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Governor General’s pricey Rideau Hall ice rink project raises fresh scrutiny

Indian name means “Put it on the tab”

A new batch of Access To Information records shows Rideau Hall quietly pushing ahead with a multimillion-dollar skating pavilion, even as Ottawa warns Canadians to prepare for leaner days.

Blacklock’s Reporter says Governor General Mary Simon approved plans for a permanent open-air rink complete with artificial ice and a decorative roof, but staff refused to say how much taxpayers will ultimately spend.

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Germany on high alert to protect Christmas markets from terrorism

Under a rainbow-lit dome, hundreds of people gathered to drink pink glühwein and watch Jacky-Oh Weinhaus, a celebrity drag queen, at the opening week of Berlin’s LGBT Christmas market.

“This is an adult market,” said one of the security guards at the entrance, solemnly. “I have a duty to tell you your children may see pictures of penises and things of that nature.”

Until three years ago, the Christmas Avenue festival was held out in the open on Nollendorfplatz, the heart of the gay district, immortalised nearly a century ago by the Berlin novels of Christopher Isherwood.

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Police arrest ‘Father Christmas’ during Palestine Action protest

A man dressed as Father Christmas was carried away by police after being arrested at a protest in support of Palestine Action.

The man, who has not been named, was detained in Norwich, Norfolk, on Saturday for holding a placard supporting the proscribed terror group.

Footage showed him shouting: “These guys are going on the naughty list” as four policemen carried him away.

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Eby says he’s open to new pipeline — so long as it doesn’t go anywhere

For months, BC Premier David Eby reacted to the mere mention of a pipeline from Alberta to British Columbia’s coast with a passionate tirade that inevitably ended with a declaration that such a project would never happen.

Those words fell on many a deaf ear in Alberta and Ottawa, where Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Mark Carney were busy working out an agreement sans Eby. On Friday, their efforts culminated in the signing of a memorandum of understanding that outlined the conditions for a new pipeline.

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Billboard’s Affirmative Action Greatest Rock Bands List

The Kinks

Billboard magazine released its 50 Greatest Rock Bands. The list tells us more about the listers than the listed.

The all-female Sleater-Kinney, the all-Mexican Café Tacvba, and the all-black Earth, Wind, and Fire numbered among Billboard’s peculiar “inclusive” inclusions. Even members of Sleater-Kinney, Café Tacvba, and Earth, Wind, and Fire never considered themselves as playing in one of the greatest rock bands ever.

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