Monday, September 16, 2013

CANADA MILITARY NEWS: Sep 16-Canada right on Syria/ISRAEL/Feminists means all are equal- it's time UN Voted women equal/Bullycides-Bullying/News



Seriously?? old golden voter feminist women and men fought 4 equality and NO abuses of  women and kids with human rights vigils etc and as unionists also NO Nato troops2 Syria or Heretic Muslim Nations





 _ I can't believe as golden voter still have 2 march 4 this sheeeet-   One Billion Rising Feminests all men women- break chains of abuse-equality matters- NO Nato troops in Syria


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Does this sound like Phoenix Sinclair 2 u-  ripped out of the love of foster family and brutally tortured and murdered by mother and her latest lover-  Phoenix... never... made... it... 2... 5...yrs of age.




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Daniel Pelka: Calls For Child Protection Law

A mother-of-two is leading calls for the introduction of mandatory child abuse reporting to help protect children.

Four-year-old Daniel was beaten, starved and poisoned by his mother and her partner, who hid the abuse by claiming he had an eating disorder.



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ISRAEL THE ONLY LAND OF THE GOD'S FIRST PEOPLE ON THIS PLANET HOLDING 150 DIFFERENT RELIGIONS





 ONE TIN SOLDIER- 



 THE VALLEY SURROUNDING ISRAEL-  IS THE CESSPOOL OF HERETIC MUSLIM HATE THAT IS SPEWING AROUND THE WORLD- HERETIC MUSLIMS WEARING PRETEND NAMES- REJOICE IN KILLING MILLIONS OF THEIR OWN MUSLIM INNOCENTS... SO U CAN BE SURE THEY DON'T GIVE A SHEEET ABOUT ANY OTHER PEOPLE... ALLAH IS WITH US.... well folks... Allah is actually God of peace, love and progress.....


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PAPER LACE-"BILLY DON'T BE A HERO" (W/LYRICS CELIA)







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THAT'S MY KING-...  Catholic Christian Symbol


IRNI (LATIN: IESVS·NAZARENVS·REX·IVDAEORVM TRANSLATES-  Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Jews)


....YOU CAN'T OUTLIVE HIM.....AND YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT HIM...... Oh Praise the Lord... Our Lord and Saviour...Jesus Christ




Dr. S.M. Lockeridge -That's My King: Do you know him?   -  1976 sermon in Detroit








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The Purpose (Get Up Weary Soldier)













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ALL THE TIMES PALESTINE AND ISRAEL WORKING 2GETHER- NEV-A GETTING REPORTED BY BBC AND MAINSTREAM NEWS- much like Rwanda's 100 days of silence




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CANADA MILITARY NEWS: Sep6- innie meenie minie mow- catch a nig**r by the toe -in our day VS 2day's "Y is for your sister, O is for oh so tight, U is for underage, N is for no consent, G is for grab that ass, SMU boys we like them young." - Thx SMU students r couragely stepping up and fixing the hurtin




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BLOG:  PAEDOPHILES / BULLIES/ BULLIES/BULLIES///- let's fix this Canada


CANADA MILITARY NEWS: July24- Nova Scotia bullies caught by ANONYMOUS- BULLIES F**KIN PAEDOPHILE HUNTING/ NOVA SCOTIA NEWS MILITARY-VOTING/ REHTAEH PARSON- WE WANT JUSTICE-Peter Mackay stepping up 4 victims in Canada- about damm time






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TO CANADA'S CLASSIFIED... 4 EVERY KID IN THE WORLD- whether ur 2 or 102- we've all been there...


 see u got that Inner Ninja going on- and don't 4get kids and elders are also ur fans- u chisel ur words in stone on our hearts and bring hope from despair 4 homeless kids and kids who have just had a shitty chance at life- thanks Canadian son... and taps out 2 David Myles who also has Canada's flag wrapped around his heart and soul- the Buddy Holly of Canada




 Classified - Inner Ninja ft. David Myles




 LINKS ON BULLYING AND CHILD ABUSE- (Mind Rape/Physical Torture/Sexual Assault)
 FOR KIDS- TWEENS-TEENS-YOUNGBLOODS- But perhaps most of all..... each and every Canadain Adult- we must take more responsibility and be more vigilant:

 To learn more about bullying and if u r being abused- check out:















 RespectED: Violence & Abuse Prevention








 If you are a victim of bullying, call The Kids Help Phone at 1-800-668-6868.

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14 f**king years old??????????????????????????????  HEY BIKER FRIENDS- STREET PEERS- PASS THIS ONE ON -   hang his junk 2 the jailyard wall-  a-n-o-n-y-m-o-u-s   help darlins!





Soccer coach guilty of sex assault


STEVE BRUCE COURT REPORTER

sbr uce@herald.ca @CH_cour ts

A Halifax soccer coach has pleaded guilty to s exually assau lt­ing one of his players, a 14-year-old girl, last fall.

Konstanty (Kostek) Bedoa-Gorski, 24, entered the plea Tues­day in Halifax provincial court.

Bedoa-Gorski, a psychology student at Saint Mary’s University, will be sentenced Dec. 18.

Judge Michael Sherar ordered the young man to co-operate with the preparation of a presentence report.

Defence lawyer Thomas Singleton told the court the sen­tencing date would allow his client to finish this semester at SMU.

But the south-end Halifax uni­versity announced later Tuesday that Bedoa-Gorski had been sus­pended and barred from campus.

A dis ciplinary hearing will b e held as soon as possible, a uni­versity spokesman said.

SMU was in the national head­lines last week for a frosh week chant encouraging the rape of underage girls.

Bedoa-Gorski abused the girl last October.

He was also charged with sex­ual interference. That charge will be withdrawn after he is sen­tenced for sexual assault.

Bedoa-Gorski remains free on an under taking , with conditions banning him from using the Inter­net, having contact with children under the age of 16 and going to schools, parks, playgrounds and other places known to be frequen­ted by kids.

He’s forbidden from commu­nicating with the victim or going to her home. The girl’s identity is protected by a publication ban.

Bedoa-Gorski was director of MAPS Elite, a Halifax-based pro­gram for high-performance soccer players between the ages of 12 and 16 .

He’s also coached in Soccer Nova Scotia’s provincial program, at the Farias Soccer Academy and with clubs such as Cole Harbour, Dartmouth United, Halifax Dun­brack and Dartmouth FC.















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news- ONE BILLION RISING- breaking chains of abuse- no more damm excuses Canada





VOICE OF THE PEOPLE-   HONOUR YOURSELF



TEACH RESPECT

Christie Blotnicky (Sept. 11 Reader’s Corner) is exactly right. Most people are misinformed about the feminist movement. I have been a feminist for about 50 years, and I take every op­portunity to inform young women what we stood for and what we achieved. We did make progress, but recent events show there is still much to be achieved.

The basic premise of feminism is, as Christie stated, equality for everyone. Many parents do teach this to their children, but that’s not enough.

Respect for all people must be taught and reinforced in schools, universities, workplaces, and by each of us every time we get the chance. Why not start right now with a teach­ing module to be inserted in every classroom in the province?

Janet Br ush, Halifax




AND.......  READER'S CORNER



READER’S CORNER

‘How many of you are feminists?’



I remember being in high school in Mr. Plato’s Global History class when he point-blank asked the students: “How many of you are feminists?"

Only about three of us raised our hands. Plato told them all they were doorknobs (or something to that ef­fect, lovingly) and explained that feminism is the basic b elief in equal­ity, something the other kids had never considered before.

Kids aren’t taught about feminism — not what it actually is, anyway. They close their eyes and imagine feminists as fat lesbians, frothing at the mouth and hating men while they stuff their faces with three-day-old tuna casser­ole.

They don’t think of their mothers, struggling to make the same pay as the men at work. They don’t see their older sisters dealing with misogyny each and every day as a university student. They don’t see their neigh­bour being raped, their best friend b eing turned down for jobs, or their grandmother being forced to stay home because that was her “place."

Kids need to know what feminism is, because feminism is how we’re all going to make our world a better place. Making each group equal is how we move beyond issues like what’s happening in our university system, in or our political system, in or our work­places and in our schools.

You have to teach people when they are young that all people deserve equal respect, or else you’ll lose them. Why are kids in their first year of university so quick to accept a sexist chant? Because they don’t know any better, and that’s our fault.

We have to do better for the girls and the boys, or else the next genera­tion will lose something that’s been essential in shaping the current gener­ation: the ongoing fight for gender equality.

Christie Blotnicky, Halifax





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AND...  CHER GETS IT RIGHT - MEN AND WOMEN FEMINISTS-  IT'S ABOUT EQUALITY STUPID!



WE WALKED, WE STEPPED UP- MEN AND WOMEN OF THE 60S AND70S- 2 CREATE EQUALITY 4 WOMEN AND MEN-  CALLED FEMINISM.... and that when women equal men on this planet there wld never be another war- because women and children hold the key to empowerment of family, education, books over bombs- progress through sharing the best of each of us....


As Cher said in MacLean's Magazine...

Cher on the art of the comeback

A conversation with Cher on working with Lady Gaga and singing for Jackie O
by Elio Iannacci on Sunday, September 8, 2013 8:00pm


Q: So many young performers like Taylor Swift don’t want to identify as feminists. Why is that?




A: What is the bad connotation with feminism? When women have full control of their bodies, when women get paid exactly the same as men, when everything that happens for men happens for women, I can stop calling myself a feminist.







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FANCY- DON'T LET ME DOWN- Bobbie Gentry










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Loretta Lynn - You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man) (Live at


Loretta Lynn performs "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)" live at the Farm Aid concert in Champaign, Illinois on September 22, 1985. Farm Aid was started by Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp in 1985 to keep family farmers on the land and has worked since then to make sure everyone has access to good food from family farmers. Dave Matthews joined Farm Aid's board of directors in 2001.

For more information about Farm Aid, visit: http://farmaid.org/youtube

Farm Aid's performances are donated by the artists in order to raise funds and raise awareness for family farmers. They've raised their voices to help — what can you do?










Michelle Wright - He Would Be Sixteen -young moms adopting out kids love














Shania Twain- I ain't Going Down- youngmoms keeping ur kids love













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ONE BILLION RISING-SHANIA TWAIN- breaking the chains of abuse...

IDLE NO MORE CANADA, 10,000 years FIRST PEOPLES OF AMERICAS- Shania Twain was adopted by her stepfather Ojibway Jerry Twain and grew up on the reserve as non-status indian.... Shania always said Jerry Twain (and she adored Grandpa Twain) treated respectfully and loved Shania's mother Sharon so much..

..... but Shania said the enormous abuse among the Reservations should shame all of Canada.... and men need counselling and respect as much as women...

Shania Twain - Black Eyes, Blue Tears - Live!










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It's 2013 folks-  UNITED NATIONS MUST SIGN HUMAN RIGHTS TREATY (especially USA Obama- u have 2 daughters)... that 65% of the world's poplulation; which is women, are equal totally 2 men...


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Rally condemns sexism

SMU Women’s Centre organizes event in wake of controversial frosh week cheer



FRANCES WILLICK EDUCATION REPORTER

fwillick@herald.ca @CH-Frances

About 200 people gathered at Saint Mary’s University Thursday afterno on to denounce s exism and a culture that allows rape to b e trivializ ed.

The rally, organized by the school’s women’s centre in the wake of a frosh week cheer tout­ing rape, drew students, profess­ors, alumni and residents of the wider community to listen to speeches and show support for organizations fighting sexual violence.

“It’s a way to speak out (and say) we’re not going to tolerate this and we want to make our voice heard on campus," said Lewis Rendell of the SMU Wo­men’s Centre. Rendell and other speakers emphasized, though, that rape culture is not a problem that ex­ists solely at Saint Mary’s.

“It’s not just a university prob­lem or a generational problem. It’s a society problem," Rendell said. “There’s just a flippancy, an atti­tude toward sexual assault and violence against women, like it’s not a big deal or it’s a punchline. We don’t need that sort of atti­tude perpetuated on our campus."

Halifax poet laureate El Jones preceded a reading of a poem about sexual assault by telling the crowd that Saint Mary’s isn’t alone in grappling with the prob­lem .

“SMU didn’t create rape cul­ture. . . . SMU got caught. But everybody else has been doing it," Jones said.

Recent graduate Clinton Chap­delaine returned to campus to take part in the rally, both to defend the reputation of his school and to help promote an anti-rape message.

“Right now, I think the school has sort of a bad name . . . and I think we shou ld try to do something about that, try to raise awareness. You’d think that ‘rape is awful’ isn’t that hard of a concept to grasp. But apparently, some people are still having diffi­culty with it."

One of many men who atten­ded the rally, Chapdelaine said as a feminist, he felt compelled to be there.

“Despite if I was a du de or a lady, I’d still be here."

Saint Mary’s alumnae Alleson Kase participated in the rally, holding a sign that read Frosh Week 2013 Demeans My SMU Degree. But her objections go beyond the potential damage to the university’s reputation.

Kase said she has spent years fighting for women’s rights and wants to see the university admin­istration and students’ association take responsibility for the incident last week.

“I was part of the women’s movement during the s econd wave of feminism. In the 70s, I was involved with women’s col­lectives. We fought long and hard for various ru les and laws against violence against women , and to think that 35 years later this is still going on — it’s unacceptable."

On Wednesday, the women’s centre at Saint Mary’s submitted a list of 13 requests to the university. They included a zero-tolerance policy on sexual assault, mandat­ory education about consent and other issu es during orientation week, new p ositions in the stu­dents’ association and funding for a sexual assault counsellor. Rendell said funding for that position was cut a few years ago.

The president of the faculty union, Marc Lamoureux, said Saint Mary’s president Colin Dodds has asked all full-time and part-time faculty to attend an assembly today about first-year orientation .

There’s just a flippancy, an attitude toward sexual assault and violence against women, like it’s not a big deal or it’s a punchline. We don’t need that sort of attitude perpetuated on our campus.

Lewis Rendell SMU Women’s Centre


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Alleson Kase takes part in a rally demanding zero tolerance for rape culture at Saint Mary’s University on Thursday after noon. A chant glorifying underage and non-consensual sex was captured on video at the university during frosh week. RYAN TAPLIN • Staff
















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CANADA'S SOLDIERS OF SUICIDE HONOURED- SEPTEMBER 2013







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Learn the warning signs of suicide, grieving mom says


SELENA ROSS STAFF REPORTER sross@herald.ca @CH-sross

Heather Jellicoe had a knack for telling funny stories, and she loved dancing and playing soccer. She had long, dark hair, she worked at the Keshen Goodman library, and her favourite subject was history.

Heather died by suicide just before Christmas in 2010, when she was 18.

“Her death was unnoticed by the media, unlike Rehtaeh Par­sons," said her mother, Sandra Pedersen, who cried as she re­membered her daughter.

“Heather was just a forgotten soul — what she looked like, what her strengths were."

Rehtaeh’s name was Heather’s spelled backwards. Pedersen said she couldn’t stop thinking about Rehtaeh’s family after their 17-year-old daughter’s death in April, three days after a suicide attempt .

When she saw that the family planned to attend this year’s Hali­fax Walk for World Suicide Pre­vention Day, Pedersen decided to talk to them. She did so at a re­ception in City Hall after the walk Sunday, which had a turnout of about 100 people.

It was the sixth annual walk o f its kind, and organizers specific­ally thanked certain people who had worked to address suicide this year.

Among them were Fred and Elizabeth Fountain, whose son Alex died at 20 in 2009. They donated more than $1 million to the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre Foundation for a mental health project .

Rehtaeh’s family was also men­tioned. Several individuals ap­proached Glen Canning, her father, and Leah Parsons, her mother.

Canning said that since April he’s been contacted by dozens of Nova Scotians whose children are suicidal.

Pedersen told the two she ap­preciated their outspokenness.

“I could not have been as public as they were. I could hardly get out of bed," said Pederson, who lives in Clayton Park West. “They’re putting it out there for everybody in their position."

After Heather died, Pedersen said funeral home staff told her they had held memorials for seven other suicide victims that month, all ages 18 to 21.

“I was absolutely heartbroken because I was like, ‘How can that be?" she said. “Eight people in one month in one funeral home in Halifax, Nova Scotia?"

According to a 2009 provincial report, Nova Scotia’s suicide rate was lower than the national aver­age at nine out of 100,000 people. Of the province’s suicide deaths, 84 per cent of victims were male and 55 per cent had b een diagnos ed with a mental health disorder.

Pedersen said the solution is to talk about it more, to learn the warning signs and to let young people in particular know where they can find help.

She began walking to raise support for Kids Help Phone. The number is 1-800-668-6868.

More information about the warning signs o f suicide, and places to get help, can be found at suicideprevention.ca.


















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CANADA- US Activits rap Keyston BUT LEAVE DIRTY COAL BEHIND??? Canada is only No. 9 On energy out of 10 countries-what's up with that






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U.S. activists rap Keystone but leave dirty coal alone










OH DEAR GOD...  did u know CHINA WON'T EAT THEIRS BECAUSE THEY ARE SO DISEASED NOW.....    THEY POISON OUR WATER, OUR FISH, SHELLFISH, OUR SOIL, OUR PROPTERTY WITH THEIR SHEEEET...... SEA LICE     .... SEA LICE.... SEA LICE....





Dal poised to shepherd aquaculture


SARAH STEWART-CLARK Editor’s Note

Dr. Sarah Stewar t-Clark is an assistant professor in shellfish aquaculture at the Faculty of Agriculture at Dalhousie University and researches shellfish aquaculture and invasive species. She is presenting at BioMarine 2013 this week in Halifax.

Aquaculture is the fastest growing food industry in the world and I believe that Nova Scotia is uniquely poised to play an excit­ing role in the expansion o f sus­tainable aquaculture operations in Canada .

The benefits to Nova Scotia are clear. Aquaculture employment is highest in rural, coastal com­munities, providing rural com­munities with valuable economic development opportunities. This economic development can and is being done in an environmentally sustainable way on many aquacul­ture sites within our province.

Nova Scotia is world-renowned for its seafood products; aquacul­ture continu es to expand this production of high-quality sea­food from our province and ex­pands our niche in the market as a provider of high-quality products.

In order to expand in a sustain­able way forward, I see education and innovation as pivotal com­ponents of a strong, sustainable aquaculture industry in Nova S cotia .

Education, extended learning, research and scientific develop­ment must be key components of the future of aquaculture in Nova Scotia. As the industry moves forward, s o must the capacity for research so that industry chal­lenges and environmental chal­lenges can be assessed and mitig­ated using science-based informa­tion .

Industry members and govern­ment regulators all need access to the best science-based informa­tion available with which to man­age the industry in a forward direction. Nova Scotia is well poised to move forward in this science-based, educated direc­tion .

Our province is home to one o f only two universities in Canada that offers full BSc and MSc de­grees in aquaculture. The Dal­housie University faculty of agri­culture aquaculture Centre is not only training new aquaculture scientists, but has faculty mem­bers dedicated to aquaculture research in both finfish and shell­fish s ectors.

Our expertise in shellfish gen­omics, eco-physiology, nutrition and new species development are great assets to the continued growth of sustainable aquaculture in Nova Scotia.

Dalhousie’s faculty of agricul­ture is providing critical solutions to the industry in projects like our work on invasive species detec­tion. Through our innovative leadership, we are creating monit­oring solutions for new invasive species as they arise on aquacul­ture sites.

Our extension s ervices are poised to offer training opportun­ities to industry members on key topics as they arise, such as deal­ing with species invasions in shell­fish operations. Our research outreach to industry members is a strength that I believe will contin­ue to drive aquaculture forward in a positive direction for Nova Sco­tia and b eyond.

By par tnering with industry to ensure that they have the science­based information required to move forward in a sustainable manner, by developing innovative research tools to assist managers in making the best science-based decisions possible and by educat­ing a new generation of aquacul­ture members with the informa­tion they need to make science­based decisions, the aquaculture centre at Dalhousie University faculty of agriculture is well poised to ensure the future of aquaculture in Nova Scotia is a positive one that will benefit generations of Nova Scotians to come.




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Education, extended lear ning, research and scientific development must be key components of the future of aquaculture in Nova Scotia.



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Nice. How Ironic. At about the age these thugs were when they smashed his window, he was probably carrying a rifle, fighting for his country on foreign soil. Sickening.

Some people's kids.




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 93 year old Canadian Veteran - and he was sheeet upon by the youngbloods who's freedoms and privileges he and men and women like him sacrificed- ???? ENOUGH... CANADA... ENOUGH... a beautiful vet who, with so many Canadians, procured our very Canadian freedom and privileges- tears and prayers... tears and prayers.


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Can u imagine- a war veteran of our Canada who sacrificed himself 2 victoriously win our very freedom and the privileges we all pleasures greatly in our Canada - because of the sacrifice of wearing the flags of our nation- could be abused in this way????






Offers to help flood in after WWII vet’s windshield smashed

September 16, 2013 - 6:46am By LAURA FRASER Staff Reporter
Daniel Cotie, 93, looks through his smashed-out back windshield as he poses for a photo in the backseat of his Ford outside his Robie Street home Sunday night. Cotie has received several offers of assistance after his daughter posted about the vandalism on social media. (RYAN TAPLIN / Staff)



The senseless actions of a few vandals prompted a social media backlash and countless acts of kindness as the story of a Halifax veteran and his damaged car spread through the electronic grapevine.




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Wouldn't you like to put these thugs in a locked room for a couple of minutes with some members of the arm forces....Love the support from people to help out....Nice to see electronic media doing some good for a change.

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Why members of the "arm forces?" Why not just ticked off normal members of society. I'm sure they would do an equally capable job.

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This is a senseless crime. It is most likely a University Student. The Universities should send a not on Social Media and remind students that their actions reflect the school, and if they are caught doing something stupid and senseless like this they could be expelled completely. I am pleased to see people offering to fix Mr Coties car it shows the good side of our society


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if they laughed there's a chance they'll talk openly about it . Also a message to the Herald...try narrowing the crime scene area just a bit. "Robie by Dal/SMU" is a pretty big area. If you're more specific it might jog someone's memory.


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Dialing Back the Alarm on Climate Change
A forthcoming report points lowers estimates on global warming



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Neil Young’s comparison of Fort McMurray with Hiroshima shows hypocrisy in his heart of gold


Rex Murphy: Only a mind-yodelling vacuous lyricist could dredge up this analogy — comparing a Canadian city and its inhabitants with a radioactive ruin

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USA COMPANY BUYS IN2 CANADA RAIL- OIL -  WTF????

Railway open to handling cr ude


BRUCE ERSKINE BUSINESS REPORTER

berskine@herald.ca @CH_Br uceErskine

Cape Breton & Central Nova Scotia Railway Ltd. wou ld b e happy to take on new business from a Texas energy company, says Mario Brault, president of its parent company, Genesee & Wyoming Canada .

“We are ready, willing and able to do it ," he said in an interview from Montreal on Friday.

NuStar Energy LP o f San Antonio announced this week that it is planning to build a railcar off-loading facility at its petro­leum storage terminal in Point Tupp er.

The firm wants to ship western Canadian cru de via rail to the Richmond County operation, where it will b e loaded onto tankers bound for refineries around the world.

The proposed facility would also handle natural gas liquids.

NuStar’s Cape Breton operation is a storage and transshipment terminal capable of handling 7.6 million barrels of refined products and cru de.

The facility has 37 storage tanks, and more capacity wou ld be added as part of the railcar project .

The NuStar project, still in the very early stages, would involve hauling crude oil and gas liquids on mixed-cargo freight trains of 16 to 20 cars.

Cape Breton & Central Nova Scotia Railway operates a 125-kilometre short line between Truro and Sydney.

The line is overseen by the provincial Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal Depart­ment under rules that reflect Transport Canada guidelines for national railways.

Transport Canada issued an emergency directive on the ship­ment of dangerous goods after the disastrous Lac-Megantic derail­ment that was also issued to Cape Breton & Central by the province.

A provincial o fficial said the railway is already in compliance with the directive, which ordered railways not to operate one-per­son crews or to leave dangerous goods trains unattended on a main line.

Brault said the short line already handles petroleum products for Imp erial Oil and he was “very confident" it could comply with any directives from Transportation Canada.

While he wasn’t familiar with the details of the NuStar plan, Brault called the prospective development “a breath of fresh air" and was looking forward to dis cussing the project with the Texas company.

“It is good news and we are ready," he said.

Brault discounted concerns that the rail line wasn’t up to the task.

“We’ll put more money into the track if we need to," he said. “It’s a good problem to have."








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Article - Canada Army Run 2013: No Ordinary Runners. No Ordinary Race.




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The world is giving credit where credit is due...





Harper, Baird showed skill in complex Syria crisis

Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird walk in the gardens of St. Peterburg's Constantine Palace Thursday, Sept. 5, prior to the G20 summit. Photo: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

 Michael Den Tandt
Published: September 15, 2013, 3:19 pm





In the very near term at least, it looks as though U.S. President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry have managed to temporarily and partially extricate themselves from the shambles of their Syria manoeuvring, in the process setting a new standard for the conduct of realpolitik by the Great Powers. Call it the Inspector Clouseau approach: Stumble and trip over your own feet enough times and perhaps you’ll eventually roll out with just a few scratches, the way a drunk sometimes does after a car crash.

Already Sunday morning, with the ink not dry on a U.S.-Russia accord struck the previous day, calling for the destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons by next year, Obama was declaring victory, in his half-hearted way. “Keep in mind that my entire goal throughout this exercise has been to make sure that what happened on August 21st does not happen again.” the American President told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos. “Are you confident that won’t happen again?” the interviewer asked. “Well I think we have the possibility of making sure it doesn’t happen again,” responded Obama.

As magisterial assertions of unshakable will by the world’s most powerful human go, that leaves something to be desired. But facing defeat in Congress over a military strike Americans overwhelmingly did not want, and also the near-certainty that his proposed limited, targeted, unbelievably-small-yet-not-a-pinprick bombing campaign would only exacerbate the chaos in Syria, Obama took the best face-saving exit he could find, kindly offered by the great humanitarian Russian President Vladimir Putin.

It is certain that relieving Syrian dictator Bashar Assad of his 1000 tonnes of Sarin, mustard gas and other poisons will prove more complex and costly, if it is even possible, than envisioned in the U.S.-Russian communiqué. It remains to be seen how Obama’s diminished international stature, and Putin’s enhanced standing, will complicate those efforts, let alone prospects for an end to the Syrian war. It is a debacle that no amount of narrative re-casting by the White House will gloss over.

There are two ancillary players here, however, who, come what may, have emerged with their foreign-policy street cred strengthened. That would be Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the reluctant warrior Obama’s faithful corner man and new BFF, and John R. Baird, Canada’s belligerently non-belligerent foreign minister. This was not Harper and Baird’s first rodeo, and it showed.

To begin, they sidestepped the call to arms in the initial round of international phone calls between Obama, Kerry and foreign leaders and foreign ministers, that came in the immediate aftermath of the chemical attack in Damascus on Aug. 21. At that point a strike appeared inevitable. Britain and France quickly joined in the war drumming. The government of Canada just as quickly made a categorical statement that it would not be joining any military effort. That disarmed the opposition Liberals and New Democrats, who otherwise would have held up the spectre of Iraq and Afghanistan, the mixed results in Libya, and the Harper government’s past bellicosity vis-à-vis Iran, as evidence of a headlong rush to war. Baird and people close to him have insisted that Canada was never asked to participate militarily, because we don’t own any missiles — to which we must respond, yes, of course, whatever. Had there been a desire to participate, we would have done so symbolically.

But at the same time, Harper and Baird took pains to avoid the tactical mistake of withholding political support in Obama’s time of need. Their rhetoric was as bellicose as Kerry’s, at times even more so. At the G-20 in St. Petersburg, Russia, Harper forcefully denounced Assad and called for a strong international response. In effect they helped Obama rattle his sabre, without rattling their own. Relationships between states are relationships between the individuals who control those states; Harper’s relationship with Obama has grown frayed over the Keystone XL pipeline and was in need of refurbishment, especially given that Obama’s yea or nay on the pipeline is still pending.

Finally, the government of Canada has been clear-eyed, since the advent of the Russian gambit, about the enormous obstacles in the way of any effective plan to destroy Assad’s chemical weapons. According to a senior government source, foreign affairs analysts believe the proposed disarmament will cost billions, and require thousands of people to implement. Assad’s chemical weapons are believed to be widely dispersed across more than 40 sites, and Syria’s highways are dangerous-to-impassable due to the war. It remains unclear to what extent the dictator’s forces, not to mention the rebels, will co-operate with the disarmament effort. Baird’s skepticism is entirely warranted.

Since Harper’s ham-fisted response to the war in Lebanon in 2006, the opposition have sought to portray him as a foreign-policy neanderthal. That became more difficult after his change of heart on the Afghan mission. His handling of this crisis, which I suspect most Canadians would quietly applaud, will make it more difficult yet.

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