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And for now for something different.

Firearms might not be everyone's cup of tea but this one has Canadian historical ties.

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In the middle of the 19th century, there was an organization called ithe fenian brotherhood which had ties to the ira and in favour of an independant Ireland.

So they hatched a plan to invade and seize control of Canada with the idea of trading it back to Britain in return for Ireland.

It didn't go well.

They were intercepted and their guns confiscated first time around, then came the U.S civil war and afterwards they got them back and had them converted to breach loaders and tried again with even less success.
 
at the risk of a mod smacking for spamming...

The liberals have flipped a riding in Quebec taking it from the bloc by the smallest margin possible margin - a single vote.

this was after judicial recount and that's the final option.

It leaves Carney two seats short of a majority.


might be a couple of bloc supporters who wish they'd turned out to vote.
 
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