http://canadafreepress.com CanadaFreePress.Com - Toronto, Canada en-us Canada Free Press Copyright 2008 2008-05-09T12:04:01-05:00 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/2995 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/2995#When:11:04:01Z Some scam artists target rich widows. Some target the elderly. Rick Senninger, former executive producer and founder of the Intel Radio Network and “Outside The Wire”, targeted veterans. American Politics 2008-05-09T11:04:01-05:00 Toronto, Canada http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/2993 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/2993#When:10:30:01Z Shooting the messenger of alternative climate science views not constructive – students can only decide who to believe if they are permitted to hear all rational arguments Mike De Souza’s piece, “Climate-change skeptics target kids”, published in various versions in mainstream newspapers across Canada, is a classic example of how the climate debate has mostly been reduced to a war of emotive, and politically loaded, words.  Cover Story 2008-05-09T10:30:01-05:00 Toronto, Canada http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/2992 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/2992#When:10:27:00Z Systemic.  It’s a word that’s often used in conjunction with other words to give those words more punch, as in “systemic racism” or “systemic sexism” or “systemic discrimination”.  Canada 2008-05-09T10:27:00-05:00 Toronto, Canada http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/2991 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/2991#When:10:24:00Z We all know how important clients are to any business.  Virtually all businesses devote a significant part of their time and effort to attracting new clients.  Smart businesses take this one step further and spend significant resources on retaining existing clients. Financial, Business, Economy 2008-05-09T10:24:00-05:00 Toronto, Canada http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/2994 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/2994#When:09:54:00Z NOTE BY TED BELMAN Under Harper, Canada was the first to pull out of Durban II proceedings. Israel and the US have yet to follow suit. Under Harper, Canada began voting in support of Israel on UN unbalanced resolutions condemning Israel. Previous policy was the same as the Europeans. Canada 2008-05-09T09:54:00-05:00 Toronto, Canada http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/2990 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/2990#When:00:23:00Z The situation in Burma continues to deteriorate as a result of last Saturday’s devastating cyclone.  Christianity 2008-05-09T00:23:00-05:00 Toronto, Canada http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/2989 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/2989#When:23:50:00Z Excerpt: Professor J. Scott Armstrong of the Wharton School says, “To list a species that is currently in good health as an endangered species requires valid forecasts that its population would decline to levels that threaten its viability. In fact, the polar bear populations have been increasing rapidly in recent decades due to hunting restrictions. Global Warming 2008-05-08T23:50:00-05:00 Toronto, Canada http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/2988 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/2988#When:23:45:00Z Have you ever planned out your business trip or vacation down to the very last detail - with the best deals on hotels and flights, even great ideas of where to eat and what to do - only to get to the airport and have all the excitement come to a crashing halt when you can’t find your departure gate?  Travel 2008-05-08T23:45:00-05:00 Toronto, Canada http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/2987 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/2987#When:23:18:00Z Thursday gold prices rose 1.75% as the dollar fell and oil headed above $123. Gold closed in NY up $15.20 to $883.00/oz., silver rose $.23 to $16.83/oz. “Gold is in a ‘win-win’ situation.  2008-05-08T23:18:00-05:00 Toronto, Canada http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/2986 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/2986#When:23:16:00Z Despite massive public opposition, on Tuesday, April 29th, the Oklahoma state legislature approved a bill to allow creation of “Smart Ports” and continuation of the NAFTA Superhighway system in Oklahoma. American Politics 2008-05-08T23:16:00-05:00 Toronto, Canada http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/2985 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/2985#When:23:14:00Z Lutheran World Relief is supplying desperately needed emergency aid to Myanmar (Burma) in the wakeof the devastating cyclone that struck there over the weekend. LutheranWorld Relief is responding through our international partners in the global aid alliance Action by Churches Together (ACT) International.  Christianity 2008-05-08T23:14:00-05:00 Toronto, Canada http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/2984 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/2984#When:21:49:00Z I’ve written articles over the years about horses who survived amputation surgery.  There was Boitron, the California Thoroughbred stallion who could service mares after amputation surgery. There were Dr. Ric Redden’s dramatic cases of founder survivors who galloped around his paddock on artificial feet with “transplanted frogs”. Dr. Chris Colles had the never-say-die Appaloosa in England with the spring-loaded foot. And who can forget that paint yearling in India? Or the landmine-maimed elephant amputee in Thailand? Longtime Hoofcare and Lameness Journal readers will remember them all. Pets 2008-05-08T21:49:00-05:00 Toronto, Canada http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/2983 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/2983#When:14:08:00Z It doesn’t matter how many times Sen. Barack Obama or any politician in America says that the national race for the presidency is not about race. It will be about race. American Politics 2008-05-08T14:08:00-05:00 Toronto, Canada http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/2982 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/2982#When:13:37:01Z The Weather Underground Communist terrorists have long peddled the line that their bombings didn’t kill anybody, except themselves. American Politics 2008-05-08T13:37:01-05:00 Toronto, Canada http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/2981 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/2981#When:13:32:00Z The narrow victory of Hillary in Indiana is proof that Rush Limbaugh’s Operation Chaos is really working. American Politics 2008-05-08T13:32:00-05:00 Toronto, Canada