Mike Duffy's future in Conservative politics shrouded in doubt
Source: Leader Post Online
Regina :: Canada | updated 2013-05-17 04:04:50 -0700 | political-news
Six months after Stephen Harper appointed Mike Duffy to the Senate, the two men shared a stage in Cambridge, Ont., in June 2009 the former journalist cheerfully lobbing questions at the prime minister at a packed, carefully scripted town-hall meeting...
Sen. Patrick Brazeau demands ‘clear answers' from Senate committee on expenses
Source: Leader Post Online
Regina :: Canada | updated 2013-05-16 17:21:32 -0700 | political-news
Saying that he wants clear answers about a Senate committee's decision to have him repay almost $50,000 in expense claims, Sen. Patrick Brazeau challenged the upper chamber's powerful group of senators to explain themselves and face him in a public meeting....
Bernard Valcourt stands up to grilling but Opposition MPs question his grasp of aboriginal issues
Source: Leader Post Online
Regina :: Canada | updated 2013-05-10 18:37:42 -0700 | political-news
Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt defended his government's record in a rare four-hour evening grilling session in the House of Commons this week, but his answers left Opposition MPs saying the veteran politician doesn't have a grasp of his portfolio....
New national data on aboriginals may highlight education shortfall
Source: Leader Post Online
Regina :: Canada | updated 2013-05-08 06:38:59 -0700 | political-news
New data on Canada's aboriginal people are likely to underscore the need to address education for indigenous youth, the country's fastest-growing group, experts say. Wednesday morning, Statistics Canada will release the first batch of data from the 2011 National Household...
Winnipeg suspect in suspicious death case arrested in Regina
Source: Star Phoenix
Regina :: Canada | updated 2013-04-15 10:54:38 -0700 | political-news
A Winnipeg man wanted in connection with a suspicious death case in that city has been arrested in Regina. Officers arrested Christopher Mackenzie Campbell, 42, in downtown Regina late Sunday afternoon without incident, police said, after the Winnipeg Police Service...
Documents: Canada lawyer banked offshore
Source: United Press International
Regina :: Canada | updated 2013-04-04 23:10:55 -0700 | political-news
A prominent Canadian lawyer set up offshore accounts holding almost $2 million and named his wife, a senator, as a beneficiary, leaked documents show. Tony Merchant's financial activities came to light with a massive leak of documents on offshore banking...
Truck sinks into four-foot hole on Regina street
Source: Star Phoenix
Regina :: Canada | updated 2013-04-01 15:47:41 -0700 | political-news
Stay away from waterlogged streets, if you can, says one Regina resident. You could hear the ground falling, then you could hear the steel from my truck and just, Boom!' said Darrell Sawyer, describing what it was like after his...
Canada: Conservative government turfs out five farmer elected board members of Wheat Board
Posted by: northsunm32
Regina :: Canada | updated 2012-07-27 05:36:18 -0700 | political-news
After passing legislation that would remove single desk selling from the Wheat Board the Harper Conservative government has now replaced five farmer elected board members with their own appointees. These five immediately voted to discontinue the suit filed against the...
Canada: Saskatchewan Party seems set to win provincial election
Posted by: northsunm32
Regina :: Canada | updated 2012-07-27 05:51:11 -0700 | political-news
The Premier and Leader of the Saskatchewan Party Brad Wall seems almost sure to win re-election tomorrow against the opposition New Democratic Party. However, Wall himself claims that his prospects are not as rosy as everyone says. As with much...
'Screaming' after man shot dead at Toronto Caribbean Festival
Source: Leader Post Online
Toronto :: Canada | updated 2011-10-01 13:31:57 -0700 | disasters-news
One man is dead and a woman is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after a shooting Saturday night at Toronto's Caribbean Festival. Ontario's Special Investigations Unit (SIU) was called in to probe the shooting in which both victims sustained multiple...
Makowsky signs extension
Source: Star Phoenix
Regina :: Canada | updated 2011-03-19 17:46:18 -0700 | sports-news
The Saskatchewan Roughriders signed longtime offensive lineman Gene Makowsky to a new contract Tuesday. The 37-year-old non-import is heading into his 17th season with the Green and White. He's en route to becoming the Riders' all-time leader in games played....
Native North American Takes Top RCMP Job in Saskatchewan
Posted by: Karl Gotthardt
Regina :: Canada | updated 2012-07-27 20:29:13 -0700 | political-news
"Nimithwethiteen ota ipi methikawiyan oma atoskewin,"(very pleased to have been given this work), said the newly appointed Superintendant, Russ Mirasty of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in Saskatchewan. Russ Mirasty is a member of the Lac LaRonge First Nation...
Cancer faker pleads guilty to fraud
Source: Leader Post Online
Burlington :: NC :: USA | updated 2011-01-03 16:55:16 -0800 | health-news
An Ontario woman who went to elaborate lengths to pretend she had terminal cancer in a shocking scheme to raise money for her own benefit pleaded guilty to fraud on Tuesday morning. Ashley Anne Kirilow, 23, was charged with seven...
Slain journalist Lang honoured in memorial
Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Regina :: Canada | updated 2012-11-02 12:16:20 -0700 | entertainment-news
Michelle Lang, a journalist who died while covering Canada's mission in Afghanistan, was honoured by the chief of the defence staff at a ceremony in Regina. A 26-year-old man who was shot in the leg is not helping investigators, Saskatoon...
3 Dead, 4 Infected with West Nile Virus in Turkey
Source: Novinite
Saskatoon :: Canada | updated 2010-11-17 12:56:52 -0800 | health-news
Dead, 4 Infected with West Nile Virus in Turkey Health September 8, 2010, Wednesday Photo by equidblog.com Three people have died and four more have been infected with the West Nile virus in Turkey, the Turkish Health Ministry has announced....
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