appointments come with a mix of tax free and taxable salary/ What is the point? Just pay what the job is worth and let the appointee (employee) pay tax at his/her marginal rate.


How tacky is it to quote yourself?


Regarding: "It acknowledged that the bishops "strongly disagree" with the ban on refugees from several Muslim countries."
- The article makes several good points.
- What will truly be telling is for each bishop in each local church to make a clear statement about Trump's anti-life moves and to list the diocesan agencies and parishes that are acting for the immigrant.
- Bringing this information into a mega-list will be more telling than any statement from an outfit, USCCB, that has proven itself to be more lobby group.


Stand by, ambulance chaser attorney Jim Stanton is on the way to save the day.


Men can also get mesh slings surgically implanted to fix incontinence after prostate surgery.  It works.


Too funny!  The AP is publishing a story about fake debt when most of the AP readers need a story on the very real debts that have been ruling their lives.

Keep running on those wheels, hamsters!


So do some research.  There's been a ton written about and by Gary Johnson on the internet free for anyone to find.


We call it making hay while the sun shines!


Pull licences of all Chinese agents. That would be a good start.


Who to believe, trump who is a fact checked liar or Comey who's life's work is to catch criminals.


i despair that either of these criminals were even nominated, let alone the fact that one of them will win.

imagine yourself in a foreign country invaded by u.s. armed forces determined to impose western 'democracy'.

you see the choices offered to voters in the u.s.

would you knuckle under or pick up a slingshot and join the partisans?


Coretta Scott King's letter is wrenching, not only because it arises out of the urgency of agonizing lived experience, but because it remains current. As we have seen, efforts by the GOP to "intimidate and chill the free exercise of the ballot by citizens" proceeds apace. North Carolina state legislators were so brazen as to not even attempt to disguise their determination to suppress the black vote, and NC's was but the most egregious of voter-suppression initiatives nationwide.

Elizabeth Warren is a hero. Jeff Sessions wasn't picked for attorney general despite being a racist, but because he's a racist. Notwithstanding the GOP's laughable handwringing over "voter fraud," the party couldn't care less about the integrity of the electoral process. African-Americans reject white supremacy and overwhelmingly vote for Democrats, therefore the GOP intends to crush the black vote. It's a scandal.


Michael Albertson, fighting the fights of RavenLunatic, two against one, who taught you how to fight!

Are you okay with out of state soldiers watching your back in our wars in the Middle East?

We are one Nation under God, so what part of United do you not like about the United States of America?


For the first time post-1945, (with the possible exception of the Frei Demokratische Partei (FDP)), both the German ruling parties and opposition parties are staunchly anti-American.

Gone are the days of Konrad Adenauer, Willy Brandt, Helmut Kohl, and even G. Schröder (even Schröder played nice with the Americans before he went to work for Putin).

This means that US must be very careful with its remaining allies: the UK, Australia, the RoK, and Japan as she faces existential threats from NK, China, Russia, and Iran.

In case of any conflict -- e.g. with NK -- Germany would probably remain neutral, even if NK attacked the US first.

Germany would be mostly useless if Putin attacked the Baltic States.

Under Merkel Germany has drifted closer to totalitarian regimes such as China and Iran, thereby fatally undermining the NATO alliance.

Hence it could be plausibly argued that Merkel's goal has been to undermine the West and that she has succeeded in realizing her goal.

Sehr schlecht.


I totally understand why the residents of Shaktoolik wish stay where they are. I was lucky enough to visit there and found a nicely laid out place with content, happy residents. They had nice homes which were well maintained, a thriving reindeer herd and I witnessed ancient tales being pasted on in storytelling firsthand. It seemed to be as good as it gets.
But this was long before more recent coastal erosion was an annual concern. For a long time this location served the village well but it's elevation above sea level was noticeably low even then. The old village of Shaktoolik was visible, barely, on a spit offshore of the current location and it was mostly underwater. I don't know when the current village location came to be but it was not the first place or probably even the second or third place.
Once Bering Sea villages were made up of houses than were portable so changing locations was easier. Today people hope to fight the ocean to hold on but it is a battle which can't be won.


If you're going to calculate the projectile effect and range you'll do it in accuracy shooting like a
sniper would do, not with a "bump stock" which deteriorate accuracy and point of aim.  Heck, he  didn't have to know the exact distance and elevation with that  big a target (a crowd of 22,000 people bunch together) just spray and pray.  I  don't know what is in his note but I'm thinking logically perhaps what he wrote down was something else all together.


I have not seen any news calling it a Muslim ban.  The news has generally just pointed out that the countries of origin for the folks involved in 911 and San Bernardino (SA, Pak, USA) are not part of the travel ban.  Nothing fake about that...


The fentanyl being found in so many American cities is being produced in cartel super labs -


More recently, Benedict XVI took a step back towards medieval-ism when he declared that God's word to "the women" after what he described as the "first sin" were "definitive". (He used this "interpretation" to affirm that man "will rule over" women for all time "...in the church and the world". But that's another issue. It does however demonstrate the perversity of clericalism) If that can be termed as anything but retrograde literalism I'll eat my gym sock. If that "person" is the authority who is consoling me about the meaning of pain and suffering I would put my wallet in a more secure pocket.


This win is a tribute to Michael Bradley. TFC has garnered an increasing number of exceptional players in the last few years, but Bradley is the man whose coming on board in January 2014 gave the team instant big-time credibility. He has stuck with them through thick and thin and has consistently shown not just the ability, but also the personality, to build Toronto into a football/soccer powerhouse. At the same time, his presence has elevated MLS. At age 30, he's right in his prime. TFC couldn't have gone for a better man. Kudos to whoever put together the deal to bring him to TO from Roma. Tim Lieweke & MLSE got the public credit, but I wonder who the real guy was.


Emigree - Thanks so much for your considered post and for the introduction to Pastor John.  I spend a couple of hours reading his posts - really great.   I support everything you said.  Thanks


Totally agree


Yes. Why DID Harper sign that LAV deal?


I agree,  It seems that we have the drug companies to thank for that. Thank you to these officers for their efforts to help this child.


Wow, what terrible coverage.  What is the constitutional issue all about?


As you can see from many of the comments on this story & others about education, the attitude of many in this state is very anti-teacher & anti-education. Why would young people want to enter a profession they've heard belittled and bashed all their lives?

By the way, I'm a teacher from "down south" who has lived & taught here for 6 years. I'm no less invested in my students or their success because I grew up elsewhere.


Ayup.


I believe that she said in CTV Question Period interview yesterday, that the carbon tax would stay in the province that collected it.


"for the CBC and other cultural institutions"
This explains the author's motives clearly.
Supporters  confer 'institution' status on the CBC in order to eliminate any question of whether we need the CBC in the first place.
The desired narrative is that the CBC is here to stay but in order to carry on its well-deserved reputation for quality we need to stop complaining and come up with the necessary funding.


This is true, though the government didn't "step in and take corrective action." People fought and died to make the government do it.


Back of the envelope:

100 events * 500 people * $1500 a head is $75,000,000 dollars if there are 500 people paying $1500 on average over 100 events.   That's $15 million spread over 100 events for every 100 people paying $1500.  The VICE article states that there are also many events that charge less and for meeting other Liberal politicians.

Link to VICE article:
vice.com/en_ca/article/the-trudeau-government-scheduled-more-than-100-cash-for-access-events-in-2016-alone


Let's see, the news is that his children are out of control...selling all the time as they learned well from their father. Then there's the most bizarre picks for his cabinet...drain the swamp was a joke he used to get votes rather than anything meaningful. And then there's the serious issues of a tweeter in chief...has not had a news conference since a July. You'd think as the Pres. elect he'd like to connect with the country who may only know his from the toxic spewing of his campaign...but no. Now his advisor is calling for Obama's death. Basically what we see is a sickness reveled that had been somewhat hidden and now is given a full-throated, orange crested voice. This is news! And he's all yours! Good luck with that...fortunately we had an intelligent, competent president whose legacy will assure we can run on fumes for a while...pray for a soft landing, pilot.


This election is not about policy.
This election is about whether or not the citizens of BC want to continue with an obviously corrupt government that is only interested in the prosperity of their rich supporters. That prosperity is made possible by victimizing the have-nots, the environment and the middle class.
Please take a look at the real performance of this government - the BC Auditor General has made it clear that the books are not true because the BC Libs do not follow normally accepted accounting practices.
Please take a look at the scandals, broken promises and lies that would have caused this government to fall many times over in any other province.
The BC Libs have not and will not work in the best interest of the people of BC - so consider bringing in a new government - it is time to hit the re-set button in BC.


The ANC is finished. What does it matter who will lead them into the future. This is of their own doing.


Thanks for the information. I supposed that the Rev. Ms Schaper was not Catholic but I didn't want to comment and set off the usual ordination for women types who write so often. The article is classic click bait in any case (liturgical dance, remove the altar rails, female ministers, no reference or relevance to Catholicism, etc) - I'm surprised the comments column has been so quiet.


Saullie:

Once again you guessed it correctly, can't fool you! How about a "throw lull" for everyone pal?


That's right, dodge and weave, and do the Ali shuffle.  Since when does black hole criminal behavior trump taking care of Alaska's fiscal mess that the CONservatives created?


I read the Spiegel article (German version), I'm not sure if I should comment since I'm not a J.T. fan.
But let me say it's pretty well the wishy-washy style that the federal Liberals practiced for as long as I can remember, going back to 1969 .
Leopards don't change their spots. ;)


I guess reading in context was something that you missed in school.  I was responding to the comment blaming No Child Left Behind, modified by Common Core, as being the reason students are not prepared for college because they are taught to test.  That is the point, but I guess you find that too hard to understand.


There should be a real time website so we can watch their movements. Way cool and so much better than watching politicians slither around DC


$2.65? That's less than an overpriced acai bowl all the suckers line up for.

They won't feel it at all :-D


Hi everyone! Thank you all for the kind words and support.  This was a joy to write and I was thrilled, although a bit nervous, to share it with the NCR community.  Wishing everyone a happy and blessed Mothers Day!


No, his part in history needs to be carefully recorded, however it should never be celebrated.


Pokémon Go and get a job.


Torture occurs in ALL the middle east countries.
There are no human rights, only the twisted culture of Islam and its sharia law.

Importing 10s of thousands of people with this culture will not be in Canadas best interest.


Unsurprising, since Coates is a racist.


Yes I suppose so. Like the preconceived bias that throwing a trial out of court for insufficient evidence is the right thing to do despite recorded calls saying otherwise merely because you like the result.


Squiggs>  How phony can you get?  I bet a great deal as seen on this commentary.  Don't you have a nice life, good kids, loving wife, beautiful home, nice new car, health care plan,  good paying job if you're working or nice comfortable retirement income?  How hypocritical can you be telling Pocho to switch over to your side, it's actually comical.  The side of truth, honesty, decency and the American way, really???  Are you looking for a job as a standup comic???  Have a nice day.


No this is what you get when you elect tyrants.


Is the less fortunate helping the more fortunate with their money a noble thing to do? The rich are experts a dodging taxes. So who pays for the common infrastructure?


And the Conservatives won with 70% of the vote, but not reported by the G&M - wonder why?


Aw, back to /redpill, pumpkin, your "negging" needs work.


There is a reason pot is the first step on the road to a death by drug addiction


I am a bit worried about the amount of leaks in this administration.  I don't remember the beginning of any other administration starting this way.  Does anyone else?  Any examples?  Oddly, a lot of leaks appear to come from within his own White House staff.  I can understand our highly partisan era right now leading to it, but it's just weird for it to come from within.

Am I right to worry about this or do I just a have a recency bias?


When I read that this occurred in Calgary I realized that perhaps this headline was overstating things. Fact is, most small businesses are not protesting. And those who are protesting are the kind who scream blue murder at any increase, no matter what, that gets in the way of their new Lexus suv.


Do you really think taxpayers want to provide a pension (CPP), health and welfare to a grandparent that has not paid a dime into the system ?


To Trump's fans, the tax returns were irrelevant or a topic of admiration, as was all the other evidence of unfitness to serve.  They probably laughed about all he was getting away with.  To the rest of us, it is one more lie, disappearing under those piled on top, hourly.


Wasn't that a Lindsey?


Stay on topic, please.


Yes, I also fully support protests against segregation and oppression.


And don't forget that Trudeau is threatening to reduce dividend tax credits as well.  We'll need those dividends more than ever after the new capital gains rate puts a drag on equity valuations (capital flight to the U.S.)


One of the few commentaries of Mr. Dingman with which I agree.


I wish DU success in this appointment which seems to be an entirely legitimate pursuit of a profession that's recently suffered buffoonery and blunders at the hand of the current Administration.


Hungarians have historically nightmare experience with muslims. That's the root of their fierce resistance agains migrants. They also have bad vibes about totalitarian outside influence over their domestic affairs. Hence their rejection of NGOs. And yes, they and the Poles, Czechs, Slovaks will line up with Russia if they are pushed too far. Best thing from the EU would be to handle these countries cautiously.


So what's a fair wage for somebody that spends half their life away from their family in a dangerous job that reduces their life expectancy by about 10 years graykeeper?


It's just a couple of million here and a couple of million there. The corrupt or ignorant insiders profit and we the people will pay. Any questions why we are in a deficit. So everyone just get ready to pony up your PFD and your paycheck if you still have one.


Anyone who doesn't find Trump at LEAST deplorable has NO morals or ethics.
Donald Trump’s Latest Comments About Women Are So Disturbing They Can’t Be Printed
http://fortune.com/2016/10/07/donald-trump-bragged-sex-married/


Slimon1: I don't take your use of the word "Chief" as a micro-aggression, but some might. Sigh.


Ultimately, Qatar is in line to become another failed state and center of chaos in the Middle East.
Note that Trump is taking credit for the actions of the other Gulf States, but again he is blatantly lying.
He must not have considered Qatar a center for terrorism at all, as he now claims, since the travel ban he wanted didn't even mention Qatar.
The tangerine turnip strikes again.


Thatcher blows away another messenger.

Better reload, Thatcher, there's more of them coming!


Only problem that the figures used in the Bloomberg video are dated. Tesla was supposed to be in the 190 per Kilowatt hour price range even before the 2170 battery used in Model 3 was made. the 2170 was supposed to be 30% cheaper. So they are already around 135 per kwh. GM said that their LG sourced battery was around 145 per kwh. So they could be below 100 in 3-4 years. Not in 2030.


Is the motivation for doing so really so immaterial and irrelevant?
Our name is integrally linked to our identity.

Is it entirely immaterial that his father or he picked the name of an anti-Catholic hero?

And why wasn't the name of either ever legally changed?  That's quite interesting.

Was their failure to change the name a rejection of the legal system itself?  Possibly, and that's not to demean or dismiss the act; it actually might be quite understandable and all the more interesting, yes?

Is it entirely immaterial that many of his key speeches had long passages which were plagiarized?  How many people know this?  And why don't they know this?

It doesn't change the truth of some point made or borrowed, perhaps, but it definitely reflects on him, and perhaps it reflects more on us for not wanting to know these facts.  Why is it that some get so defensive about these questions and topics.

Are we really lovers of truth?


Everyone thought Roberts and Alito were sure anti-Roe votes. Nope. If Gorsuch agrees with Scalia on states rights, he stands alone, because Thomas asserts that the judiciary can change the personhood line without any congressional action. Its more like he votes with Kennedy, Alito, Roberts and the Democrats. If you understand the assumptions of Roe, even if you dislike the result, then it is good law. If you want to change the finding of Roe on when personhood starts, go to Congress, not the Courts, not the states. I am sure the leadership of the movement knows about this option and won’t go there for reasons which I have previously states. Erick Erickson of Red State stated that 2018 is going to be a blood bath. Trump could not get a pro-life Justice approved to save his life. The movement has one time frame to deal with the Roe Section IX personhood finding. Use it or lose it.


Swastika not Ok, hammer and sickle OK?


Bottled water facts.
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/securit/facts-faits/faqs_bottle_water-eau_embouteillee-eng.php

Drinking Water Chlorination facts.
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hl-vs/iyh-vsv/environ/chlor-eng.php

Drinking Water Floridation facts.
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hl-vs/iyh-vsv/environ/fluor-eng.php

Health Canada has modified all these pages numerous times. The water floridation page was update in 2010 and "The risks of water floridation" section was removed. The previous versions, specifically the 2004 version mentioned the cancer risks associated with water floridation. I have copies of those previous versions they don't want you to read.


Harry,
Just like Jesus would deal with the problem, HUMANELY AND WITH LOVE..


Illegal immigration is down, NATO  partners are increasing their share of cost, jobs are returning to the u.s., economy is moving along well, supreme Court Justice in place, isis on the run, withdrawl from ttp, renegotiating nafta.  While Trump has thus far failed legislatively he has accomplished what others before him where unable or unwilling to do.  It is near curtain that Hillary would have done nothing with NATO funding imbalance, nafta, illegal immigration and decline in u.s. manufacturing base.


Politically popular.  Fiscally stupid.

Until a full review of Hydro's books are completed, decisions about rate freezes are premature.


Do you have anything to support that allegation?


The people had nothing to do with the overbudget or delay in the rail being completed. My suggestion is that the legislature and city council team up with the oligarch they support above the people and do a crowd funder. Why come back to us? We'really not Royals we are not part of your love affair.


The "H"s are fed projects


The FWHS boys basketball team is notorious state-wide for recruiting, and has been for decades. Many of FW's star players were and are not from the FWHS service area. Players have been recruited from other schools literally dozens of times. Questions--- where did these boys go to Middle School, and how and why did they end up at FWHS? Another question-- how many of those imports graduated? Decatur, Jefferson and Beamer play by one set of rules and FW by another. Every coach in the NPSL/SPSL understands this. It is a running conversation and joke at the state tournament. The first day of school is very exciting to see what basketball star from elsewhere is enrolling at FWHS.  The WIAA knows (and turns away), as does the Federal Way School District through multiple superintendents and athletic directors. The Seattle Times did a series of stories on Bellevue High's corrupt football program. It would take an army of investigative journalists to probe 25+ years of FWHS boys basketball.


And what would that native culture be that you are alluding to?


Hillary, they found out more information about your uranium bribery and how you tried to frame the Donald.
http://nypost.com/2017/10/23/now-democrats-have-a-russia-problem/
http://nypost.com/2017/10/24/the-trump-dossier-was-clintons-dirtiest-political-trick/


Replies thus far have made my point.  QED


Very poor checks and balances to have this go on for six months...


I can't disagree.  He is certainly off of something.


So apparently Breitbart is getting ready to go after all the Trumpophiles in the White House Bannon feels wronged him.  Maybe even the Donald himself?


These days I actually have to read a columnist's words to get a sense of whether I agree or not.
Used to was, if it was George Will, I just ignored it. But now, with Trump in office, many on the right are standing up and arguing for the little man, or woman.
If I use a car to rob a bank, sure take the car.  But if I am accused of such a crime, and wasn't even in the state at the time and someone else was convicted, the car should be returned with apologies.
Hugh Massengill, Eugene Oregon


Some get churned back, but tenured jobs are difficult to get these days, so lots of them who do not continue to the PhD, or even some that do but don't find tenured jobs, end up in some kind of clerical or administrative work in universities, government, social agencies, teaching, journalism, publishing, the arts, activist pressure groups, etc.


Wow!  Mulvaney doesn't want to cover Diabetes as a pre existing condition?  Wow!


We wouldn't default on our debts if the Canadian Governments exercised fiscal prudence.  Inflation hurts those at the bottom.  The economists didn't understand why the Phillips Curve no longer works.  That is why I said "old time thinking".


"Absolutely no need for them to be brought here".

Except, of course, for basic human values of empathy for innocents whose's live has been utterly wrecked by political forces way beyond their control. Of course, it may be hard for many Canadian to empathize with them because a similar outcome seems just unthinkable here in Canada....

... just as I suppose it would have been, at a time, in Germany, France, Rome, Greece, etc.... at some points in their history. I can't help but wonder sometimes - how many of these syrians were racists bigots before they found themselves in dire needs? How does that compare to today's Canada? And how would those bigots react in Syrian's position?


Guaranteed Annual Income FOR THE POOR.


There are morons on both side of the issue.


Interesting thought, but where do you get the money for "income equality"?  From taxes provided by working people?  From royalties on resources the country sells?  Make everyone a government employee, all getting the same amount, just what you need to survive like Russia?  Surely you must realize that income equality is due to "a willingness to take risk, sacrifice and work hard"!  People that do those things fare a lot better, people that stay and accept what they get don't do as well.  Which way do you move the "income equality" scale to make it equal?  Bring the manager salary down to the lowest wage, putting more people at lower income, or magically bring the minimum wage up to the highest levels so everyone is wealthy?  Do you think people with drive and desire will settle for peanuts?  Do you think people with no drive and desire deserve $50,000/year for working at a convenience store?  Again, how do you do what you propose?


I moved from Creswell after living there for the last 3 years. It's rapidly becomming a tale of two cities. On the east side of  I-5 the homes are more upscale than the west side - and on the west side is where most of the criminal element resides (more populace too). The schools are fairly lousy after elementary, and somehow the town supports 5 convenience stores but couldn't support a Ray's grocery. The local post office is about the worst I have ever experienced.

I watched the criminal element gradually increase the last few years. Often times seeing one hoodlum face gone for awhile, only to see it reappear again mysteriously the following year or so.....likely due to release from jail/prison. There are no real police patrols to speak of, no speed traps, kids are bored, and rents hard to come by. Most apartment complexes are section 8 and welfare filled, and most baby momma's ever changing boyfriends are ex-cons and/or druggies. Creswell better figure it out fast.


I will tell you who will hire these students:
some public entity where they will earn a salary and enjoy benefits most Canadians can only dream of, all the while decrying how racist Canada is.

Nice work if you can get it.


Trump is the perfect leader for the GOP in the 21st century. These days the GOP is little more than a white identity death cult. Their base has revolted against their elites and elected Trump. They are quite proud to threaten us with 2nd Amendment solutions to their problems. He has made it popular for the KKK and neo-Nazis to endorse him publicly. His voters love his every word about those "others". Too bad his "poorly educated" white voters will suffer the most. Trump only loves himself, not them. The rest of us are living longer while the "poorly educated" white folks are dying younger. I pity their children, they have no say in the matter.


The Taliban is becoming stronger and stronger, US/NATO notwithstanding. IS is expanding. And the US is loud-mouthing about a possible 'surge'.
Bad idea.
Afghanistan will never be conquered/transformed. It didn't happen in the past 300 years and won't happen now.
The Americans need to think back to the Vietnam war; when the local population wants you less, than your enemy, you have a problem.
This was the scenario during the Soviet invasion and it is exactly the same now.


what job?


Well said. Hearing the purveyors of all this diversity/ inclusion speak always puts me in mind of someone who just wants to give condescending pats on the head to the nearest perceived victim just so they can give themselves a smug, self congratulatory pat on the back.


Congratulations to Andrew Scheer on being chosen Canada's net Conservative foreign minister.


Simply not true.

1.  M103 is not a bill, and does not introduce legislation.  It's a motion (that's what the M means).

2. The core of the motion is this:
"That, in the opinion of the House, the government should: (a) recognize the need to quell the increasing public climate of hate and fear; (b) condemn Islamophobia and all forms of systemic racism and religious discriminationand religious discrimination"

3.  To be charitable, you've been duped by right-wing blogs on this one.


Disagree about Tulsi, but you will have to go to her .gov website or follow her social media pages to see what she's doing for the military and our State. Our local news is only concerned with what they can spin as negative, unfortunately. Sen Dan had years of seniority, whereas Rep. Gabbard has 3 terms. Still she's been able to secure funding:

Rep. Gabbard Secures Funding for Hawai‘i Military Priorities in Defense Bill
Hawai‘i Military Construction - $469,750,000 -- Military construction funding is used for continued upgrades to critical infrastructure and training assets in the state.
This included $60,881,000 for projects at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam (JBPHH) including the F-22 Fighter Alert Facility, welding school shop consolidation, and others
$19,520,000 for energy conservation upgrades at Marine Corps Base Hawaii and Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam
$22,384,000 for waterfront improvements at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam for the Navy’s Seal Delivery Vehicle Team
etc


Yep. Making it less convenient. That'll get more people to ride it.


"to include text messages and other communications of a sexual nature or for a sexual purpose, either from before or after the sexual activity in question."

They should call this Ghomeshi's law since it seems specifically designed to prevent the kind of evidence he had available to protect himself. The judge in that case indicated the accusers had been less than honest and Ghomeshi's emails/texts were all he had to prove that fact. How can communications before and after not be relevant to the question of guilt.


Not really equivalent.   Morgentaler faced a jury and had his day in court.   Khadr did not - at least for many years.    And during that time, our Canadian Govt chose to ignore his rights.

Laws evolve and yes - reflect changing opinions.     That doesn't give a Govt carte blanche to simply ignore our existing laws just because it's popular.


Problem is, 68% of voting public now disapprove of him.  Only 32% (his base) still approve.

Most of us never trusted the liar and a big portion of the rest have now realized that what Hillary said is true.   UNFIT TO BE PRESIDENT.

He has accomplished nothing but break apart the Nation, and By the way His Lord and Master Comrade Putin leader of the New Soviet Federation, loves it.


Does that apply to publicly funded Catholic schools too?
----------------------
No it does not
unless you want to change the Constitution which allows Catholic schools

Fight the Constitution if you wish


You mean the ones that don't work?
The only way the missile defense system deployed in Alaska works is if they know in advance what time the missile will be launched, from where, and what its trajectory will be, and even then it misses half the time.


Sparing the tax payer this capital cost ?!
How do you think this capital cost is covered - by the Good Fairy ?
Ultimately patients ( public/private ) pay for the capital principal and carrying charges plus whatever it takes to maintain such infrastructure and keep it going.


Reed:  However, it does not matter.  Impacts  at 20-55mph can be devastating.   Several years ago I was stopped at a light.  I was in a 1 ton p/u truck  and was rear ended.  The driver that hit me told police that he was going 35mph.  It was a tremendous impact and shoved my truck thru the light and into another vehicle.  My airbag saved me from serious injury.  My neck got pushed out of joint and a chiropractor got it back lined up. No problems with the neck but $20,000.00 dollars as a settlement is not worth going thru all the trips to physical therapy, paperwork, dealing with insurance companies etc.     People just do not realize what a  serious impact it  is at lower speeds unless you have been thru it.   That vehicle they are building is a DEATH TRAP............


First they need to locate Hillarys 30,000 lost emails and then plug those kind of holes tight and that will include getting rid of Obama's ability to do the same..!!..with these two doing what they did there is little left for the Russians or anyone else to hack..!!!


Did you read the article? Uh, not so simple. If everything was so simple why didnt Bush just undo what peanut head did with ANWR and ANILCA?


I'm glad the G&M editors are responding to this (since other Canadian media aren't).  This is not much better (maybe worse) than the possibility that President Trump to the south is somehow in collusion with the Russians (that at any rate is still not proven).  In other times, this sort of decision by a government official or public servant would have been seen as bordering on treasonous.


This could be just the begining. USCG is a DHS component  also responsible for  securing our borders. Want to be a sanctuary state,  just cut funding, reduce assets, and transfer assets . We are playing right into the hands of the President  and  a Republican Congress.  Can you imagine TSA,  CBP,  ICE,  and parts of USDA get budget cuts or diverted resources at HNL...... compounded with an old infrastructure?  Long lines out bound and long lines in bound from international arrivals,  their boss is the President.


Through their silence regarding a dangerous demagogue and implicit promulgation of a single-issue litmus test for voting, the US bishops have collectively sold the largest component of their flock up the river.  Tim Kaine received far more criticism from their pens and pulpits than our vile President Elect, who provided them with fodder for valid moral criticism on a daily basis.  There will be irreversible repercussions for the Church in this country in the years to come once the roundups begin.


Probably pot was approved because the people against it didn't vote mainly because they thought there was enough sane people that voted against it, whatever. There are communities though that weren't for it and they too have a right to express their feelings one way or another. About the only thing good was that people see that they need to vote and to read what they are voting for when no means yes and vice versa.


So you are talking about the made up Russian dossier which was proven to be fake from the very start. This witch hunt started out with fake nonsense and there has been nothing since than that has linked the Trump administration to any Russian influencing of the Presidential election. Started on a falsehood and close year later and still no real evidence. Classic definition of WITCH HUNT!!


we're going to grow our way out of debt! what could possibly go wrong...


Cite your sources, please.  Your claims are not supported by the facts and your language suggests that you are getting your "information" from people with an agenda that doesn't care about reality.


On behalf of the roadkill rights association of America I object and express my heartfelt offense at you equating our sadly deceased members with that yellowish mouldy growth under Trump's hat.


Use Oxiclean to keep those sheets whiter than white.


The biggest irony in all this is that the ACA is actually a deeply Republican piece of legislation. They just don't care for it's provenance.

I think this theory is supported by Republicans' difficulty imagining anything they would like more, while perhaps most Democrats, (and certainly Bernie Sanders) have no trouble modeling health care reforms more to their taste, without resorting to the Rube Goldberg contrivances necessary to placate the insurance and pharmaceutical cartels.


Too many Alaskans have been trained by their Union masters to love (pay) the union and be scared to be in the job market on their own skills.  As for Don Y his continued reelection is a mystery to us all.


Purdue is guilty of nothing they should not have paid a cent for this.
Most addicts are their own worst enemy they need intense psychological counseling perhaps but not millions in cash so they can buy more drugs.


That's nice but some stupid kids going to take it apart like they always do. I have pay hunters $20.00 a pig that at killed in that area or something la dat.


616 days, Senator.  tick tick tick


You grabbing your ankles already?


So what your data is saying is that minorities commit a disproportionate amount of crime. 22% of murder suspects were black while they represent only 5.9% of the population. You're being intellectually dishonest in an effort to appear not racist.


If someone buys a gun they waive their right to "mental health issue" claims.


The Troll is strong with this one.


Pay More Recycle & Salvage is also an E-Cycle Center for all your t.v.'s and computer components and they assist in your unloading as well! Open Monday - Friday 8:30 to 4:45.


Par for the course.

Business as usual.

Literally draining the swamp.

Tired of winning yet?


Such a great story of hope for a community.


I am beginning to wonder if they even know
how to tell the difference between sexes.
1/ Men have a penis and testicles
2/ women are smooth in that body region.
Does that help you jr.


CleanupEugene:  I actually suggest that it's more constructive to become involved in governance that to stand on the sidelines and whine.  It's so easy to tell everyone what they're doing wrong.....but, then not offer any alternaives or constructive suggestions.  You obviously are very unhappy with the Eugene City Council....My suggestion is simple:  Get involved.....offer ideas and suggestions.....either run for the Council or promote someone you think can do better.  If you'd rather just make your snarky comments, that's up to you.  But at least realize they don't really accomplish anything constructive.  I'd happily sit down with you any time for a civil conversation regarding political and social issues or any topic of mutual interest. Should you ever be interested. give me a call.  regards, Gary Crum


You just described tRump, Travis.


I know that cat trees are a really business for cats owners.
You can see this at arbresachats.com


Retirement at the end of the month suggest sour grapes over not being one of the finalist in the selection of the new chief.  Maybe another victim of a police department that is running on fumes.  Max Sword is a problem that has plagued this department for years.  No experience, no courage, no leadership and no use to the citizens that depend on the police commission for oversight and transparency.  Officers and employees of HPD are frustrated.  A police commissioner recently resigned.  I view Okimoto's departure as a resignation with retirement benefits.  Hard to take any police officer seriously.  The entire situation has become a joke at the taxpayers expense and makes the line officers job more difficult with each passing day.


If I had to live in Toronto, I would want a balcony I could jump off as well


Right, he's a pederast who supports pedophelia and pedophiles.

And still all yours.


Kaiser HS?


Mr. Singh, its like saying India doesnt exits, which technically it didn't until British partitioned subcontinent. UN created Isreal,the UN should be able to dissolve it if they choose


So again - what are some of the specific provisions that you think will make things better for Alaska?


I was wondering the same thing.  How exactly is Rural Alaska breaking the backs of urban dwellers? What exactly is coming out of their pockets? Oh and I wonder how much $$$  is poured into the urban economies by visiting Rural Alaskans.


And right next to them is people who steal my money to pay for their egos.


The right to marry & form a family is a fundamental human right enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Article 16), and the equal right to access to, and protection by, the law and all parts of it are enshrined in the nation's constitution.

Opposing those rights without a single rational justification for that opposition, is an act of irrationally discriminating against (or seeking the discrimination against) homosexuals.

The definition of homophobia (Merriam Webster dictionary) is as follows:
IRRATIONAL fear of, aversion to, OR DISCRIMINATION AGAINST homosexuality or homosexuals

If the action meets the definition of homophobia, then the action is homophobic.
The only possible way to change that fact is to redefine the word homophobia and get the new definition of the word accepted and adopted by a sufficient proportion of the population to warrant the redefinition being adopted by each set of authors & editors of each version of the dictionary


The concept of acute pain had always been somewhat abstract to me. Then I passed my first of several kidney stones. I had no idea anything could feel that bad. The first time it happened, a morphine drip bag at first hung a foot away for a million years. It took the edge off the chainsaw working its way through my abdomen from 9 pm to 3 am in the Royal Columbian ER in New Westminster - by far the longest six hours of my life. Around 2:30 in the morning when the little bundle of razor blades had mostly worked its way through my plumbing, an ER doctor said "think positive - that's the worst pain you'll ever feel. No exceptions." So when someone says they're in acute pain and they find that fentanyl, or any opiod, makes them functional, it's not up to a bunch of uninformed nitpickers to tell them they can't have it. I have no idea where this notion that an opioid "epidemic" has been partly caused by chronic pain patients comes from, but the hysteria needs to stop.


Registration and placement in concentration camps based on national origin was last done by Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

After an attack which killed about the same number of citizens as occurred  on 9-11.

Primarily those of Japanese national origin, but a fair number of Germans wound up registered and detained as well.

Before that, it was President Woodrow Wilson who investigated and detained Germans in the US.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_German_Americans


Adverse possession is a way to steal another person's land, legally.  People who do that are crooks with the law behind them.  Anyone might have a claim to land through inheritance, but not be aware of it, and a neighbor might establish an historical use of your property without your knowledge, and petition the court for possession of that land and all its mineral rights.  Without active opposition, the court will award title to the usurper.  This situation nearly deprived my brothers and myself of our birthright to our grandfather's farm, and we relied on the testimony of a respected elder to counter the claim.  The property is extremely valuable, and our neighbor coveted it.  Needless to say, the heirs of Bud Zinglemann still consider my grandmother's property to be theirs, by default.

The law about adverse possession is a device planted into common law by the Devil's advocate.


I believe the New blood bank building missed the boat with their design. Spent too much on offices. The old building was inviting, lots of wood and it had a cozy feel to it. The new place feels like your walking into a hospital, has a cold feel to it. They should have asked the donors what they would have liked.
  That being said, everyone should donate blood. It's a simple easy way to help your community...... one Pint saves three lives...
  Go and take a few minutes to help your neighbor .....


Donnie luvs to dish it out, but typical of such blowhards, they can't take it. This thin skinned 7 year old especially, yes 7.


"Democrats and their supporters may not be any better, whatever that means, but they are more educated and smarter. "
Now that is one of the funniest posts ever.
You of course meant more easily manipulated by the elite's MSM!


Pot is still as illegal for people their age to possess now as it was before legalization for adults. They obviously didn't buy it from a store and, unless your claim is they had never tried it before this incident, they had obviously already been acquiring it illegally.

There's zero rational intersect between pot legalization and this crime.


ok so you ignored the majority of my post(s) in reply to yours. Too bad. Not much incentive for me to investigate further.


To Trump, a "fake news network" is anyone who says something he disagrees with or reveals unpleasant details.


Right.

All the doughnut stores will close down. And the gas stations. For sure.

Face palm.


Insanity.  Thankfully, it is not highly contagious.


Listen up you POS, we out number you, and we voted for Trump, and we will resist you, follow you, hunt you down, your fate is gone to the wind. All you Democrats are criminals, and OUR proof is one by one you all are getting caught by your own sloppy schemes and America is going to abolish your Democratic Party once and for all. You are fighting a losing battle when the world finds out the real racists are the Liberals and Democrats who own slaves even today but just don't know it. Blacks like you are the Uncle Toms as they say, as you are protecting the Democrats against this FACT that all those statues and monuments may be Confederates, but most of them are also Democrats that owned slaves, and not all Confederates supported slavery, just the Democrats did, You Democrats did not count on older wiser men like me to still be around with our truth about the Democrats Using black fools like you to do their slavery work.


There are LOTS of clouds hanging over many issues here in the nei


Paul22: Indeed, it was unkind for Icon to dwell on your typo/grammar error.  I certainly agree with Icon that we are NOT on a "great path to the future."  I fear that as a nation, we're in trouble.  We are divided as never before in my lifetime...that includes the Civil Rights Era and the Vietnam War.  We have huge issues; political, economic and social and it seems we're not only unable to "solve" them, we can't even discuss them in a civil fashion.

To me that's troubling.  I'm 75 years old...I post frequently on this site.  I visit with others frequently and BS on all sorts of topics.  Men and women who agree and, more importantly, disagree, need to talk together, voice our differences on issues, find some agreements and agree to accept and respect our differences without ad hominem attacks.  As Rodney King said "can't we all get along"....or at least debate in a civil fashion.....give me a call sometime...we'll have a beer or coffee and a civil discussion...regards, Gary Crum


They should publish the negotiated salaries. Keep in mind, all the residents pay for the salaries in the items you buy. I recall when a chemistry professor position at UC Irvine was open, they had 5 applicants, and only 3 were considered qualified. Contrast that with a longshoreman position that paid three times as much, and received over 10,000 applications. One more thing, there are basically no requirements for the longshoreman position compared to the Chemistry professor. The long longshoreman job of course is given to a family member or relative. Welcome to the corrupt world of unions.


A lot of Albertans are already appalled with how the NDP has mortgaged the future to avoid making tough decisions needed when governing.   Raise taxes, spend even more than the new taxes raised, and kick the can (the bill) down the road for someone else to pay.  In fairness, the NDP didn't start this fire; they just threw gas on it.


Of course the source is unnamed which makes it a fact.  Of yes it was the cleaning lady who said it was so.  She happened to be in the oval office dusting when the President made the call.  She is also asking for a $100,000 raise.


Stephen Harper wisely avoided this public inquiry because he and the Cons knew it was a debacle of wasted millions in taxpayer money.   The JT Liberal Dream team will try to spend their way out of it but in the end, nobody will be further ahead.


Why would I go to a country that is run by such a dangerous tyrant, then spend money there to help his economy?


"MORE TAPES ARE COMING" - CBS NEWS

bye bye trump you skunk


Well, what did you expect when clowns were thrown out of work? Poverty is the root cause of violence.


....raped more women without their consent..

Clearly DunthorpeMD has some confusion about what constitutes rape. All non-consensual sex is rape. Duh!


Thirty, and probably more, red states have joined Medicaid expansion.  State's couldn't have done this without the backing of the US Supreme  Court's decision on the Affordable Care Act.  Begich may very well win this senate write-in this year just to get Murkowski out of Congress, but then what about six years from now?  Doesn't make a whole lot of sense to give up Alaska's powerful clutch on the Energy Committee seat now does it voters?  Then again Murkowski is a threat to opening ANWR which I'm against.  Keep ANWR locked up!


How were driver's license workers able to write and pass a law? And why did they do it? Those are the pressing questions keeping you up at night.


Oh, right. You didn't listen before the election and you can't stand to hear it now. Keep rationalizing.  This is on you. You and your buddies voted in a monster.  Own it.


I wonder if any Canadian air service flying out of Victoria to Seattle would be interested in stopping here to pick up or drop off any passengers who purchased their tickets?


Let's face it though, there are plenty of places refugees can go that would be an infinitely better choice than Hawaii, especially at the current moment. Now we live in a liberal society anyone has the potential to move here. I don't think it's wise opening our islands as a high choice for settlement when there are well established sanctuary communities across the country. Doesn't mean we need to shun them, but it is not our place to be starting new communities, in a place where land is everything, and dynasties live as is. These people are welcome but not in ways that give up priorities of our families obvious needs right now.


Dude the Leafs were in last place last season.... this season they came very close to knocking out the best team in the league.

That is a huge improvement.


I am curious, what do you think mainstream Republican women who are offended by Trump will do if he and Hillary are the main choices?  Will they simply stay home, or vote third party, or hold their noses and vote for Trimp, or hold their noses and vote for Hillary?


Shipboard

Justify BC damaging sensitive environmental areas in Alberta like the lowering of water levels in the Peace/Athabasca Delta in Wood Buffalo National park in Alberta.  This is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

This was done in the late 1960s.  Methyl mercury continues to was down the river into Alberta today as a result of these projects.

Justify BC having the right to do this to Alberta with NO repercussions, yet even though BC energy projects have done this to Alberta, Alberta can't get their energy projects through BC.

It is a double standard that ALL BCers need to recognize.  If not, opposing this project just shows how hypocritical most of the pipeline protesters are.


Lots of people are getting in trouble with the law and legalization is a good idea with bumps in the road.

This article is a joke, as a user I am glad we are getting this type of legislation and it should be up to the provinces to set up their own systems. Here in BC we have dispensaries in Victoria and Vancouver.


Love it.   TGs  can pay for their own surgeries and a group with a high suicide rate will no longer be allowed to serve.  No Fed law or US Supreme Court ruling grants TGs special rights.   Well done.


Let's play quiz game. Who come out the winner in all this: Airbus? Northern Ireland? England? US Union workers? Bombardier? Canadian taxpayers? If they are ever built C Series aircraft will be fueled by cheap western Canadian oil as well. What a deal? Name those winners? Who represents Canada again?


Have you ever heard the word "generalizations?"  As technically speaking, Human is a race, while Muslim, is a generalization or designation used to define a broad ethnic population; while the same goes for "Arab" which is again a broad generalization, that has become common place when talking about such subjects.

Don't really see why you are "disgusted" about anything, as it's a POV or point of view and subjective as all heck.  In the greater scheme of things, your disgust means absolutely nothing; nor does it change anything in the discussion.

As for the North Korean ban on travel being "racist," that would depend on "your pov;"  as Ethnicity and Race are not "interchangeable" all one has to do is look up their definitions, but sadly they never do.


So reportage on a series of individual allegations is a "witch trial"? How does that work?


France is a close ally? Stupid me. Missed that one.  The French election is over?  Macron won?  Oh Noooo!  Trump called Erdogan?  Man I missed that one too.  Man, I am sooo stupid.


The speech and ceremony generally moved my needle much closer to the Resister end of the spectrum. (I thought before that maybe the man could be tamed, at least partially, by the awesome responsibilities of his office and didn't want to resist based on a very nasty campaige.) I liked the performance of the national anthem and did not find Cardinal Dolan to be objectionable. Certainly, the dignified presence of former presidents and their wives and Supreme Court justices was impressive. However, the total effect, and particularly the borderline offensive address, was to cause me to be near despair.


Why say Putin won?  Why say Trump won?  Presumably with all the issues involved it is a win for everyone when their first face to face meeting was successful.


Of course you don't believe in science.  I'd guess that, like  most of the Republic party,  you do believe that everything we need to know is in the Bible.  Like: the earth was created before the sun; the moon gives off its own light; man and dinosaurs coexisted; the Grand Canyon was created by Noah's flood; etc. etc.


I just loved having "Strombo" doing Hockey night in Canada.
I can't wait until the colour swoosh comes to Canada so we can keep track of the puck.


The_state_does_not_perform_abortions._It_may_fund_them_with_their_own_tax_money.


Bwahahahaha tough guy


Firing may be the correct decision but the reality is this is a union affiliated job. The tax payers must continue to pay him until the review process is completed and a final decision reached. If you have any experience or knowledge about firing someone from a union associated job it can range from difficult to near impossible.


Your info is all over the place.  Billion dollars for free? I'm assuming you mean he followed the rules of the IRS and took a huge business loss against future tax liability?  A similar rule the Clinton's took to write of over $500,000 capital loss? Trump's dad was not a billionaire, only worth about $300 million or so. The Trumpster got a $1,000,000 loan and turned it into a few billion. That would be like my dad giving me a $1,000 loan and I turn it into $10,000,000.  Pretty impressive. I agree with you that our government is corrupt and has and defends tax code that allows wealthy businesses and individuals to avoid just taxes. Who better to close corrupt loopholes than a sneaky greedy guy who took advantage of them?  It's going to be more than a bumpy ride, it's going to be a high speed ATV ride on a moose trail!!


It is time for Senator Coghill to retire from the Legislature, and maybe get a private sector job.  18 years in the Legislature is too much, plus he didn't do anything except vote to reduce the PFD.


Not a priority for them.......One HUGE issue about the airplanes they use in general, engine time to cool down.  Inter-Island flights are too short for engines to cool down before next departure.  Which will result in either lots of maintenance issues or possibly longer inter-island flying time.  That is why Aloha used 737-200s and HAL uses the type of aircraft  with that type of jet engine that can handle the short segments multiple times a day.  So it'll be interesting to see if the even start inter-island flying.  Maybe as a short "tag" flight, for example:  LAX to Maui then to HNL.  Because in between the arrival in Maui and continued flight to HNL, the engine has had the time to cool down.


Trump is beating the war drum. He wants a nuclear war to distract from Russiagate.


I disagree about proof of a global flood event Bill, but don't see a problem with you believing as you want, as long as it isn't taught as science.     Of course children can be influenced by the way they are educated, but most parents, if they stay involved with their children's lives, will be the dominant influence.

Everybody has a one irrefutable 'truth' to their faith it seems.  Those that don't meet that one thing, don't get to come to the the feast.

We alway want heaven to be welcoming for US, but it also must also exclude others that don't measure up.

Is that a God driven thing, or, it is our human vanity that we must be 'better than' others.

Why do you think that is Bill?


“Only 2 percent of our students are black or African-American; among the members of our tenure-track faculty, the proportion is only 1.6 percent. Neither statistic is acceptable,” Schill wrote.

I completely agree with most of President Schill's address of how despicable the KKK was/is and really don't mind the removal of Dunn's name from the building. But why do we need to have a certain percentage of any race attending the university? I think the fact that we have students from all 50 states and more than 100 countries around the world speaks volumes about the diversity at Duck U. It isn't racism keeping black students from attending UO. Enough of the quotas and the hand wringing about not having enough of this or too much of that. Perhaps it is the US News college rankings that are keeping them from attending: 46th in public schools, 103rd overall


Trump Golfs While Desperation Mounts In Puerto Rico
While Trump golfs, Americans are literally dying in Puerto Rico


You sir, are an IDIOT.


She sounds like the "girl you wish you hadn't started a conversation with at a party" on SNL


https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/reaganomics-and-the-american-character/

Gotta run to da plane.  More on this later.  Good comments, btw.


Using this logic JAM John A MacDonald school should be renamed Jews Are Marvellous. Let's see about that then...


There is something inherently disordered (to coin a phrase) about an ideology that is so hung up about sex that it grabs any opportunity to try and restrict human beings' capacity to enjoy it, even at the expense of going against its own principles. Clause 15 of Humanae Vitae applied Thomas Aquinas' principle of double effect to allow the contraceptive pill to be used for medical problems even though an "accidental" effect was the contraceptive one. When the AIDS epidemic broke out, one would have thought that the use of condoms to avoid infection where one party to a marriage was HIV positive would have been one of those situations that came squarely within Clause 15. But no, the use of condoms was condemned in all circumstances because the sexual act was not then "open to life". There has to be some inherently disordered thinking here when the Church won't even apply one of ts most cherished principles. Particularly when that could lead to seriously sick children.


They play for the love of the game.  They play to be a part of history.  For the competition.  To be a role model for future athletes.  The reason the losses outweigh the wins is you expect to win every day, and if you don't, you've failed.  If you don't expect to win every day, don't bother playing.


OK, before I explain it to you, a couple of questions for you.
1. Did you click on the link?
2. Did you read the story that the link led you to?
A. If you answered yes to these questions and still can't figure out how the stories are related, you wouldn't understand anything I told you here either.
B. If you answered no to these questions, then follow the link, and read the story. If you still can't figure out the relationship, reread 1, 2, and A above.
.
The answer to your second question is no.


Guaranteed for me.


Trudeau's finished. "Sunny ways" didn't even last much past a year.

His team is reading the poll numbers and they can see the end is nigh. Good riddance to bad rubbish.  Trudeau should save us all the time and trouble and just resign now and join his bro Obama in Hollywood.


First off why would you have 10 million of jewellery on you? And 16 people robbing one person is not how you would normally do this.


The slave trade that was undertaken for at least three centuries by the Crimean Khanate, which regularly raided southeast Ukraine all the way up to Moscow, wasn't to supply slaves to Crimea; it supplied slaves to the Ottoman Empire.


Not really.  It's just more stereotypical carping by the eastern media who conveniently ignore that the Alberta economy is much more diverse than just the oil and gas sector. Even worse, they completely ignore how much of their provincial budgets come from equalization payments (from you know who), and as Steve and Boz pointed out thanks to the Ontario Liberals disastrous policies the province from which this editorial writer is so smugly penning this editorial will soon count the public service and service industries as the "engine" of their provincial economy.

Folks in heavily mortgaged glass houses shouldn't be throwing stones!


Got it.  For warmists, it's "climate" in summer and "weather" in winter.


All commercial fisherman are dummies destroying ALL fisheries; maybe get a real job. The indians are the worst!


So far he hasn't accomplished anything except for lots of golf and Executive orders, both of which he complained about while Obama was President.  As for Trump prevailing, I expect that we have a long 3 years ahead of us, I seriously doubt that he will be impeached or otherwise forced from office.  Pence is his insurance in that, nobody on the left wants a religious zealot to be President.


Let's be real.  none of the Provinces can afford the withdrawal of services should these doctors choose to "go private", but the doctors could probably find backing for building out patient clinics. I had an operation on my wrist many years ago in such a clinic in Toronto. When the provinces started to enforce the choice of all public or all private that surgeon left for Buffalo. The province lost a great orthopedic surgeon and all of his years of expertise in one fell swoop. This is not a good outcome, when waiting lists are already long. The quiet ignoring of mixed billing has served a purpose. Calling it out and trying to end it again will result is prolonged waits as it did 25 years ago


Good to see an appropriate tribute to our forces. However, I did notice the architect of the mission was conspicuously missing. Keep our troops out of the African cesspool.


Trump is more corrupt than Hillary.


CB thinking out of the box is good.  Looks like the new cartoonist thinks both in and out of the box simultaneously. :)


Francis is disturbed by emerging new ideas about gender. So are many who are fully self-honest. It disrupts our world view when something so fundamental is challenged. Worse, there is at the present time no real stability, no strong consensus in this field. Rather, every Tom, Dick and Harry is proposed their own distinctions.

BUT, in this particular quote Francis makes it very clear that he is fundamentally confused about what is happening in the field. He implies that groundless ideology comes first, and out of that ideology, pronouncement are made about reality. He reveals his confusion in a core sentence:

"Today children – children! – are taught in school that everyone can CHOOSE his or her sex" (emphasis added)

While it might be true that some idiot here or there might be teaching this, the gender issue today is founded on data, on observation, of disconcerting evidence that a few people experience their sexualtity and gendered in non-standard patterns.

(continued)


ERNIE BLACK--get a life--either you are not from Alaska--at least know NOTHING about Bush Alaska--GOLOVIN also gets 2 flts a day jet service??


What you describe as "insane" also describes the market last spring and summer in...Chilliwack, BC.  Bidding everywhere, and we were caught in it.  Our bid was dismissed out of hand because we had the temerity to put a condition on the sale (did the house have a crawl space or not?  Past RE records answered both "Yes" and "No"...and others had suffered serious sub-floor water seepage from nearby ornamental ponds...)  We offered $360,000.  The $1,300 sq. ft. unspected home went for $425,000.


Most nations have highly centralized databases for identity checks.  The USA does not.


Lawyers please, you are only strengthening the dog analogy. Let’s instead fortify your (our) common interests- providing legal support to the less well heeled so they can at least have a chance at ‘justice’.  There are a myriad of options - doing legal aid work, contingency agreements (which may or may not yield a profit), working for government or a not-for-profit. Sounds to me like we are all on the same side and probably also all value a little work-life balance.


Oh dear, h ear.  Someone's pseudo intellect was offended.

Wadda ya mean Gekko is fictional?  Next you'll be trying to say that Donald Trump is real.

And, yes, I did find someone who isn't greedy - me.  Ha!!


Excellent news. Would like to explore the taste since like everyone, my protein digestion and absorbtion mechanisms are up to it.


Fake news en croute.


Everybody does not get employee discount on autos and mortgages or university tuition..Please do some research.


There is usually an exceptional amount of redneckery in ADN's echo-chamber of a comment section, but goodness gracious me, its as if Kenny Chesney and Bocephus got naked and performed a satanic reanimation ritual to bring back Dale Earnhardt Sr. in the middle of Anchorage Baptist Temple in here.


This was the best line of Bonevac's whole comedy piece:
"Trump has been giving serious speeches detailing his vision on the economy, foreign policy, crime, immigration and other central issues facing the country."


Not to burst your bubble, but the accounting firm admitted it was their fault.  Probably all Marxists, eh?


From the father of the Gold Star soldier who spoke at the DNC:   Khan continues to advocate against Trump’s temporary ban on refugees and immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries. He argues that the proposals are unconstitutional and will only make America a bigger target for terrorism.

“Enemies of the security and safety of the United States have been given a platform to speak now to 1.6 billion Muslims,” he said, referring to the global Islamic population. “They say, ‘See, we’ve been telling you that America is not your friend.’”

Khan noted that presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama both worked with the global Muslim community to fight against terrorism, while Trump “has alienated them.” Bush and Obama both repeatedly said that the U.S. is not at war with the Islamic faith, but with terrorists who pervert the religion.


skinut>  My apology is extended to you.  My error totally, right????


Yes, it is still often referred to that way.  You were talking about the official name, as your made up name for the holiday indicates.  You were trying to tar Quebec with a 'religious' brush and it didn't work. Not surprising in a country where everyone celebrates Christmas and Easter.

What 'censor' are you talking about - your post remains.  Bizarre comment.


You seem irate over the past. No matter how irate you get you will not change the past; you can change the future.  You are Irate enough to give a pass to the current while focused on the past. .


Shame on marketers selling delusion.
Consumerism is not transformational. It's just consumption.
Buying experiences is consumerism too.


In the first instance strong messages are best conveyed in face to face meetings between diplomats or presidents. This is what the Chinese government might reasonably expect and respect. Off the cuff remarks or, even worse, tweets, might cause misunderstandings or rapid military escalations. Both Trump and Tillerson are used to bullying people in the course of business activities. However, international diplomacy is not quite the same as business. I for one would be extremely upset if an insomniac initiated WW III with a series of ill advised tweets at 3 am.


Don't forget - if they publicize his gift - it might encourage others who have wealth to contribute to this and other worthwhile causes ... thereby allowing us taxpayers a break AND providing us with wonderful facilities.


GBA, a religious person, and I, an agnostic person, saw the same thing.

I have nothing more to add.


Better review the fact on the last 50 years before you repeat your post on who robbed SS.  In case you have not noticed there were Republican majorities and Republican presidents who were as culpable for spend the funds.


Trump should be in jail for sexual assault. He can pardon himself


You mean Harpo don't you?
All he does is make a fool of himself blowing his own horn...


Most Countries Reject Water Fluoridation Statements from European and other Health, Water, & Environment Authorities on Water Fluoridation

 Fluoridation is banned in China “not allowed”

Are you ok with us adding Fluoride from China ?? What you call "the most fluoride polluted area in the world". That has banned fluoridation in its own country. Look up food in China.


Our daughter is a teacher and recently gave birth. It is a great injustice that the state does not provide maternity leave for the teachers that instruct and "care" for other people's children. Our daughter, grandparents and her husband continue to alter schedules at work and at home to ensure their 4 month old is properly cared for. The cost for infant day care and day care in general for children is a topic for discussion in itself. Thank you for this article from all who dedicate their lives to others in spite of the financial and personal challenges that come with the job. Hopefully David Ige can make the changes needed to reward vs penalize our public school teachers.


We need some form of proportional representation, where they can vote globally for a party rather than locally for an MP.


Unfortunately he's also right.


Agreed.
'Keeping a country unified and working towards a common goal is hard work.'
But it starts at the top.
And all Canadians have to do their part.


The Mayors in Puerto Rico disagree with the Governor's diplomatic wording. They are dealing with the realities on the ground.


Can't wait to cast my vote for TRUMP again in 2020


says a clear lib left winger basing his so called opinion on his own twisted bias of nonsense,  Oleary will take canada huge in majority bud get ready for it, better start building that resume public sector hack


What was Canada's GDP before first contact with Europeans was made ?


A web site is like any other machine that is used by a company to do business, it requires regular maintenance and has a limited useful lifespan. If you had a company car you would buy the newest one you could afford and would put some time and money into its maintenance. A website is no different.

Looking at your website and the software being used to operate it I see two issues that should be dealt with urgently: 1. the version of the web server (Apache/2.2.15) is very old (released in March 2010) and 2: the version of PHP in which the site was written (PHP/5.3.3) is also very old (released in July 2010). Both are no longer supported by their respective open-source communities and have numerous bugs that have been fixed in subsequent releases. If you have someone responsible for keeping the site updated then they are not doing their job; if there is nobody maintaining the site then you need to find someone to do it.

Make sure you will not have these issues with your new site.


We all know how much you love ADN. Like Kid and Rock love to kill cougars,


Yes, you.


We don't need more useless information, we need action.  Impose a 100% tax on the value of the property each year until such time as CRA audited documents are provided demonstrating that income earned is commensurate with the value of the property purchased.

In other words, if you're moving offshore money into Canada, where was it earned and here's your Canadian tax bill.

No more excuses and no more studies -- long overdue for our PM to represent Canada and pass a law to stop this nonsense.

Maybe once taxes are collected from criminals, money-launderers and offshore tax evaders he won't have to go after legitimate Canadian businesses for more taxes.


Totally agree ... Why does a MONOPOLY need to have a loyalty program ... I would suggest that there was probably some sort of back room deal between Air Miles and LCBO execs.


So what's your problem?


Congratulations on the sale, and good luck to the new ADN.


You are correct.

He could run, get into cabinet and several of the big time Liberal posters here would be supporting him....


Look. It's really simple. If you think you are one of the great achievers in life, and that every penny of what you earn should stay in your pocket, then move to the US or even better, go to a third world country where you can wear a crown and have your own goon squad to protect you.


Says the clinical psychiatrist?  To be making a clinical assessment show that you need to look in the mirror more before making a diagnosis and having done that; write a proof to show that you are not reflective or the picture you are attempting to paint


Do you understand this is a judicial vacancy being filled, not some legislative post?  She's qualified, so that's pretty much where the inquiry stops.


Read it again, growing cash flow covers dividend increases but asset sales, which are to be expected after any large merger, will help cover the $37 Billion capex program. It's still an expensive stock if earnings growth doesn't pick up significantly but income investors should have little to worry about for the foreseeable future with such a low payout ratio.


Adscam here we  come - if the investments were soooo hot the private sector would be all over them - but the fact they arent tells me the Libranos are going in the wrong direction AGAIN - but what else is new - even when they are caught out the denials come fast and furious until the Libranos are beaten into submission
looks like the Pot industry is going to go the same way as renewables did in Ontario - seems a former Liberal cabinet minister if fronting the thing and all those good Liberal donors with a pocket full of cash are going to get 'preferential' treatment using insider info to get a head start on the market - if it was happening on the TSX it would be called insider trading and charges would be necessary but hey this is the Libranos they get a pass for a compliant media who didnt vet their platform during the last federal election so I have no confidence in their ability to scrutinize anything the Libranos are doing - but we saw the left-wing media get in the tank for HRC


That's the problem with Trumpsters: they all have their sense of humour surgically extracted.


It is sad that on the one hand, First Nations identify as separate Nations from Canada because they believe they have a different, superior culture to protect, and on the other, seem to have such faith in the miracle of modern western "mental health services".

How come  their own culture and tradition cannot provide the emotional support these kids need if it is so much better at human relations than western culture, as we keep getting told? How can anyone believe that flying in a few counselors and psychologists is the solution to the serious psychological issues produced by living in tiny remote isolated communities?


We backed him up the night before in Bozeman. Cash for Chuck up front. I blew blues harp with him on a number (not one of his songs) and once he discerned I had the feeling, he pushed me up front to his Mic for a solo! When the number ended, he held my arm aloft like a winning prizefighter, and egged 'm on. What a thrill and an honor! Our sidemen had no problems with Chuck, once they knew there was no set list or advisory of song  keys. Wing it, be a pro. Crowd of 10,000, since it was part of a two-night Homecoming festival. Of course My Ding-a-Ling got the biggest response. May Mr. Whitekeys live long and rock on!


Q4 2015 came in at .7%!


Actually, the doctor stopped counting at 90 burns.


Freedom of religion, freedom of conscience, freedom of belief, expression and association... Quebec's law violates all those fundamental freedoms. And and that's just section S.2 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Then there's S.3, democratic freedoms. Muslim women will be denied their voting rights in Quebec unless they unveil.

Then there's S.6 mobility rights. Quebec's law violates that, because it will restrict the mobility of veiled women.

Then there's S.15, equality rights. "Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination and, in particular, without discrimination based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability."

Quebec didn't just push a bit against a single Canadian freedom. Quebec went whole hog.


I'm objective, you exaggerate.  How can foolishly suggest that I've ever said to "stop all buses, get rid of bike lanes and sidewalks too"?


I thought about penning a response, however I realised, this particular individual hears but doesn't listen, so why bother.  Much like reading articles about Andile from Gupta First, Fikile is deserves to be ignored.


Me too jaxxy, hate to wish my life away but I'll hold on `till the next election


Looks like nothing has changed, whazzup still trying to master the English Language.....still watching the games from the Sushi Bar at the ACC? Oh no.....wait, I forgot, no more games for you until October/2017, good to see you on the Sens bandwagon, fortunately for you, there was one clown seat left.


Driving schools always want you to have complete control of the car so it must always be in gear even while stopped, with the clutch engaged in case you have to avoid an accident. Most driver drive the way they like as the odds of suddenly avoiding an accident while paying attention are slim to none.


Forget it ever happened, and don't even mention 'misrepresentation'. Also, you can't get a 'recommendation' from a firm that never had any meaningful experience with you.  Your next firm would call up the recommender, and learn the whole story. Just quit gracefully on the grounds that this is not the job it was advertised to be, no hard feelings.