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• They are avoiding saying anything dumber than they already have.

  

  Alain Saffel

  

  Poilievre, Lewis officially out of third Conservative debate

  CBC News - Catherine Cullen

  Two of the most prominent contenders for the Conservative leadership won't be taking part in the party's final official debate. Conservative officials …

• Alberta Conservatives are complete loons.

  

  Alain Saffel

  

  Polarizing stances make Danielle Smith main debate target. And, it seems, front-runner

  CBC News - Jason Markusoff

  In a debate for the 2016 U.S. Republican presidential primaries, organizers went big and gaudy by positioning Ronald Reagan's old Air Force One jet …

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  Alain Saffel

  

  Chinese bots spread disinformation about Canadian rare earths company in targeted attack, report alleges

  The Globe and Mail - Niall McGee

  A prominent U.S. cybersecurity firm is alleging that Chinese government-funded campaigns are spreading disinformation about Canadian rare earths miner Appia Rare Earths & Uranium Corp. in an attempt to cement China’s dominance in the sector and crush Canadian ambitions. Virginia-based Mandiant Inc., …

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  Alain Saffel

  

  This Ontario restaurant chain owes over $35K in unpaid wages. Workers, vendors now ask: What can be done?

  CBC News - Bobby Hristova

  Danielle Hudspeth was just a hungry customer eager to fill her stomach when she visited Hogtown Smoke in Hamilton's Stoney Creek area earlier this …

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  Alain Saffel

  

  Canadian intelligence experts are worried about the polarized, unpredictable US

  Quartz - Lila MacLellan

  A new report by Canadian national intelligence experts says that country faces new threats from a once unlikely source: the United States. The paper, published by a task force that includes two former directors of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (Canada’s counterpart to the CIA), former …

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  Alain Saffel

  

  

  Canada and Mexico prepare to accept Americans seeking abortions

  Guardian US - Hilary Beaumont

  Carolyn Egan has seen people cross the Canada-US border for abortions – going north to south. In the years before Canada’s supreme court legalised abortion in 1988, it was common for Canadians who needed abortions to travel to the US. “We had a network of people who could make referrals and help …