Alberta Election Surprise.. Huge B.C. Explosion.. Jailed Refugees

Tuesday, April 24, 2012 'Gruesome' Injuries In B.C. Sawmill Fire Workers on the evening shift at a city sawmill were forced to run for their lives after an earth-shaking explosion and massive fire sent walls crumbling on top of them, critically injuring as many as eight. Not Even Close In Alberta Tory Bill Will Jail Refugees 'Smuggled' To Canada Sovereign Quebec Inevitable: Ignatieff Boehner: '1 In 3 Chance' Republicans Lose Control Of The House McGuinty Agrees To Tax The Rich BLOG POSTS Nora Loreto: Why Not Tax the Universities' One Per Cent? Horwath wants to make the elite of the elite pay just two per cent more. On Monday, April 23, Dalton McGuinty agreed to the tax increase. Some of these ultra-rich work in the universities. Horwath's tax for the +$500,000 will affect just four employees in the entire sector: three presidents and one professor. They will take home two per cent less of their taxpayer and student funded salaries. In post-Drummond Ontario, how could anyone working at a university find themselves among the half-millionaires club, let alone the one per cent? David Frum: "Patriots," The Novel -- Part Two Huffpost readers have an advance, exclusive peek inside David Frum's much-buzzed-about new political satire, "Patriots," which will be serialized this week. In today's excerpt, our ne'er-do-well hero, Walter, heir to a mustard fortune, begins his lowly job in a Senator's office. Steve Lafleur: Liveblogging Alberta Election Results: UPDATED Watch this space tonight as Steve liveblogs commentary as the results come in. Looks like the networks are calling it: PC majority. Chris Jancelewicz: Just Let 'Top Model' Go, Tyra I will shamefully admit that "America's Next Top Model" is my guilty pleasure. When Tyra announced that she was firing long-time "Top Model" personalities Nigel Barker, Jay Manuel and Jay Alexander, I was floored. Lewis Lapham: Machine-Made News Absent the force of the human imagination and its powers of expression, our machines cannot accelerate the hope of political and social change, which stems from language that induces a change of heart.

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