Keystone Opponents 'Foolish,' Says Calgary Mayor

Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi says he defended the Keystone XL pipeline proposal last week while he was at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland.

Nenshi says the massive $7-billion project is the core public policy issue right now for both Canada and the United States and says protests against the pipeline are misdirected and could ultimately result in higher carbon emissions if the pipeline project is rejected.

Idle No More supporters demonstrate on Parliament Hill

A non-indigenous person held a cardboard sign with those words scrolled in black ink as the snow fell gently on a few hundred people gathered on the steps of Parliament Hill.

A sentiment echoed by the majority of Canadians.

“Over 50 per cent of Canadians now say Indigenous issues are top priority in this country,” said Shawn Atleo, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN).

“And there is no better medicine than dancing in a circle with friends and relatives and those from the settler society saying that this is the moment in history when change arrives.”

How to keep Canada's crime rate low

Canada's crime rate has steadily dropped since its peak in the early 1990s. But grasping at the usual explanations could waste a golden opportunity to make Canada even safer for the longer term.

Voices from the political left tend to point to an aging population, rising education levels and overall standard of living as the main drivers behind this fortunate drop.

Crackdown or coup, what is Egypt's army up to?

Why would the chief of the Egyptian army wade into the latest political crisis, with calamitous warnings that the country is in danger of falling apart?

"The continuing conflict between political forces and their differences concerning the management of the country could lead to a collapse of the state, and threaten future generations," said Gen. Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, who also acts as defence minister.

Syria Massacre: Group Says At Least 65 Found Shot In Head, With Hands Bound In Aleppo

BEIRUT, Jan 29 (Reuters) - At least 65 people were found shot dead with their hands bound in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Tuesday in a "new massacre" in the near two-year revolt against President Bashar al-Assad, activists said.

Opposition campaigners blamed the government but it was impossible to confirm who was responsible. Assad's forces and rebels have been battling in Syria's commercial hub since July and both have been accused of carrying out summary executions.

Corporations’ stockpile of ‘dead money’ tops $500 billion: CLC report

OTTAWA—The build-up of corporate cash that Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney called “dead money” has hit more than $500 billion, says a report by labour economists that urges Ottawa to revise its business tax-cutting strategy.

“Rather than investing the windfall from their tax cuts to create jobs, Canada’s largest non-financial corporations are hoarding cash and paying fat compensation to their CEOs,” says the Canadian Labour Congress in a press release accompanying the study.

Defense Contractors: A Tale of Fraud, Waste and Crime

The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have come at a great cost to the American people. Thousands of men and women have died in uniform in the war zones, and billions of dollars have been spent on the wars. The wars have caused the deaths of thousands of civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan, and they have arguably had a destabilizing effect on the Middle East. It seems that the only ones benefitting from the wars have been defense contractors. Over the last decade the United States has outsourced much of the wars. Defense contractors have built bases, shipped supplies, cooked food, cleaned uniforms, and provided security. Many of the functions that used to be performed by the military have been outsourced to corporations such as Halliburton. However, we don't always get what we paid for.

Texas Obamacare Bill Would Give Tax Breaks To Companies That Don't Cover Contraception

Texas may consider rewarding companies for violating a key Obamacare provision.

State Rep. Jonathan Stickland (R) introduced a bill in the Texas House of Representatives on Thursday that would give tax breaks to companies that don't cover emergency contraception such as the morning-after pill, the Austin American-Statesman reports. Under Obamacare, company health insurance plans are required to fully cover employees' contraception costs, and companies must pay a federal fine if they do not.

Dror Moreh, 'Gatekeepers' Director: Jewish Population In America Cherishes Israel Too Much

Dror Moreh, the Israeli director of the Oscar-nominated documentary "The Gatekeepers" told HuffPost Live Monday that American Jews cherish the idea of Israel too much.

Moreh's film, which was nominated for a Best Documentary Feature Oscar, features surprisingly candid interviews with six retired directors of Israel's domestic spy agency, the Shin Bet, and offers a sobering look into the targeted killings behind Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories. It has sparked a collective soul-searching for many both in Israel and the United States.

Introducing The Super Arrow – An Alternative to the F-35?

There has been a lot of talk on Canada’s defence scene about a next generation aircraft based on Avro Arrow technology and the possibility of a made-in-Canada solution for the replacement of the CF-18. Retired general Lewis MacKenzie floated the idea publicly which was met with both enthusiasm and dismissal.

Documents obtained by Global News in September indicated that the concept was briefly looked at by the government and dismissed.