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The Canadian Press, as published by CBC News: The health of Canadian pension plans improved to their best level in more than a decade in the fourth quarter of 2013 due to strong stock markets and rising long-term interest rates, … Continue reading →
On September 16, Alberta’s Minster of Finance proposed significant changes to the province’s public sector pensions. That same day, the Province launched a Public Sector Pension Sustainability website and released a policy document titled Charting a New Course: a Vision … Continue reading →
Mark Landler, reporting for The New York Times: In a letter two weeks ago to the press secretary, Jay Carney, the White House Correspondents’ Association and other organizations, including The New York Times, protested that the White House routinely excluded … Continue reading →
From the Principle 6 website: Principle 6, a campaign inspired by the values of the Olympic charter, is a way for athletes, spectators, and global supporters to celebrate the Olympic principle of non-discrimination and call for an end to Russia’s … Continue reading →
Mohamed Farah, the man who acted as a broker between the owner of the now notorious Rob Ford crack cocaine smoking video and potential buyers, describes the plight of Toronto’s Somali community: Now that Mayor Ford has ‘fessed’ up to … Continue reading →
Sam Byford, writing for The Verge: Apple CEO Tim Cook has written an opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal expressing support for the Employment Nondiscrimination Act, a bill that would ban discrimination in the workplace based on sexual orientation … Continue reading →
John Chipman, writing for CBC News: Security certificates are a little-used mechanism under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, in which CSIS collects intelligence about a foreigner living in Canada who the agency alleges is a threat to national security. … Continue reading →
A deadlocked Congress has led to a partial shutdown of the U.S. Government. The Republican-controlled House of Representatives and Democrat-controlled Senate were unable to reach an agreement on a budget, so there is no money approved to run the country. … Continue reading →
Michelle Nichols reporting for Reuters: U.N. aid chief Valerie Amos told the council the Central African Republic was at risk of becoming a failed state. She said every one of the country’s 4.6 million people – half of whom are … Continue reading →
Ian Munroe reporting for CBC News: The COC’s executive director, Dimitri Soudas, said in a phone interview that Olympic officials have “received assurances from the highest levels of the Russian government” that the new anti-gay law “will not affect in … Continue reading →
The Canadian Press via CBC News: But a survey of 2,003 adult Canadians completed in April identified just three people who actually visited the website. […] And among the few people who took action, nine said all they did was … Continue reading →
Kirsten Powers writing for the Daily Beast: Alexander, who had no criminal record, was arrested. Contrast this with another Florida resident, George Zimmerman (also prosecuted by Corey), who had a record including an arrest for battery of a police officer … Continue reading →