Here's your Posted for Tuesday, where we suspect some readers are counting the days until the next big interest rate cut so they can buy that house or car or ... we regret to inform you that something's come up. Specifically, the inflation rate. So don't hold your breath (unless you happen to be swimming or scuba diving while reading Posted on your smart watch, and if so, you rock).
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Ron Wadden, Posted compiler-in-chief
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The high school on Greenbank Road in Ottawa is officially named after Robert Borden, Canada's eighth prime minister. After widespread public attention over the Arabic song chosen to accompany Remembrance Day ceremonies at the school, it has been given an unofficial name via graffiti: Hamas High. Adrian Humphreys has an update on the fallout from the controversy.
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It's difficult to predict how much things will cost in the future. When a conceptual artist attached a banana to a wall using duct tape — material costs of maybe $1 — who knew it might someday be evaluated by auctioneers at $1 million or more, as we mentioned yesterday? That's a long-winded lead-in to this next story about how much we, the taxpayers, can expect to get back for the $34 billion the government shelled out to fund completion of the Trans Mountain pipeline. Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux doesn't know, either, but his prediction is this: don't hold your breath for a profit.
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We've never penned a "doctrine" — it is on the bucket list — but it seems like something that takes time, debate and deep thought. Amending a doctrine, however, can happen swiftly if you are Russian invader-in-chief Vladimir Putin, and you want to revise your nation's nuclear policy to scare the West. It comes two days after U.S. President Joe Biden approved the use of American-supplied missiles in Ukrainian attacks within Russian borders.
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On second thought, a vigil in Mississauga, Ont., to honour slain Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar will not be proceeding, despite Mayor Carolyn Parrish's earlier decision not to prevent organizers from holding the event on city property. Critics took issue with Parrish over that stance — not to mention her comparison of Sinwar to Nelson Mandela — but now organizers say they are cancelling the vigil for the man they call the "great martyr" out of concern for "the security and safety of our city."
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Irwin Cotler, the former Liberal justice minister, has been lauded around the world for his work over the years on human rights. That work hasn't always gone over well with foreign governments, which might explain why he was the imminent target of an Iranian assassination attempt last month, according to reports. News of the situation spread on Parliament Hill yesterday, where MPs unanimously saluted Cotler and condemned the threats.
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Many milestones are worth celebrating. This one is not, except to honour the efforts and sacrifices of Ukrainians in their now 1,000-day campaign to repel Russian invaders. It wouldn't take more than a week to subdue Ukraine, the Russians thought. They couldn't have been more wrong.
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"(Legacy is) another word for ego.… That’s just some word everybody grabbed onto. Someone said that word and everyone grabbed onto that word, now it’s used every five seconds. It means absolutely nothing to me. I’m just passing through. I’m gonna die and it’s gonna be over." — From the mouth of the unexpected American philosopher ... Mike Tyson? Yes, indeed, the same Mike Tyson who was the terror of boxing 30 years ago, and recently lost a bout to a YouTuber who hadn't even been born during the former champ's heyday. Tyson's reputation has taken its share of punches, but on the issue of legacy, Colby Cosh appreciates his blunt honesty.
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The shortest distance between two places is a straight line, especially if traveling by plane. So it's a bit unclear why a B.C. couple whose flight from Las Vegas back home was cancelled and rebooked to include a stop in Calgary for a 72-hour marathon journey. They were rather displeased.
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"Regardless of who would have won, you would have half of the population upset. Quite frankly, we don’t have a political view one way or the other. We just wanted to give people who feel threatened to have a way to get out." — Mikael Petterson, CEO of the company offering four-year cruises to Americans who don't want to stick around for Donald Trump's second stint at the White House (or move to Canada, presumably).
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$1.6 million: When it comes to Christmas gifts, it's the thought that counts, unless you're organizing the 120th annual Santa Claus Parade in Toronto and need a sudden injection of funds to make it happen. Never fear, said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, vowing to save the day. As Stewart Lewis reports, it was the city's municipal government that offered the big financial present.
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Technicians work on the restoration of Rembrandt's masterpiece The Night Watch at the Rijksmuseum, in Amsterdam. Don't worry. We're sure these technicians are fully qualified, unlike the retiree who just wanted to help out with a fresco in Spain 12 years ago. It's a classic.
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