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School kids write cards for the troops, “We Love You”

Move America Forward has reached out to local area schools to help them connect with troops in Afghanistan. We're including some Valentine's Day cards prepared by kids from grades 1-6 who just wanted to do say "We love you, thank you for keeping us safe."
- Sunday, February 10, 2013

January 2013 Housing Starts in Toronto

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire) - Housing starts in Toronto Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) were trending at 42,200 units in January, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six month moving average of the monthly seasonally adjusted annual rates (SAAR) (1) of housing starts.
- Friday, February 8, 2013

EGYPT: Single-Parent Family Sentenced To 15 Years in Jail

Sources: Australian Evangelical Alliance Religious Liberty Commission, Fox News The criminal court of Beni Suef (south of Cairo) has sentenced an entire single-parent family to prison for converting to Christianity. Nadia Mohamed Ali, who was born into a Christian family, converted to Islam when she married Mustafa Mohamed Abdel-Wahab 23 years ago. When Mustafa died in 1991, Nadia decided to return to Christianity, bringing her seven children with her.
- Thursday, February 7, 2013

Travelers Explore the Nation’s “Past & Presidents” at Four Washington D.C. BridgeS

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- Monday, February 4, 2013

Quantitative Easing

Dear Prime Minister Can you tell me why the Bank of Canada is involved in Quantitative Easing.
- Monday, February 4, 2013

January Auto Sales Start the Year Slightly Softer

TORONTO – Despite strengthening consumer confidence, the new year began where December left off, with sales to open the year down 2.2% from January 2012. Total unit sales in January were 95,306. While consumer confidence in January reached its highest level since June 2011 according to the Conference Board of Canada, this did not translate into stronger overall vehicle sales.
- Friday, February 1, 2013

Vellacott corrects initial Canadian Press and CBC reporting

OTTAWA –Contrary to what some of the media have been reporting, my colleagues, Leon Benoit and Wladyslaw Lizon, and I did not ask the RCMP to investigate any/all abortions after 19 weeks as possible homicides.
- Friday, February 1, 2013

Decision of Warden Reynen to release Ms. Cece

January 22, 2013 Mr. Don Head Commissioner Correctional Service of Canada National Headquarters 340 Laurier Avenue West Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0P9 Dear Commissioner: The Police Pensioners Association of Ontario represents approximately 6,500 retired police personnel from all corners of the province including retiree associations in Toronto, York, Peel, Durham, Halton, Hamilton, Windsor, Sudbury, Ottawa and many other communities.
- Friday, January 25, 2013

Ontario’s Liberals get an “F”

Massive "Pants on Fire" Protest at Allen Gardens/Maple Leaf Gardens Saturday January 26, 2013 In what will surely be the largest and most vocal public display of public outrage in Ontario's history, anti-wind groups will gather at Allan Gardens at 11:00 a.m. and then join with others to protest the removal of democracy at the Liberal leadership convention at Maple Leaf Gardens (Anti wind groups will begin their protest at Allan Gardens at 11:00 a.m. The Teacher's Protest begins at 1:00).
- Thursday, January 24, 2013

AZERBAIJAN: Court Ruling Mandates Closure of Greater Grace Church

Sources: Forum 18, Release International On January 9th, Greater Grace Protestant Church in Azerbaijan's capital of Baku lost its final appeal against closure. This means that any further religious activity carried out by the church is now considered illegal according to the recent Supreme Court ruling. Unfortunately, those representing the congregation no longer have any more options available to further challenge this ruling through the court system.
- Thursday, January 24, 2013
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