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A most un-Canadian caper
Ottawa :: Canada | about 4 hours ago | Political News
Posted by
BiodunIginla 
by Biodun Iginla, Political and News Analyst, BBC News and the Economist, London, UK. Research by Moira Tamayo in Puerto Rico. Dec 4th 2008 | OTTAWA From Economist.com Canada’s prime minister clings on to office, for the moment AP THERE...
25 news stories / 8 blog posts / 18 images / 4 videos / 2 voices
Canada in crisis
Ottawa :: Canada | about 12 hours ago | No category
Source: South Africa News
Canada's embattled prime minister has obtained an unprecedented shutdown of parliament, thwarting an opposition bid to unseat his ruling Conservatives and install a leftist coalition. After two hours of crisis talks, acting head of state Governor General Michaelle Jean agreed...
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Researchers find oldest-ever stash of marijuana
Ottawa :: Canada | about 4 hours ago | Technology News
Posted by
cooldiponline 
Ottawa — Researchers say they have located the world's oldest stash of marijuana, in a tomb in a remote part of China. The cache of cannabis is about 2,700 years old and was clearly “cultivated for psychoactive purposes,” rather than...
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Police rule out foul play in death of Gatineau woman, baby
Ottawa :: Canada | about 17 hours ago | No category
Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
A woman and a baby boy found dead in a Gatineau apartment in February were not the result of foul play, police have concluded. Toxicology and pathology tests show Martine Fortin, 36, died of a drug overdose before her body...
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Them's fighting words, but leave the dead out of it
Ottawa :: Canada | about 17 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy
Source: Macleans
The week-long political crisis has provided riveting drama, but also some lighter moments as politicians wracked their brains for the right words to bring the country back from the brink or tip it over...Former Liberal MP Sarkis Assadourian charged that...
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Canadian leader shuts Parliament to keep power
Ottawa :: Canada | about 18 hours ago | Political News
Posted by
kalex
OTTAWA – Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper shut down Parliament on Thursday in an unprecedented attempt to keep his government in power, fending off a no-confidence vote he was all but certain to lose. Less than two months after winning...
50 news stories / 12 blog posts / 29 images / 24 videos / 2 voices
Canadian building permits down in October
Ottawa :: Canada | about 21 hours ago | Business News
Source: United Press International
The value of building permits issued in Canada in October decreased 15.7 percent to $5.4 billion, the Statistics Canada agency reported from Ottawa Thursday. The decline was led by a 23.9 percent drop in non-residential permits, which totaled $2.4 billion...
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Canadian leader suspends Parliament to keep power
Ottawa :: Canada | 1 day ago | No category
Source: Simi Valley - Moorpark Examiner
Three opposition parties have united against Harper, charging he has failed to insulate Canada from the global financial crisis. The credit crisis and a global sell off of commodities have slowed Canada's resource-rich economy, and the finance minister said last...
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Privacy given 'short shrift' in passport offices: Report
Ottawa :: Canada | about 21 hours ago | Technology News
Source: Canada.com
The audit also found that computer systems allowed too many employees to access passport files, including locally hired staff in consular offices abroad, who had access to files processed by any other mission. Such basic controls as audit logs and...
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Harper asks Governor General to suspend Parliament
Ottawa :: Canada | 1 day ago | Political News
Source: Macleans
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has formally asked the Governor General to shut down Parliament until January...He cancelled an afternoon appearance in Woodstock, Ont., as the critical meeting dragged on. The Governor General has already been consulting with constitutional experts about...
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