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Political | 206695 hits | 1:13 PM on Monday | posted by Curtman

He came into power promising a smaller government and a tighter grip on the public piggy bank. But spending has actually spiraled under Stephen Harper's watch.

20678

Political | 206784 hits | 11:44 AM on Monday | posted by Scape

The office, located at the corner of Quadra Street and Tattersall Drive, was unoccupied at the time. Saanich police said a driver with a novice or “N” rating was travelling south on Quadra about 10:15 p.m. and lost control while attempting a right-hand tu

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Political | 207054 hits | 8:12 PM on Sunday | posted by Scape

Teachers are an internationally desirable Canadian export, thanks to the country’s top-rated education system and the thousands who volunteer their time helping their colleagues overseas.

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Political | 206960 hits | 5:43 PM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl

Fear not, advocates of even-tempered political discourse: Canada's Coffee Party bears little resemblance to the Tea Party movement south of the border.

20687

Political | 206865 hits | 2:24 PM on Sunday | posted by Hyack

Quebec politicians and pundits are slamming Conservative MP Maxime Bernier for claiming a landmark Quebec language law is unnecessary to preserve the French language.

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Political | 206878 hits | 1:17 PM on Sunday | posted by Canuckism

VANCOUVER - Liberal leadership hopeful George Abbott says the latest development in "WhiskerGate" is regrettable.

20683

Political | 206834 hits | 1:43 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl

Six top members of Egypt's ruling party have resigned, according to Egyptian state TV, in what appears to be the latest concession by the country's government to quell mass protests against President Hosni Mubarak.

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Political | 206779 hits | 7:56 AM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl

A U.S.-Russia nuclear arms treaty that limits the number of atomic warheads the former Cold War foes can possess and allows them to inspect each other's arsenals -- securing a key foreign policy goal of President Barack Obama -- went into effect Saturday.

20686

Political | 206857 hits | 6:05 AM on Saturday | posted by Scape

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David Cameron has criticised "state multiculturalism" in his first speech as prime minister on radicalisation and the causes of terrorism.

20700

Political | 207004 hits | 6:58 PM on Thursday | posted by Curtman

Stephen Harper is poised to kick off the greatest round of government shipbuilding in Canada since the Second World War. The massive equipment purchase is also going to give him a political headache.

20704

Political | 207041 hits | 3:39 PM on Thursday | posted by Scape

The Canadian government has endorsed the transition plans set out by Hosni Mubarak’s regime even though it has been rejected by much of the country’s pro-democracy forces.

20706

Political | 207055 hits | 11:22 PM on Wednesday | posted by Canuckism

VANCOUVER - Former Solicitor General Kash Heed isn't letting a police investigation stop him from teaching a course in criminology. The Vancouver Fraserview MLA is under investigation for breach of trust during his 2009 election campaign.

20682

Political | 206824 hits | 4:03 AM on Wednesday | posted by Curtman

Liberal MP Jim Karygiannis said he had approached the ethics commissioner and then the House of Commons board of internal economy to complain about the prime minister's use of his office for the political advertisement.

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Political | 207108 hits | 2:48 PM on Tuesday | posted by Canuckism

SURREY - Former US Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush will be the featured speakers at this year's fourth annual Surrey Regional Economic Summit.

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Political | 207051 hits | 1:59 PM on Tuesday | posted by Curtman

While the Conservative Party complains about Graves and EKOS, the Conservative government has awarded the company $11.5 million in contracts since it took office

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Political | 208971 hits | 9:52 PM on Monday | posted by Hyack

OTTAWA—Prime Minister Stephen Harper brushed aside opposition requests to postpone billions of dollars in additional corporate income tax cuts, setting the stage for a budget standoff that could lead to a spring election.

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Political | 206856 hits | 8:28 AM on Monday | posted by Guy_Fawkes

The first few hundred Canadians will be able to flee the chaos in Egypt on Monday aboard two planes dispatched by Ottawa. The planes will depart Cairo for evacuation points in Europe, said Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon in a statement issued

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Political | 207002 hits | 8:08 AM on Friday | posted by Guy_Fawkes

The Egyptian dissident Mohamed ElBaradei warned President Hosni Mubarak today that his regime is on its last legs, as tens of thousands of people prepared to take to the streets for a fourth day of anti-government protests.

20681

Political | 206812 hits | 5:51 AM on Friday | posted by Guy_Fawkes

MONTREAL — A lavish fundraiser for Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff will be hosted by a businessman leading the charge to reopen one of Canada's last-remaining asbestos mines.

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Political | 206697 hits | 5:32 AM on Friday | posted by Guy_Fawkes

LAHORE, Pakistan — Pakistan will pursue murder charges against a U.S. consular employee suspected in the shooting deaths of two armed men possibly intent on robbing him, a top prosecutor said Friday.

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Political | 206934 hits | 5:31 AM on Friday | posted by Guy_Fawkes

MONTREAL — Arnold Schwarzenegger meant well when he praised Canadian troops on Thursday. He just had them fighting the wrong war. The former governor of California was wrapping up a Canadian speaking tour with an enthusiastic speech on public service

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Political | 208712 hits | 9:40 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack

Negotiators are now confident that Canada and Denmark will resolve their dispute over Hans Island, and sooner rather than later. Relations between the two countries have grown irritable at times in recent years because of their competing claims to the bar

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Political | 208447 hits | 9:13 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack

It was a great trifecta of gaffes. First there was the geography slip-up by the defence minister; then the action-hero-turned-governor gets befuddled by which war Canada was waging; and finally the opposition leader's blunder that had a famous Microsoft b

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Political | 206797 hits | 4:32 PM on Thursday | posted by Curtman

Critics are raising questions about whether the latest round of Tory attack ads have gone too far.

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Political | 207144 hits | 9:48 AM on Thursday | posted by Alex Knegt

Sarah Palin can see Russia from her place in Alaska, but our own Peter MacKay thinks he can zip across the British Columbia border to Los Angeles.

20673

Political | 206730 hits | 7:09 AM on Thursday | posted by Guy_Fawkes

Heading into the final leg of his whirlwind trip to Switzerland and Morocco, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Tunisia's deposed president and his regime "are not welcome" on Canadian soil.

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Political | 209006 hits | 10:48 AM on Wednesday | posted by hurley_108

Jack Laytonï¿½s ultimate goal is to abolish the Senate but he knows that isnï¿½t about to happen any time soon, so he is urging Stephen Harper take some baby steps toward reform.

20673

Political | 206726 hits | 8:30 AM on Wednesday | posted by Curtman

Tunisia has issued an international arrest warrant for ousted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, accusing him of taking money out of the North African nation illegally.

20684

Political | 206839 hits | 7:10 AM on Wednesday | posted by Guy_Fawkes

Riot police deployed across the Egyptian capital on Wednesday in anticipation of fresh anti-government protests a day after thousands demonstrated nationwide to demand an end to President Hosni Mubarak's authoritarian rule of nearly 30 years.

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Political | 206739 hits | 7:07 AM on Wednesday | posted by Guy_Fawkes

Aboriginal children live in poverty that is shameful in a country as rich as Canada, and it's costing them their future, says the former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations.

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Political | 206799 hits | 1:31 PM on Tuesday | posted by Robht

Obama tries for more civility for the State of the Union address by mixing Republicans and Democrats in the seating chart.

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Political | 206632 hits | 12:01 PM on Tuesday | posted by Curtman

An annual report on human rights has faulted Ban Ki-moon, the secretary general, among other major leaders, for acting timidly in the face of rights abuses in a report released on the eve of a Tuesday House committee meeting on the United Nations’ effecti

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Political | 207631 hits | 5:29 AM on Tuesday | posted by Curtman

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has come under fire from ex-Canadian premier Jean Chrétien for failing to rein in the ongoing diplomatic feud between Ottawa and the UAE.

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Political | 207040 hits | 5:25 AM on Tuesday | posted by Curtman

The feds spend $1.9 million for three news services: Command News, FP Infomart and Newscan. Command News, the biggest piece of that pie at $1.2 million, doesn't even carry any news items from most of the major urban daily newspapers which are owned by Pos

20674

Political | 206743 hits | 3:32 AM on Tuesday | posted by Curtman

The man has had many roles — most recently California’s “Governator.” Arnold Schwarzenegger will be speaking to a sold-out audience in Winnipeg on Tuesday evening as part of his first public speaking tour since his term as governor ended earlier this mont

20702

Political | 207015 hits | 5:06 PM on Monday | posted by Curtman

As Scots and would-be Scots across Canada celebrate Robbie Burns' birthday, two senators are hoping to use private member's bills to further promote Canada’s Scottish heritage.

20687

Political | 206866 hits | 7:48 PM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl

Prime Minister Stephen Harper said he's proud of what his minority government had accomplished over the past five years, while adding there was more to be done if the Conservatives won a majority.

20683

Political | 206833 hits | 4:09 PM on Sunday | posted by Curtman

The documents leaked so far mostly reveal secret concessions offered by Palestinian negotiators on the issues of the right of return of Palestinian refugees, territorial concessions, and the recognition of Israel.

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Political | 207077 hits | 3:34 PM on Sunday | posted by Curtman

Several relatives of former Tunisian dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali have arrived in Montreal, most were carrying permanent resident cards.

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Political | 206784 hits | 8:04 AM on Saturday | posted by Guy_Fawkes

More than a dozen Tamils who landed on B.C.'s coast last August have been involved in war crimes, terrorism or human smuggling, say government officials who want them ejected from Canada.

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Political | 206725 hits | 7:51 AM on Saturday | posted by Guy_Fawkes

Tunisia's once-feared police staged a rally of their own Saturday, demanding better salaries and insisting they're not to blame for shooting deaths among protesters who forced the North African country's longtime autocrat to flee.

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Political | 206893 hits | 5:57 PM on Friday | posted by Scape

“MSNBC and Keith Olbermann have ended their contract. The last broadcast of “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” will be this evening. MSNBC thanks Keith for his integral role in MSNBC’s success and we wish him well in his future endeavors.”

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Political | 207107 hits | 11:49 AM on Friday | posted by Curtman

The London-based Court of International Arbitration agreed with the U.S. that a series of grants, tax credits and loans the two provinces made to lumber producers marked an attempt to “circumvent” a 2006 cross-border trade deal, Mr. Kirk said.

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Political | 206804 hits | 5:12 AM on Friday | posted by Curtman

A Saskatchewan woman who refused to fill out her 2006 census won't face any punishment for breaking the law, but she is still planning to appeal the guilty verdict.

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Political | 206928 hits | 8:29 PM on Thursday | posted by Scape

According to Timmins-James Bay MP Charlie Angus, usage-based billing is unfair to consumers and could be used by large Internet service providers to limit competition from third-party ISPs and online media sources, such as Netflix.

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Political | 207056 hits | 6:49 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack

The Liberal Party is defending the right of devout Sikhs to wear religious ceremonial daggers in legislatures. The party's statement goes against a Bloc Québécois proposal to ban their presence in Parliament.

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Political | 206921 hits | 12:44 PM on Thursday | posted by Scape

Lali filed a formal complaint with the party alleging that Adrian Dix's campaign broke party rules. Lali claims Dix's workers dropped off stacks of new memberships before the deadline Monday without the necessary fees attached to each application. The mon

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Political | 206997 hits | 12:40 PM on Thursday | posted by Scape

The Supreme Court has denied leave to appeal to the group Democracy Watch, which contends Harper broke the law when he called a snap election in 2008, two years into his first mandate.

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Political | 206836 hits | 12:23 PM on Thursday | posted by Scape

Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s musings on the death penalty have ignited a political debate in Ottawa even though he said he has no plans to act on the issue and legal scholars believe attempts to bring back capital punishment would likely be struck down

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Political | 206923 hits | 7:14 AM on Thursday | posted by Guy_Fawkes

An emotionally charged debate over multiculturalism, which has raged in Quebec in recent years, has finally landed on the national stage and it centres on a ceremonial dagger worn by Sikhs.

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