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The implications of one of the largest one-day slaughter of ...

Posted by: chycho

Vancouver :: Canada | about 11 hours ago | Political News

The implications of one of the largest one-day slaughter of Palestinians in the 60-year conflict with Israel by chycho On the Israeli offensive in Gaza, and The Grand Chessboard : 1) Setting The Stage . 2) Political Status of Gaza...

Livent co-founders' defence implausible, Crown argues

Source: The Globe & Mail

Toronto :: Canada | about 16 hours ago | Political News

The co-founders of Livent Inc. have relied on an implausibly complicated conspiracy theory to explain how an accounting fraud occurred at the company for eight years without their knowledge, prosecutors told a court Tuesday. During the first day of closing...

Pressure mounting on Tory

Source: The Globe & Mail

Toronto :: Canada | about 14 hours ago | Political News

Pressure is mounting for Progressive Conservative Leader John Tory to either find a seat in the Ontario legislature or resign. Mr. Tory, who has promised to outline his future plans Friday, is facing a new insurgency from disgruntled party members...

Sewer fix will take 18 months

Source: Toronto Star

Toronto :: Canada | about 2 hours ago | Political News

John Spears City Hall Bureau According to engineers, the Coxwell St. Trunk Sewer, which carries the sewage of 750,000 Torontonians, has "failed." A 60-metre section of the huge sewer, buried about 40 metres beneath Barbara Cres. just north of Coxwell...

Maclean's, Canada: Regulator accuses electricity resellers of ...

Source: Uinta County News

Toronto :: Canada | about 9 hours ago | Political News

The Ontario Energy Board is accusing two electricity marketing companies of making false, misleading or deceptive statements to consumers...In the case of Summitt, the board accuses the company of telling consumers in seven recorded calls that Ontario's electricity market has...

Algonquin leadership challenge allowed: Federal Court

Source: Macleans

Ottawa :: Canada | about 12 hours ago | Political News

The Federal Court says a leadership dispute that has split a native community in Quebec can be reviewed in court. Barriere Lake, about 300 kilometres north of Ottawa, has been the scene of repeated road blockades. Demonstrators have protested a...

Most Ottawa residents on city's side in transit strike: poll

Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Ottawa :: Canada | about 14 hours ago | Political News

A majority of Ottawa residents support the city in its dispute with the transit union, which has been on strike for four weeks, a poll commissioned by the city suggests. The telephone poll of 816 residents conducted by Harris Decima...

Canada: Hamas responsible for deadly Gaza attack

Source: Yedioth Ahronoth

Ottawa :: Canada | about 13 hours ago | Political News

The Canadian government blamed the Palestinian militant group Hamas for the deaths of more than 40 civilians who were killed by Israeli shells on Tuesday in some of the most hard-line comments by any leading western nation on the deadly...

Lawyers face off over ethics rules for Mulroney-Schreiber probe

Source: Macleans

Ottawa :: Canada | about 14 hours ago | Political News

Lawyers for Brian Mulroney and Karlheinz Schreiber are squaring off for their first real tussle at a public inquiry into the business dealings between the former Conservative prime minister and the German-Canadian arms dealer. The skirmish set for Wednesday is...

Ottawa urged to create jobs

Source: Delhi News-Record

Ottawa :: Canada | 1 day ago | Political News

The federal government is being urged to adopt a massive $33-billion spending package that would stimulate the creation of 400,000 new jobs in its upcoming budget. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is cautioning Finance Minister Jim Flaherty to avoid...