No bull: Semen is big business
Semex Alliance, which controls between 80% and 85% of the bull semen market in Canada, says prices have skyrocketed to $800 a shot
View ArticleIgnatieff: The Wile E. Coyote of Canadian politics
John Ivison: Michael Ignatieff has proven to be the Wile E. Coyote of political strategy when it comes to boxing in Stephen Harper – forever being burnt to a crisp atop his own pile of Acme Corporation...
View ArticleFacebook to launch email on Monday
The secret product Facebook will announce on Monday is, in fact, its new email system
View ArticleThe United States: Where health debate is full-contact
Blackwell on Health: A new Time magazine article sets out some of the fascinating scenarios that are possible as the Republicans try to carry through with their threats to scuttle the Obama-backed...
View ArticleGeorge W. Bush: president who made mistakes or presidential mistake?
Full Comment Forum: Recent days have seen former U.S. president George W. Bush admitting many of his mistakes. Is he on to something?
View ArticleRise of Montreal's Rizzuto family may be echoed in their fall
When a bullet from a sniper’s rifle punched through the rear doors of his Montreal mansion, striking Nicolò Rizzuto as he sat at his kitchen table with his wife and daughter nearby, killing him...
View ArticleGoogle Maps border dispute, Morocco edition
If you thought border disputes created by Google ended with Nicaragua and Costa Rica, you have overestimated Google Maps’ ability to draw lines between countries. Today's dispute is brought to you by...
View Article'Naked’ scanners at U.S. airports may be dangerous: scientists
U.S. scientists warned Friday that the full-body, graphic-image X-ray scanners that are being used to screen passengers and airline crews at airports around the country may be unsafe
View ArticleLiberals, NDP disagree over Harper plan for Afghanistan
The federal Liberals appear prepared to support a Canadian Armed Forces training mission in Afghanistan without a vote in the House of Commons, sparking outrage Friday from New Democratic Party leader...
View ArticlePelosi’s last-minute pleas fall on deaf Democrat ears
These are dark days in the political life of Nancy Pelosi, who for the past four years has rivalled Hillary Clinton as the most powerful woman in American politics
View ArticleIraq power-sharing deal frayed as Maliki named PM
A power-sharing pact that saw Nuri al-Maliki named to a second term as Iraq’s premier looked frayed on Friday, as claims the deal was broken hours after being sealed caused disarray in parliament.
View ArticleCoroner plans detailed inquiry into Ashley Smith's death
A coroner’s inquest into the choking death of Ashley Smith in a Kitchener, Ont., prison three years ago was greatly expanded Friday to include all of the time the young woman spent incarcerated
View ArticleNew NHL clubs would succeed in Canada
Three Canadian cities meet the criteria to support an NHL franchise and would likely succeed in the era of salary caps and a stronger loonie, says a director at the Conference Board of Canada.
View ArticleLake Shore creators apologize for anti-Jewish trailer
The makers of a new Toronto reality TV show have apologized for a controversial online trailer in which one of the program’s characters expresses hatred for Jews
View ArticleDrunk driver who killed four-year-old sentenced
A B.C. woman who drove while impaired and killed a little girl has been sentenced to more than two years in prison. Carol Ann Berner, 58, was found guilty in July of several charges in the crash that...
View ArticleTories endorse UN Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples
In a change of heart, the federal government on Friday officially threw its support behind a United Nations declaration outlining the rights of the world’s estimated 370 million indigenous people
View ArticleConrad Black again seeks to clear his name
Lord Black’s lawyer filed a petition with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit requesting a decision rendered last month by a panel of three judges of that court be reviewed by all 16...
View ArticleAll about the brand: In the world of contemporary art, sales driven by...
If a collector can say, 'This is my Damien Hirst spot painting, which I purchased at a Sotheby’s evening sale,' no one challenges whether the work has artistic merit, or how much was paid
View ArticleIs Jensen what Norway wants?
Goodspeed analysis: Siv Jensen, the leader of Norway’s Progress Party, is something of a curiosity in socialist-inclined Scandinavia. Her office in Oslo sports a bust of former U.S. president Ronald...
View ArticleNo clear solution to shoplifting problem: cane them?
Peter Kuitenbrower: A frustrated owner of a Chinese supermarket in Mississauga Friday told a federal MP that Canada should adopt a punishment for shoplifters that has shown results in Singapore: the...
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