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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could have prevented the loss of hundreds of jobs at an Ontario locomotive plant if it had acted to modernize Canada's "outdated" foreign investment laws, Premier Dalton McGuinty said Monday.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.
Ontario’s a big loser in national payments scheme: Report
January 26, 2012
Ottawa is suppressing key parts of a politically explosive federal report that reveals Ontario is being shortchanged by Canada’s national wealth-sharing scheme, the Star has learned.
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?
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.
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.
Jack Layton’s successor ‘daunted and honoured’
January 11, 2012
A day after winning the NDP nomination in Jack Layton’s Toronto-Danforth riding, human rights lawyer Craig Scott said he was both “tired and exhilarated,” “daunted and honoured.”
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.
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.
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.
A Movember for Jack
November 24, 2011
In an effort to pay tribute to Jack Layton, MoBros and MoSistas across the country have raised $84,000 — and that number continues to climb.
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.
Peggy Nash joins crowded field to succeed Jack Layton
October 28, 2011
TORONTO - MP Peggy Nash has launched her bid for the leadership of the federal New Democrats, saying Canadians need a real alternative to the Conservative government.
Raffi turns Jack Layton's final letter into a song
October 27, 2011
TORONTO - Children's singer Raffi has turned passages from Jack Layton's final letter to Canadians into a song.
Doctors welcome Insite court ruling
September 30, 2011
VANCOUVER - Doctors are hailing a decision by the Supreme Court of Canada to keep a safe injection site open in Vancouver so addicts can shoot up drugs under supervision without the chance of dying on the street.
Federal government says it will comply with court ruling on Insite
September 30, 2011
OTTAWA - The federal government will comply with a Supreme Court ruling supporting a safe-injection site for drug addicts, Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq said today.
Ontario NDP candidates told to stop using Layton to boost campaigns
September 13, 2011
WINDSOR, Ont. - Ontario NDP candidates have been told not to use the death of federal party leader Jack Layton to bolster their election campaigns.
Harper designates 9-11 as day of service to commemorate terror attacks
September 09, 2011
OTTAWA - Sept. 11 will be formally designated as a national day of service to commemorate the 9-11 terror attacks, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Friday.
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