Azim Ibragimov, 25, of Montreal pleaded guilty to firebombing a Jewish school in 2006, attempting to bomb a YM-YWHA in 2007, and uttering threats. The threats involved letters claiming that Islamic Jihad was behind the crimes.
A Montreal man accused of firebombing a Jewish school was sentenced to four years in prison for what a [...]

Turkish academics maintain that Turkey would now be a prosperous member of the European Union if only the Greeks had not been forced out and the Armenians killed in the early 20th century. A public argument has broken out after Defence Minister Vecdi Gönül defended the expulsions of Greeks and Armenians.
Gönül’s remarks defending the [...]

The Maritimes were hit hard by a wind storm yesterday afternoon and evening. Wind howled and lashed rain against our house for hours into the night. Late in the evening, we noticed a tree that formerly stood next to our property line had blown right over.
Here is the scene this morning.
This photo of [...]

Tom Rosenstiel, a former political reporter who is now Director, Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism, says conservatives are underrepresented in the journalism profession and something needs to be done about it.
“The perception of liberal bias is a problem by itself for the news media. It’s not okay to dismiss it. Conservatives who [...]

A provincial government in Australia wants to re-name a mountain that has an allegedly offensive name.  Some aboriginals, however, find the proposed new name equally as offensive.
AN Aboriginal group plans to sue the Victorian Government for ignoring its heritage in the renaming of Mount Niggerhead, a mountain in the Alpine National Park.
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State Environment Minister Gavin [...]