Wednesday June 19, 2013

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Next! Montreal seeks yet another mayor after second one quits in scandal

MONTREAL - Montreal has had its second scandal-provoked mayoral resignation in less than a year, with an arrest and criminal charges leading to the departure Tuesday of its interim city-hall boss....

posted: June 18,2013





National News

NDP proposes independent scrutiny of MP expenses after killing Liberal proposal

OTTAWA - One week after defeating Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau's attempt to open MPs' expenses to public scrutiny, the NDP has won approval for a proposal of its own....


'Shocking' half of First Nations kids living in poverty, new study finds

TORONTO - Half of Canada's First Nations children are living in poverty, triple the national average, according to a new analysis of census statistics that pegs the cost of easing the problem at $580-million a year....


House of Commons adjourns for the summer after bitter spring session

OTTAWA - The most bitter spring sitting of parliament since Stephen Harper's Conservatives came to power more than seven years ago has ended with a rare piece of agreement — unanimous consent to adjourn for the summer....


Cluster bomb victims call on Canada to ratify convention to ban 'dirty' weapon

GENEVA - The last day of Ahmad Mokaled's short life dawned on a sunny spring February morning in the southern Lebanon town of Nabatieh....


Postmedia News, Ottawa Citizen win Michener award for reporting on robocalls

OTTAWA - A Postmedia News and Ottawa Citizen investigation exposing the use of "robocalls" to mislead and harass voters during the 2011 federal election campaign has won the 2012 Michener Award....


Doing nothing is not an option, petroleum producers tell Northern Gateway panel

TERRACE, B.C. - There is a growing imbalance between oil supply and delivery in Canada and doing nothing is not an option, the lawyer for the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers told a federal panel weighing the Northern Gateway...








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