Tag: canada

  • corbett report: episode211 – expertology

    corbett report: episode211 – expertology

    listen to corbett report on @RBNlive weeknights at midnight from corbett report: The experts always know best… or do they? Join us today on The Corbett Report podcast as we scrutinize the media’s ready reliance on “experts” to say what the establishment wants to be said, and what this practice means for the rise of…

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  • ‘stuff a bus’ campaign helps out edmonton food bank

    from inews880: The Edmonton Food Bank still has a long way to go in its goal of raising 225,000 kilograms of food for the Christmas and Festive Campaign, but the ETS Stuff a Bus campaign has sure helped out. Food Bank Executive Director Marjorie Bencz says they spent several hours unloading over 20,000 kilograms of…

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  • egypt awaits election results

    egypt awaits election results

    video: hardline islamist surge in egypt polls* from cnn: Initial results of Egypt’s first parliamentary elections since the fall of President Hosni Mubarak are due as early as Thursday. Both the Muslim Brotherhood and the Al Noor Salafi Muslim Party have claimed a lead in ballot counting, but election officials have been tight-lipped. Voting took…

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  • dna barcoding catches food fraudsters, identifies animals

    from ctv: Scientists have discovered a range of new uses for a Canadian technology that can be used to peer into 30,000-year-old permafrost, detect phoney herbal medicines and catch invasive species before they sneak across borders. Researchers from around the world are fingerprinting most of the planet’s species by taking samples of their DNA and…

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  • teen murderer undone by ‘world of warcraft’ confession

    from threat level: When Kruse Wellwood, a 16-year-old in British Columbia, raped and murdered a classmate who jilted him, he attempted to set up a digital alibi by sending an instant message to the missing girl asking why she never showed up to meet him. But the disturbed teen, ironically the son of a convicted…

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  • Banned In US, Horse Slaughter Just Moves Across Borders

    Banned In US, Horse Slaughter Just Moves Across Borders

    The closing of the country’s last meat processing plant that slaughtered horses for human consumption was hailed as a victory for equine welfare. But five years later just as many American horses are destined for dinner plates to satisfy the still robust appetites for their meat in Europe and Asia.

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  • sloan: how to make a band last 20 years

    sloan: how to make a band last 20 years

    from the record: Four guys. Ten albums. 20 years. The unlikely story of the band Sloan starts in Halifax, Nova Scotia, a college city in eastern Canada’s Maritime provinces. It was there where four young musicians — Jay Ferguson, Chris Murphy, Patrick Pentland and Andrew Scott — met and started playing together. “We played our…

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  • new world next week – oct20

    new world next week – oct20

    new world next week: episode088 – fukushima updates, hyperlink libel, athens austerity Welcome back to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report & Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in alternative news & open source intelligence. This week: Story #1: 20+ Hotspots in Tokyo Found by Citizens’…

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  • supreme court of canada rules internet links not libel

    supreme court ruling big victory for internet freedom from cbc: Hyperlinking to defamatory material on the internet does not constitute publishing the defamatory material itself, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Wednesday. The ruling will alleviate fears that holding someone liable for how they use hyperlinks on websites, personal ones or others, could cast a…

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  • 10/13 binge & purge: substantial progress & the lazy housekeeper

    millions of consumers are food identity theft victims* oklahoma ‘steak’ recalled for being turkey* we can feed 10 billion of us, study finds – but it won’t be easy* canada’s national organic week oct15-22* eating raw fruits & vegetables may modify genetic risk for heart disease* 20 unusual uses for baking soda – the lazy…

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  • 10/6 binge & purge: cantaloupe, content, colors & cures

    sheep suspect in colorado cantaloupe outbreak* 7 sick, 1 dead from salmonella in canadian nursing home* four loko to relabel cans to show alcohol content* 20 unusual uses for vinegar* poll indicates global preference for natural food colours* new aspartame distribution for uk focused on supply security* where does all the ‘komen for the cure’…

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  • 9/15 Pop Occulture: Higher Ground & Sordid Details

    9/15 Pop Occulture: Higher Ground & Sordid Details

    ‘Higher Ground’ offers glimpse into the culture of religion // Taiwan still ruled by the occult // Sordid details of RCMP sex tryst outed in hearing: ‘He told me he was Satan’ // Arizona church is house of prostitution, police say // Mel Gibson to produce movie about Jewish icon // US banker turned Pentecostal…

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  • Remedy Radio: Knowing Yourself Through The Food You Eat

    Remedy Radio: Knowing Yourself Through The Food You Eat

    This episode of Remedy Radio, Episode 009 – Shon the Farmer: Knowing Your Self Through the Food You Eat, reveals not just how to know your self, but to GROW yourself through the food you cultivate and eat.

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  • #NewWorldNextWeek: 9/11/11 Updates & Previews

    #NewWorldNextWeek: 9/11/11 Updates & Previews

    This week’s episode is devoted to the 10th anniversary of the ‘catastrophic and catalyzing’ events of 9/11: Story #1: FBI, DHS Warn of Small Plane Terror Threats Ahead of 9/11 Anniversary // Story #2: First Responders Decry Exclusion from 9/11 Ceremony // Story #3: 9/11/11 Anniversary Events

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  • Quaids Claim Corruption Keeping Them In Canada

    Quaids Claim Corruption Keeping Them In Canada

    Is there a connection between phonehackers & star-whackers? // Randy Quaid says he would like to return to the United States one day, but he and his wife still fear they are being persecuted by California prosecutors and tabloid media. // Related Media/Memes Updates: Amy Winehouse, Grammy-winning singer, dies at 27

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