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Redford to help TransCanada win pipeline bid

Posted by Suzy Thompson in Politics
Immediately after President Barrack Obama rejected Calgary-based oil company TransCanada's application to build the Keystone-XL pipeline, Alberta Premier Alison Redford held a press conference in which she vowed to work with TransCanada and "ensure that we are doing everything that we can to support the success of this project." Redford said she had spoken to TransCanada representatives about the company's intention to reapply and how the government could work with them to have a new pipeline plan approved. "We are going to support them any way that they will find helpful," said Redford. "I fully anticipate that at least I will be making another visit to Washington on this file … Read More
Add comment      more in International     |     posted Jan 18th, 2012 at 3:10pm

Egypt Revolution Song: Hashtag-Jan-25

Posted by Lisa Archibald in Street Warrior

"First, they ignore you.

Then, they laugh at you.

Then, they fight you.

Then, you win"

Potent lyrics about events in Egypt this week.

I caught this on CBC's "As it happens" this afternoon and wanted to share this wicked piece of collaborative creativity.

Montreal-based MC, The Narcicyst teams  up with Toronto-based singer, Ayah, Palestinian-American producer Sami Matar; rappers Freeway, Omar Offendum, and Amir Sulaiman on a song about the Egyptian protests called "Hashtag-Jan-25".

http://tinyurl.com/4fmj5at

 

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Add comment      more in International     |     posted Feb 8th, 2011 at 9:47pm

And we think the Alberta Conservatives are frightening

Posted by Lindsey Wallis in Politics

Yeah, sometimes our Alberta Conservatives take flack from Liberal propoganda machines like the CBC for being socially backwards, but really, we ain't got it so bad in Alberta. Just watch this ad for Alabama governor candidate Tim James.

 

 

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Add comment      more in International     |     posted Apr 28th, 2010 at 2:15pm

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