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Wildfire Smoke Shrouds New England, Quebec

Blazes raging in Canadian forest send clouds hundreds of miles

(Newser) - Massive clouds of smoke from forest fires raging in Quebec have moved south and east across New England, screening the holiday-weekend sun throughout the region. "I just walked to the beach in Sandwich where you can usually see white cliffs in Plymouth, the Sagamore Bridge and sometimes the Provincetown...

Netanyahu Races Home, Bails on Obama Meeting

Israeli PM confronts fallout from deadly raid

(Newser) - Benjamin Netanyahu has cut short a visit to Canada and canceled a planned meeting with President Obama to return to Israel in the wake of this morning's deadly raid on aid-laden ships bound for Gaza . The Israeli PM "realized that he had to be there in order to manage...

Wife Sues Phone Company After Bill Exposes Her Affair
Wife Sues Phone Company After Bill Exposes Her Affair
in case you missed it
May 23, 2010 11:30 AM CDT

Wife Sues Phone Company After Bill Exposes Her Affair

Cheater: Itemized bill ruined my life

(Newser) - A woman who says a phone bill ruined her life is suing Canada's Rogers Wireless for $600,000. The 35-year-old complains that her cell phone records were bundled into the same bill when her husband signed up for Rogers home phone service—leading him to discover an affair she had...

Family Killed As Sinkhole Swallows Home

Rescuers find bodies of Quebec family of 4

(Newser) - A Quebec family of four was killed yesterday when a gigantic sinkhole triggered by a landslide swallowed their home as they watched TV. Rescuers in their small village east of Montreal spent 24 hours digging frantically before finding the bodies of Richard Préfontaines, his wife, and their two daughters,...

Wow! Obama Saved Us from the Canadians!
Wow! Obama Saved Us from the Canadians!
Charles Krauthammer
Apr 16, 2010 12:11 PM CDT

Wow! Obama Saved Us from the Canadians!

That nuclear summit looked a lot like a waste of time, didn't it?

(Newser) - President Obama convened the biggest meeting of world leaders on US soil since the founding of the UN in 1945. And what did this week's historic gathering accomplish? Well, it generated a nonbinding statement saying that Ukraine, Chile, Mexico, and Canada will get rid of some enriched uranium. “What...

Hockey Player Guilty—but Only of 'Being an Asshole': Judge

Canadian Chris Doyle acquitted in assault trial

(Newser) - If Canadian junior hockey player Chris Doyle "was charged with being a colossal asshole, I would find him guilty," a judge said Friday. "Of assault causing bodily harm, I find him not guilty." The verdict ends Doyle's assault trial for showing up drunk at his ex-girlfriend's...

Toyota Stalled US Recall
 Toyota Stalled US Recall 
Apr 12, 2010 4:57 AM CDT

Toyota Stalled US Recall

Treated safety flaws differently in Europe, Canada

(Newser) - Toyota stalled on US recall pledges and treated the same safety problem differently in the US than in Europe and Canada, new documents released by the automaker show. “The time to hide on this one is over. We need to come clean,” an American Toyota executive urged the...

Anti-Gay 'Dr. Shock' Busted on Sex Charges

Used grisly methods to 'cure' gay soldiers, abused male patient

(Newser) - A psychiatrist known as Dr. Shock for his notorious attempts to "cure" gay military recruits through electroshock therapy has been charged with sexually assaulting a male patient. Dr. Aubrey Levin, who was arrested in Calgary, Alberta, after he was secretly filmed sexually abusing a male patient, had previously been...

Coulter Disses Canada, Defends 'Jokes'
 Coulter Disses Canada, 
 Defends 'Jokes' 
o'reilly, behar interviews
Mar 26, 2010 5:46 AM CDT

Coulter Disses Canada, Defends 'Jokes'

Ann makes the rounds with Bill O'Reilly, Joy Behar

(Newser) - Ann Coulter has made no secret of her displeasure after a recent appearance at the University of Ottowa was canceled , and she defended herself on a mini media circuit last night. She told Bill O’Reilly she finds it “funny that a lot of my most hateful speech are...

Coulter Rips Canadians, Wants Antagonist Jailed
Coulter Rips Canadians, Wants Antagonist Jailed
OPINION
Mar 25, 2010 6:00 AM CDT

Coulter Rips Canadians, Wants Antagonist Jailed

Ottawa is 'Indian for Land of the Bed Wetters,' righty howls

(Newser) - Conservative Ann Coulter is lashing out at Canada in general and the antagonistic provost at the University of Ottawa, where her speech last night was canceled after “a bunch of whining crybabies” called for the burning of her books while chanting “something about ‘Molson’ and a ‘...

Coulter Speech Canceled After Student Protest

Rioting feared after she tells Muslims to 'take a camel' instead of flying

(Newser) - On fears that "threatening" student protests would escalate into rioting, a Canadian university last night canceled a planned speech by Ann Coulter. Some 2,000 students protested at the University of Ottawa after Coulter told a Muslim student to "take a camel" as an alternative to flying—a...

Coulter Accuses Canadian U. of 'Hate Crime'
Coulter Accuses Canadian U. of 'Hate Crime'
CONSERVATIVE REBUTTAL
Mar 23, 2010 8:26 PM CDT

Coulter Accuses Canadian U. of 'Hate Crime'

Pre-speech warning irks right-leaning American firebrand

(Newser) - Ann Coulter didn’t take kindly to a Canadian university official’s warning that she review the country’s speech laws ahead of an appearance tonight, with the righty pundit saying the official is himself guilty of a “hate crime.”

Canadian College to Ann Coulter: Watch Your Mouth

Ottawa university warns conservative pundit about hate speech

(Newser) - A University of Ottawa administrator has some friendly advice for Ann Coulter, who has a speaking engagement there this week: Review Canada’s hate speech and defamation laws. “Promoting hatred against any identifiable group would not only be considered inappropriate, but could in fact lead to criminal charges,”...

UN Rejects Polar Bear Trade Ban

Canada: Aboriginal communities depend on bear hunt

(Newser) - A US-backed proposal to ban the international trade of polar bear skins, teeth, and claws was defeated today at a UN wildlife meeting over concerns it would hurt indigenous economies and arguments that the practice doesn't pose a significant threat to the animals. The Americans argued that the sale of...

Jim Bunning Blocks More Obama Nominees

... over Canadian tobacco-flavoring law

(Newser) - Jim Bunning’s latest parliamentary maneuvering isn’t going to get in the way of anyone’s unemployment benefits, but might strike some as silly all the same: The Republican senator is blocking two minor Obama administration nominees to protest a Canadian law banning tobacco flavorings. And while the issue...

Robert Gibbs Settles Up, Dons Canada Jersey
 Robert Gibbs 
 Settles Up, 
 Dons Canada 
 Jersey 
ILL-ADVISED WAGERS
Mar 12, 2010 2:33 PM CST

Robert Gibbs Settles Up, Dons Canada Jersey

Press secretary lost twice to Canadian counterpart over Olympic hockey

(Newser) - White House spokesman Robert Gibbs came to his daily on-camera briefing today wearing a red-and-white Canadian hockey jersey—the result of not one, but two losing bets on the US-Canadian rivalry at the recent Winter Olympics.

Stop Bashing Sarah Palin Over Canada Health Trips
Stop Bashing Sarah Palin Over Canada Health Trips
opinion
Mar 11, 2010 12:13 PM CST

Stop Bashing Sarah Palin Over Canada Health Trips

Family visits were all about geography, not politics

(Newser) - Sarah Palin caused a ruckus when she told an audience that her parents took her to Canada for health care when she was growing up. "Hypocrite!" her critics yelled. The resulting fuss has prompted Luke Dittrich to do something he's never done before: "Defend Sarah Palin."...

Canadian Parliament Dines on Seal
Canadian Parliament
Dines on Seal
TAKE THAT, EU!
Mar 9, 2010 10:27 AM CST

Canadian Parliament Dines on Seal

Lunch gesture protests EU's ban on import of seal products

(Newser) - Miffed by a ban on Canadian seal imports by the EU, which charges cruelty in the annual hunt, the country's MPs have defiantly put seal meat on tomorrow's parliamentary lunch menu. By eating seal, a Liberal MP tells the Guardian , “all political parties will have the opportunity to demonstrate...

Palin Crossed Border for Canada Health Care

'Isn't that ironic?' she asks Calgary crowd

(Newser) - It turns out the woman who nearly single-handedly killed health-care reform in the US with her "death panel" charges slipped across the border for health care in socialized Canada. "Isn't that kind of ironic?" Sarah Palin asked a Calgary crowd over the weekend. She said her parents traveled...

Canada Peed in Unison During Hockey Final

Water usage spiked between periods of gold medal match

(Newser) - Apparently most of Canada was holding it during the gold medal hockey game. Water consumption spiked wildly between the game’s periods, as much of the city ran to the bathroom, according to this incredible graph from Edmonton’s water utility. During the final moments of the game, and during...

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