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Entries by Brodie Fenlon from 06/2011

WikiLeaks: Rae Dished On Ignatieff, Liberal Party Tensions

Posted 06.01.2011 | Canada Politics

CBC -- U.S. officials found Bob Rae to be forceful, eloquent and dominant, especially in comparison to then Liberal leader and former rival Michael Ig...

Jack Layton: Rudest MP At Question Period, Study Says

Posted 06.01.2011 | Canada Politics

Despite a recent pledge to restore order and civility to the House of Commons, NDP leader Jack Layton was the least civil Parliamentarian before this ...

F-35 Jets, Corporate Tax Cuts: Key Tory Policies Lack Majority Support, Poll Finds

Posted 06.01.2011 | Canada Politics

CBC -- A majority of Canadians don't support corporate tax cuts and are opposed to buying the F-35 fighter jets, two major pieces of the Conservative ...

Winnipeg NHL Fans Face Big Ticket Prices

Posted 06.01.2011 | Canada

THE CANADIAN PRESS -- Fans of Winnipeg's new NHL franchise are being asked to pay a higher price for tickets on average than all but one existing Cana...

Missing B.C. Boy Found 6 Years Later In U.S.

Posted 06.01.2011 | Canada

THE CANADIAN PRESS -- A British Columbia boy who was allegedly abducted by his mother more than six years ago has been found near Phoenix, Ariz. Va...

Commons Speaker: Why MPs Want The Job Of Parliament Referee

Posted 06.01.2011 | Canada Politics

As MPs line up for a chance to become House of Commons Speaker in the new majority Parliament, ordinary Canadians might be excused for wondering why a...

Wollaston Lake Fire: Military Evacuates Residents Trapped By Smoke, Wildfires In Saskatchewan

Posted 06.02.2011 | Canada

CBC -- Military transport planes and helicopters have been dispatched to northern Saskatchewan to help evacuate the remote communities of Wollaston La...

Gmail Hacked From China: Google

Posted 06.02.2011 | Canada

The Canadian Press - BEIJING, China - China denied it supports hacking activities and said it is part of global efforts to combat computer security th...

Parliament Opens: With Majority Government, Harper Has Nothing To Lose

Posted 06.02.2011 | Canada Politics

It's Stephen Harper's day. As Canada's 41st Parliament opens in Ottawa today, the prime minister enjoys the first majority government in seven year...

The Ideal Liberal Party Leader: Part Bieber, Part Mulroney, Part Gaga

Posted 06.02.2011 | Canada Politics

If only you could build a Liberal leader from scratch. After a humiliating electoral defeat that saw the great party of Sir Wilfrid Laurier fall to...

Mutant E. Coli Pegged To Deadly Outbreak In Europe: World Health Organization

Posted 06.02.2011 | Canada

THE CANADIAN PRESS -- LONDON - The World Health Organization said Thursday that the E. coli bacteria responsible for a deadly outbreak that has left 1...

New House of Commons Seats For Ontario, B.C., Alberta in Throne Speech

Posted 06.02.2011 | Canada Politics

The Conservative government will announce plans in Friday's Throne Speech to increase the number of seats in the House of Commons in time for the 2015...

Cyber Attack: Hackers Stole Classified Information From Canadian Government

Posted 06.02.2011 | Canada

CBC -- Hackers who attacked two of Canada's federal departments stole classified information before being discovered last January, CBC News has learne...

Harper Government Omnibus Crime Bill: Canadian Justice Gets A Major Makeover

Posted 06.03.2011 | Canada Politics

Tough on crime or the fast route to a police state? With today’s Speech from the Throne, Canada is about to embark on a radical makeover of its ...

Laura Newcombe Of Toronto Places Second At Scripps National Spelling Bee, Edged Out By Champ Sukanya Roy

Posted 06.03.2011 | Canada

THE CANADIAN PRESS -- Canada's Laura Newcombe came tantalizingly close to winning the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday, finishing second in t...

Ratko Mladic Denounces 'Obnoxious' Charges At The Hague

Posted 06.03.2011 | Canada

THE CANADIAN PRESS - THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Ratko Mladic defiantly refused on Friday to enter pleas to what he called "obnoxious" allegations that a...

Terry Fox Mom, Betty Fox, Seriously Ill But Not With Cancer, Family Confirms

Posted 06.03.2011 | Canada

Terry Fox's mother, Betty Fox, is seriously ill, but is not battling cancer as reported in the Toronto Sun, the family confirmed in a statement Friday...

Hamilton Next In Canada Post Strike

Posted 06.03.2011 | Canada

THE CANADIAN PRESS - OTTAWA - Postal workers will go on strike in Hamilton, Ont., over the weekend as part of a rotating work stoppage designed to for...

Canada Post Strike: Why Snail Mail Still Matters To Many Canadians

Posted 06.03.2011 | Canada
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Don’t. Mess. With. The. Mail. With rotating strikes now underway at Canada Post, that’s Sandy Racicot’s feeling about it all. She works f...

Brigette DePape, Senate Page, In Throne Speech Protest: Removed From Chamber With 'Stop Harper' Sign

Posted 06.03.2011 | Canada Politics

UPDATE: New story including video about the former Page: Brigette DePape, Senate Protester And Performance Artist, And Her Instant Rise To Fame TH...

Public Subsidies Of Federal Political Parties: Who Really Loses When They're Killed?

Posted 06.06.2011 | Canada Politics

Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s plan to kill public subsidies of federal political parties will hurt his own party’s pocketbook, but it’s the op...

Conrad Black Treated Fellow Inmates 'Like Servants,' Says Affidavit

Posted 06.06.2011 | Canada Business

THE CANADIAN PRESS -- Two prison workers at the jail where former media baron Conrad Black spent more than two years say he wasn't the model inmate hi...

Devils Lake And The Red River: WikiLeaks Reveals Bitter Canada U.S. Spat Over Water

Posted 06.06.2011 | Canada Politics

CBC -- Manitoba's "angry rhetoric" on a dispute with its U.S. neighbour embittered officials south of the border and made for a "terribly strained" re...

Sheila Copps To New MPs: 'Keep Your Mouths Shut And Your Ears Open'

Posted 06.06.2011 | Canada Politics

Sheila Copps has some blunt advice for Canada’s 111 rookie MPs, many of whom are as young and fresh-faced as she was in the 1980s when she made head...

Tim Hortons Ex-CEO Rolls Up $5.7-Million Severance, Will Play Again As Company Adviser

Posted 06.06.2011 | Canada Business

THE CANADIAN PRESS -- Tim Hortons Inc. (TSX:THI) says it has come to an agreement with former president and CEO Don Schroeder that will have him stay ...