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Though there may be no election in the near future, Elections Canada is gearing up their organization to be ready as per their mandate. For those electoral districts that currently have vacant Returning Officer positions, they have been contacting former election workers by email and phone (I...

The "greatest" advancement in bakery craft on this side of the Atlantic Ocean occurred on 7 July 1928. It had nothing to do with the taste, texture or nutritional benefit of bread. In Europe though, you can still find a baker in just about every neighbourhood. I would have to agree with the...

There are republic models other than the United States "presidential republic". Our history would be more conducive to a "parliamentary republic" with an elected (either directly or indirectly) ceremonial head of state. Examples would be Ireland (directly elected) or Germany, Israel, India...

With The Bread Guy's bump of this topic I noticed your response to the post I made near five years ago. I should have been clearer back then who I thought should have been one of the prime targets of a Canadian foreign political intelligence program. When I suggested that the USA would...

Actually, from a legal standpoint it is a "British" example. That's whose tune Nfld danced to in 1948.

Alignment with the USA was also in the mix in Nfld after the war, though that option did not get on the referendum. Nfld had closer ties with the States than Canada back then. Even before the establishment of American bases during the war along with the many marriages of local gals to GIs, from...

Years ago, a friend (and fellow Newfoundlander) related a story about when he was a Med A with the Van Doos in Germany. They were in France on the French Commando Course and one evening while they were off the camp and in town at a restaurant the waitress had to keep asking the Van Doos to...

As there may be few, if any, Newfoundlanders still around who were of voting age when the 1948 referendums (yes, there were two referendums, June 3 and July 22 - Confederation didn't win in the first one) that addressed the question of Nfld's political future, the acrimony among the supporters...

That accounts for the other two infantry regiments . . .

The exact same measures as in the USA exist in Canada, the courts. If you think that they are doing something illegal, you sue them and let the judges determine the outcome. And of course, there is the other remedy - elections.

Considering the subject, shouldn't that be "fresh from the cow's teat"?

Paula White-Cain That clip is from 2020, the day after Trump lost the election. That's her "praying" for his victory. Guess it wasn't answered.

The story from another outlet. https://www.airandspaceforces.com/kuwaiti-f-a-18s-suspected-of-shooting-down-us-f-15s/

To really keep those woke ideas from infecting minds you have to get them when they are young. https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/02/27/hegseth-replaces-director-of-schools-for-military-children/

Busy, busy. https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/public-safety-alerts/community-safety-wellbeing-programs/toronto-community-crisis-service/toronto-community-crisis-service-dashboard/

Just when Trump diplomatic appointments couldn't seem more unqualified . . . https://apnews.com/article/melania-trump-united-nations-security-council-a73e49e3062a991c634292cee89220ed

Where did you see this? https://elections.bc.ca/current-jobs/#current-jobs That may pertain to full time employment at their HQ, but on the page that describes "election officials" positions there is no link to any recruiting. https://elections.bc.ca/current-jobs/#work-in-your-community And...

Bunkum! https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.96BW763

Manitoba is one of five provinces.

They both are normally prepared to deploy within 5 days from their reduced operating status (ROS). Obviously, that is likely not achievable if they are in dry dock or in a maintenance cycle.