Canada: Ban Ki-Moon says Canada must do more on climate change

Ban Ki-moon, in an exclusive interview with CBC News, says Canada needs to stop stalling on setting climate change goals, and instead become "ambitious and visionary."

The UN Secretary General, while acknowledging the Stephen Harper government pledged $300 million dollars to the UN's Green Climate Fund that helps developing countries fight climate change, said there's more to be done by Canada at home.

Canada lost 10,000 jobs in November

After two straight months of large gains, Canada's economy lost more than 10,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate inched up to 6.6 per cent.

Statistics Canada reported Friday that there were 10,700 fewer jobs in November than there were a month earlier. The economy actually added more than 5,000 full-time jobs, but that was offset by a decline of 16,000 part-time positions.

USA: Club America put one foot in Apertura final

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Club America have taken a major step towards the final of the Mexican Torneo Apertura following a 3-0 triumph at 10-man Monterrey in the semi-final first leg.

Luis Mendoza but the visitors ahead after 32 minutes before Hiram Mier was sent off for the home side three minutes later.

USA: The exhausting task of being black in America

Do you know how exhausting it is to be black in America? Do you have any idea?

Do you know what it's like to be …

... followed in a store.

… "mistaken" for the help.

... petted like a dog because your hair is "interesting."

… told to "get over" the wholesale trade and trafficking of your ancestors?

I do.

And so do millions of other black Americans. Rich and poor. Uneducated and those with a Ph.D. Famous and anonymous.

USA: Eric Garner's Death Was 'Legal' in the United States. America Killed Him, Not Police.

I know good cops in Los Angeles. They're good people who risk their lives daily to protect other human beings. That being said, what happened to Eric Garner in New York could have easily taken place in Los Angeles. It could have happened to you as well, in your city, if you didn't "comply" with a police officer's demands. Our society has become one giant Stanford Prison Experiment for a reason.