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February 09, 2012
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Peter Kent is giving a green light to a controversial glacier-walk project in Alberta's Jasper National Park.
McGuinty says Ottawa's lax laws allowed Caterpillar to leave
February 06, 2012
OAKVILLE, Ont. - Ottawa could have prevented the loss of hundreds of jobs at an Ontario locomotive plant if it had acted to modernize Canada's "outdated" foreign investment laws, Premier Dalton McGuinty said Monday.
February 06, 2012
HALIFAX - The four Atlantic premiers and more than 20 business leaders head to Atlanta today to start a three-day trade mission
February 05, 2012
OTTAWA - Media reports that some pot growers will face harsher mandatory-minimum sentences than child rapists under the Conservative government's new crime bill were enough to catch the attention of Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Senator: People like my hanging idea
February 02, 2012
OTTAWA - A Conservative senator says he's been inundated with expressions of support for his unusual idea of providing rope to help murder convicts commit suicide in prison.
'We can fake the Oath': Federal bureaucrats pose as "new Canadians" in Sun News ceremony
February 02, 2012
OTTAWA - Six federal bureaucrats were drafted to pose as new Canadians for a citizenship reaffirmation ceremony broadcast on the Sun News network, an event requested by Immigration Minister Jason Kenney's office.
Tory senator suggests giving every murderer a rope
February 01, 2012
OTTAWA - A Conservative senator in Ottawa has an unconventional proposal for cutting down prison costs: Give murder convicts a rope in their prison cell, and let them decide whether to hang themselves.
Tory senator idea: Give every convicted murderer a rope
February 01, 2012
OTTAWA - A Conservative senator in Ottawa has an unconventional proposal for cutting down prison costs: Give murder convicts a rope in their prison cell, and let them decide whether to hang themselves.
Public sector cuts will be costly in long run: Leslie
January 24, 2012
The federal government shouldn’t be cutting public sector jobs in their quest to reduce costs, according to Megan Leslie.
Provinces form health-care working group
January 18, 2012
Nova Scotia’s premier says the provinces have time on their side in their quest to bring the federal government back to the table on health transfers.
Deaf boy's treatment not enough for visa officer
January 16, 2012
Should a family be denied permanent residence to Canada because they have a young boy who is deaf, even after the child has been fitted with a cochlear implant?
Harper hails ‘new era’ for shipbuilding
January 13, 2012
Irving Shipbuilding and the federal government have reached an “agreement in principle” to continue negotiations on a $25-billion shipbuilding contract.
Some Savage words for the Canadian government
January 12, 2012
Outspoken American author and journalist Dan Savage told his husband Thursday morning their marriage was no longer valid.
Harper says he has no plans to reopen same-sex marriage debate
January 12, 2012
HALIFAX - Prime Minister Stephen Harper says the federal government has no intention of reopening the debate on same-sex marriage.
Ottawa reaches shipbuilding agreement with Irving shipyard
January 12, 2012
HALIFAX - The federal government and the Irving shipyard in Halifax have reached an agreement in principle to build the navy's next fleet of warships.
Government argues same-sex marriage for non-Canadians may not be legal: Report
January 12, 2012
The federal government is reportedly making the case that thousands of international same-sex couples who travelled to Canada to get married are not legally wed after all.
Lego Stephen Harper is a charitable guy
January 11, 2012
From the subtle smirk to the stiff posture and signature Harper coiffure, an Ottawa man’s Lego creation for sale on Kijiji bears a striking resemblance to Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Clement apologizes for calling teen a ‘Jack ass’
January 10, 2012
Treasury Board President Tony Clement has apologized for insulting a 15-year-old boy during a Twitter spat over spelling mistakes.
PMO denies report Harper and Putin to face off in hockey game
January 09, 2012
TORONTO - The Prime Minister's Office is denying a published report that Stephen Harper is making plans to play hockey this fall against his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.
MacKay opens up about his marriage
January 06, 2012
Although Central Nova MP Peter MacKay tied the knot in Mexico, the ceremony was filled with touches of home.
Ignoring Kyoto, one less country at a time
December 15, 2011
I, for one, was inspired by the Kyoto Protocol
Video: Canada 'gives the finger' to the Kyoto protocol
December 13, 2011
Always with their finger on the pulse of current events, Taiwain's New Media Animation has turned its sights on Canada "giving the finger" to the Kyoto Protocol.
Dexter flummoxed by feds’ environment plans
December 06, 2011
Canada’s pulling out of the Kyoto Protocol without a strong replacement plan would be a “shame,” Premier Darrell Dexter said yesterday.
Despite Tory claims, nine of 10 Canadians feel safe from crime
December 01, 2011
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the vast majority of Canadians feel they are safe from crime.
Tory MP's affair was likely ‘sexpionage’
December 01, 2011
The Conservative government should have been more concerned when one of its MPs was exposed having a relationship with a reporter for China’s state news agency, says a defector from the country’s spy service.
Riding AGM overshadowed by NDP leadership hopefuls
November 28, 2011
It was one of the most well-attended electoral riding association annual general meetings in recent memory.
Federal government issues guidelines for staff use of social media
November 22, 2011
OTTAWA - The federal government has hit the like button on social media.
NDP MP Pat Martin's Twitter tirade takes off
November 17, 2011
Winnipeg Centre NDP MP Pat Martin unleashed a string of cuss-laden tweets Wednesday night, dropping a few f-bombs, one of them a not-so-subtle suggestion to a fellow Twitter user.
Grit critic calls for new audits for Power Inc.
November 01, 2011
Liberal energy critic Andrew Younger wants the province to compel Nova Scotia Power Inc. to produce biannual value-for-money audits.
Province rebrands Expansion Fund
November 01, 2011
The province is moving to revamp a 60-year-old economic-development fund often criticized as a slush fund for cabinet ministers.
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