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Ex-Mountie sues force over sexual harassment

Posted May 10th, 2012 by Petti Fong

A high-profile RCMP officer is suing the force over what she claims was systemic sexual harassment spanning more than 15 years.

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Private member’s bills cut corners on lawmaking, say critics

Posted May 10th, 2012 by Tonda MacCharles

The federal Conservative government is shifting the way lawmaking is done. Private member’s bills — which get less legislative analysis or parliamentary debate than government bills &mdash…

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Missing plane, body of pilot found in Ganaraska Forest

Posted May 10th, 2012 by Bruce Campion-Smith, Dylan C. Robertson

Searchers have found the body of a pilot who went missing during a flight to Toronto Monday night.

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ConCalls: A Quick Bow

Posted May 10th, 2012 by saskboy

Here’s where Zorpheus and I take a quick bow to imaginary applause. Postmedia is confirming our suspicion that Poutine could be royally screwed if he HADN’T logged in at a place where other campaign culprits could have been conglomerating. I wrote: The hot question on everyones lips should be, “Why would an anonymizing service, the [...]

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Police, military probing ‘bunker’ in St. Thomas home

Posted May 10th, 2012 by Thestar.com - Home Page

It’s not the type of thing residents of an otherwise quiet St. Thomas, Ont., neighbourhood are used to seeing.

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ShoeMe Canada Contest

Posted May 10th, 2012 by Rebecca Bollwitt

© 2004-2012 Rebecca Bollwitt – Miss604.com. If you are not reading this via official Miss604 channels, this content is being reproduced without permission. Living in Vancouver, I think a girl needs at least four pairs of shoes in her arsenal. Boots for puddles, kitten heels or ballet flats for work, heels for nightlife, and flip [...]

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Pride for the Maple Spring

Posted May 10th, 2012 by Anna Davey

I know it’s such an Alan Moore thing to say, but people shouldn’t be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people. We should be proud of students in Quebec for

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This is What Authoritarianism Sounds Like

Posted May 10th, 2012 by saskboy

IF anyone else wants to hear what open, transparent parliamentary democracy sounds like, the MP4 file is here: is.gd/35VNrS #hw— kady o'malley (@kady) May 10, 2012 If you download the 25MB audio file that is over an hour long, all but the first 4 minutes are relaxing music. Why? The Conservatives immediately put the committee [...]

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When condos go wrong, owners left stranded — law hopes to change that

Posted May 10th, 2012 by Robert Benzie

Under NDP MPP Rosario Marchese’s new law, there would be a condo review board, a tribunal to resolve disputes among owners, condominium …

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Smoke bombs cripple Montreal subway during morning rush

Posted May 10th, 2012 by Andrew Chung

Smoke bombs have been set off at multiple points in Montreal’s metro system, cutting off service and creating a nightmarish mornin…

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NDP Lead Over The Conservatives Growing

Posted May 10th, 2012 by Thor

The last 3 federal polls show the NDP consistently in the lead, ahead of the Conservatives (1 Forum and 2 Harris-Decima polls). The latest Harris-Decima poll has the NDP lead increasing. 

In Ontario, where the NDP will have to have major growt…

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Driving The Porcelain Bus: NDP Lead Over The Conservatives Growing

Posted May 10th, 2012 by Thor

The last 3 federal polls show the NDP consistently in the lead, ahead of the Conservatives (1 Forum and 2 Harris-Decima polls). The latest Harris-Decima poll has the NDP lead increasing.  In Ontario, where the NDP will have to have major growth i…

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May Clarifies Deliberately Confusing Bill C-38

Posted May 10th, 2012 by Nyssa McLeod

OTTAWA – Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, MP Saanich-Gulf Islands, today listed and explained the dangerous and damaging impacts that Bill C-38, the Budget Implementation Bill, will have on Canadians’ environment, health, and jobs.
“As more and …

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Dead Wild Roses: Twinning Highway 63 – Socialism!!1!!1!

Posted May 10th, 2012 by The Arbourist

Shut up you pinko bastards.  Calling for the twinning of a perfectly fine road that will cost taxpayers millions of dollars.  The nanny state can’t take care you and all of your damn problems.   It’s a free country if you don’t li…

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Why are the NDP more popular than the Tories? Suburban men

Posted May 10th, 2012 by Thestar.com - Home Page

The NDP appear to have the support of 36 per cent of urban and suburban men. Meanwhile, the Conservatives are seeing their support in th…

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wRanter.com: Give kids and parents a break: don’t kill summer vacation

Posted May 10th, 2012 by Daniel

It’s a good thing the B.C. Liberals are likely going to lose the next provincial election, because aside from being from the wrong side of the ideological pond on most issues, they’ve just resurrected a really bad idea: year-round schooling…

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Peter MacKay apologizes after Russell Williams appears in defence department booklet

Posted May 9th, 2012 by Thestar.com - Home Page

Defence Minister Peter MacKay has apologized after a photo of convicted murderer Russell Williams appeared in a Defence Department booklet.

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Former Quebec party leader wrongly tweets Thatcher’s death

Posted May 9th, 2012 by Thestar.com - Home Page

The “death” of Margaret Thatcher, the prominent ex-prime minister of Great Britain, was wrongly reported online Wednesday by Mario Dumont, the former Action démocratique du Qu&eacut…

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Hate your university course? Calling it ‘hell’ online is legal, court rules

Posted May 9th, 2012 by Petti Fong

Two University of Calgary students who complained about their professor on a Facebook site were wrongly disciplined by the university, A…

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Hamilton man charged in international child porn and extortion case

Posted May 9th, 2012 by Nicole O’Reilly

A 21-year-old Hamilton man is facing charges of extortion, child pornography and child luring after allegedly posing as a girl online to lure boys in Canada, the United Kingdom and United States.

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