This past Wednesday marked the beginning of a 100-day countdown to the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia.

After months of careful planning and preparations, Canada will soon be welcoming the world's finest athletes to take part in one of world's best known and most loved traditions.

Last night, law-abiding Canadian long-gun owners came a significant step closer to being freed from the failed, Liberal long-gun registry.

In a 164-137 vote, Members of Parliament voted in favour of Conservative MP Candice Hoeppner's bill to end the wasteful long-gun registry. This $2 billion boondoggle offers no protection from the vast majority of gun crime and unfairly targets honest hunters and farmers.