Early elections are set in Canada

You could see this coming:

Canada’s government calls an early election

Prolonged speculation over whether Canada’s minority Conservative government would call an early election has ended with Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s announcement that voters will go to the polls on October 14th. This is a full year ahead of the date Mr Harper proposed in legislation submitted

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Early elections are set in Canada

You could see this coming, and it won’t likely change anything.

Canada’s government calls an early election

Prolonged speculation over whether Canada’s minority Conservative government would call an early election has ended with Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s announcement that voters will go to the polls on October 14th. This is a full year ahead of the date

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Former Canadian soldiers to be compensated for Atomic bomb tests

From the Department of It’s About Time

Hundreds of former Canadian soldiers will receive
compensation for being assigned to participate in atomic bomb test
explosions by the U.S. and British militaries in the 1960s, the Defense
Ministry said Tuesday.

Defense Minister Peter MacKay said the soldiers were involved in
operations in the United States, Australia and the South Pacific from the
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Major ice-shelf loss for Canada

From Auntie Beeb:

Canada’s Arctic ice shelves have lost a colossal area this year, scientists report, with one 50 sq km shelf breaking off completely.

Al Gore, you were saying?