Ottawa is phasing out government cheques over the next four years in favour of depositing payments directly into Canadians’ bank accounts. The initiative is expected to save the federal government about $17.4 million annually. The government said each cheque costs about 82 cents to produce, while a direct deposit payment is only 13 cents. “The [...]

I am a stay-at-home Mom, married to a civil servant. I am Mad. No, I am goddamn good and furious. The Theocons love love love to make things easier for traditional families. They give us $100/month for childcare, whether we need it, use it, or not. The…

Dear Readers: Your exuberant  reporter is pleased to announce our winner of the day! ———————————————————— By Richard J. Brennan, National Affairs Writer They may look like white pines on steroids, but they’re actually Bell Canada towers. The telecommunications company plans to disguise the towers it erects in cottage country to look like trees so they [...]

Dear Readers; You might remember a few days ago when your humble writer speculated on whether it might have been the Liberals themselves who thought up and instigated the “Robocall” scandal to discredit the Tories! Everyone poo-pooed the idea, including my own 86 year old mother who, with her usual “nay-nay” attitude said; “Why would [...]

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Bureaucracy can take any difficult situation and make it so much worse. The Autism Funding Unit seems to excel at this. Here we are, parents of kids with Autism, and they make every step we take to help them as inhumanly difficult as possible. Some exa…

By Brian Moylan: Every year Lake Superior State University bans a bunch of words and phrases from the English language for good. They just released their list today and, I must say, it is amazing. Oh wait, we can’t say “amazing” anymore. The number one word for removal was “amazing,” which people say is overused [...]

By Thomas Walkom The new Canada-U.S. border deal is a classic of its kind. America gets more say in how Canada handles its affairs. Canada gets — well, Canada gets not much. The deal announced on Wednesday in Washington by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and U.S. President Barack Obama will soon see U.S. customs officials [...]

If you’ve ever wondered why the United States is putting up a fence between us don’t blame the Republicans or Democrats folks, it’s the entire government that doesn’t trust Canada. Although all this bullshit was started by Bush ten years ago after 9/11, it has gotten completely out of control and is now embedded in [...]

Dear Readers; The average house in Canada now sells for around $300,000 dollars…….. except in Vancouver, where it’s worth over a million! Wanna know why? Well let us end the confusion…… it’s because of these guys from Hong Kong! ——————————————————- Thousands of millionaires waiting to move to Canada! By Tom Godfrey, QMI Agency TORONTO — [...]

An article in the Religious News Blog is causing a lot of trouble this morning. But for the wrong reasons! Will tell ya why after you read this! A couple in San Juan Capistrano, California, has been ordered to stop holding a Bible study in their home on the grounds that the meeting violates a [...]