Guest Column

Woman in the Sky: My Renewed Fascination with Amelia Earhart

It was 71 years ago this week, Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Frederick Noonan, took off from Lae, New Guinea for Howland Island on what was to be the penultimate leg of their flight around the world only to vanish, never to be seen or heard from again.

Alleviate world hunger produce more clean carbon dioxide

(Editor's Note: To many in the know, Dirck T. Hartmann, who worked on the Apollo Space Program and many other significant NASA projects, was a fighter pilot in WWII, flying P38s. So when this gifted scientist/engineer/physicist and 87-year-old hero felt compelled to answer the questions of Man Made Global Warming, not only his son and grandchildren knew he had something to say with factual substance, truth and knowledge. What he has to say is clear and concise and should be read by everyone.)

Let’s sell water to the U.S.

By Daniel Klymchuk, Frontier Centre for Public Policy Editor's note: a similar column originally appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press. However, it has been updated to reflect the reaction to the report's release.

Healthy Aging? Not Just the Stuff of Dreams

Dr. Anne Martin-Matthews, Scientific Director, CIHR Institute of Aging While Canadians struggle to go green, one thing’s certain: as a society we’re going grey. In fact, we’re on the cusp of a historical first in Canada – in two decades almost a quarter of us will be “old”.

The Lisbon treaty is pointless

By MICHAEL LEA, Dailymail.co.uk Brussels suffered another major blow to the revived EU constitution yesterday when Poland's president refused to ratify it.

Rick Hillier’s last day on the job

Today is Canada's 141st birthday. Don't we look good? Today, on this Canada Day, I am thinking even more than usual about our military. As everybody must know, we have troops in Afghanistan and in other hot spots. As we here in Canada celebrate our freedoms, be it with BBQ's and fireworks, our men and women are serving our country, and facing dangers so that we don't have to.

Report calls for abolition of human rights commissions

WINNIPEG MB – The Frontier Centre for Public Policy today called for the complete abolition of Canada's Human Rights Commission system.

WANTED: People who care about people

By Lise Cloutier-Steele Since my 83-year-old father’s admission to a long term care facility in May 2007, I have had first-hand experience with the adverse effects of staff shortages and excessive workloads on dependent residents.

The Supreme Court Gets One Right

I almost couldn't believe it when I heard it, but the United States Supreme Court struck down the Washington, D.C., gun law as unconstitutional. There has never been a victory for gun owners like this one.

Wanting the World to Love America

Americans, caught up in the daily struggles of their own lives would be astonished to discover the degree and amount of news coverage America receives in the press of other nations and they would be even more astonished to see the depth of interest in us from ordinary individuals in other countries.

Thousands Cheer as Pakistani Militants Decapitate, Shoot Afghans Accused of Spying for U.S.

FoxNews ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A gang of Pakistani militants executed two alleged U.S. spies in front of thousands of cheering supporters Friday as a top U.N. official expressed fears that Pakistani government peace deals with the gunmen were sparking a wave of human rights abuses.

Robert Mugabe’s thugs shout: ‘Let’s kill the baby’

Christina Lamb, Times Online A baby boy had both legs broken by supporters of President Robert Mugabe to punish his father for being an opposition councillor in Zimbabwe.

What I told the Petroleum Club

Lawrence Soloman, Financial Post On a tour earlier this week for his new book on global warming, The Deniers, Lawrence Solomon made a presentation at the Petroleum Club in Calgary. His remarks, adapted, appear below.

American Big City Mayors don’t want Canadian gasoline

Today I heard various media reports that the mayors of many American cities want to boycott gasoline made from oil sands in Canada. This proves that ignorance is bliss.

The enemy within

If terrorism suspect Momin Khawaja, now on trial in Ottawa, is as guilty as Crown prosecutors say, it'll be time to settle an important question: Was Mr. Khawaja a "Naji man"?

Canadian Pro-Life Groups Appalled that Abortionist Morgentaler May be Awarded Order of Canada July 1

By Steve Jalsevac, LifeSiteNews.com This past February LifeSiteNews reported that a group of abortion supporters were attempting to force an Order of Canada nomination of Dr. Morgentaler in a "last ditch effort."

The Truth About ANWR Drilling

The following e-mail was forwarded to CFP today, we do not know who first published it. The American Solutions’ petition with more than 1.2 million signatures is calling for energy production, it is clear that oil drilling can mobilize the right like few other issues.

A Story of Theft?

On Wednesday July 2/08 the Goulbourn Landowners Group, Inc. and the Rural Council of Ottawa Carleton will host a town hall meeting at the Richmond Arena hall between 7:00 PM and 9:00 PM.

Municipality using police intimidation to stifle democracy?

The Ontario Provincial Police charged Cindy Reid and her husband, Larry Reid, with "mischief" for participating with the Ontario Landowners Association (OLA) in a protest action that closed the Horton Township municipal office for three hours on Monday June 23.

For Canada Day, the mother of all our historical immigration events

For Canadians who like to wear rose-coloured glasses, Globe and Mail Reporter Hugh Winsor's description of a historic immigration decision made in late October 1990 will be too damning to take. Mr. Winsor was reporting on the decision of Canada's Immigration Minister, Barbara McDougall, to increase immigration levels to 250,000 in order for her party to get a larger percentage of the immigrant vote. Even Canadians who are more realistic will probably be bothered by the brazen shamelessness of the decision.