F-35 fighter jets: Conservative government faces mounting pressure to stay or leave program
Source: Toronto Star
Ottawa :: Canada | updated 2013-05-23 06:49:24 -0700 | political-news
Visitors take a close look at a Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jet at the Singapore Airshow. Though Canada's purchase of the jets is in limbo, it has some 24 people working on the project. Harper government may have hit the...
No charges as police identify woman who took purse from subway suicide
Source: Toronto Star
Ottawa :: Canada | updated 2013-05-23 05:57:52 -0700 | political-news
Report an Error Save to mystar Save to mystar Investigators have identified the woman who took the purse, said Toronto police Const...After an interview, it became apparent that the woman was dealing with mental-health issues, police said in a statement...
With Rob Ford crack scandal dragging on, it's over for the mayor: DiManno
Source: Toronto Star
Toronto :: Canada | updated 2013-05-23 05:52:46 -0700 | political-news
I will always support my brother as the mayor of this city because I believe in his track record.'' Immaterial. Thank you, Doug Ford, for the irrelevancies, the dissonance and the staggering example of how not to manage damage control....
How Kathleen Wynne kick-started her first 100 days in power: Cohn
Source: Toronto Star
Ottawa :: Canada | updated 2013-05-23 03:36:02 -0700 | political-news
Flanked by the usual entourage of bodyguards and courtiers that attach themselves to any new premier, she strode into the historic cabinet room at Queen's Park to cut the cake. The icing on that birthday cake, Wynne joked to her...
Mayor Rob Ford in Toronto, Canada, refusing to answer allegations that he smoked crack.
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Toronto :: Canada | updated 2013-05-23 09:38:58 -0700 | political-news
Last week, the newspaper Toronto Star stunned Canada with a case that two of its reporters had seen a video where the mayor smoking crack. After a few days off Ford was back at work in Toronto Tuesday. Ford, who...
On trade, unsettling news for Seattle area
Source: Seattle Times
Prince Rupert :: Canada | updated 2013-05-23 09:52:09 -0700 | political-news
Analysis and commentary on economic news, trends and issues, with an emphasis on Seattle and the Northwest...International Trade Administration , Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue ranked No...That compares with $53.9 billion in 2007, before the recession. The bad news is that the other top...
Dayton vetoes projects from Minn. Legacy bill
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune
Saint Paul :: Canada | updated 2013-05-23 10:23:32 -0700 | political-news
Gov. Mark Dayton has line-item vetoed to strike two provisions from a bill that distributes sales-tax money by way of state grants for the outdoors, parks and trails and arts and cultural programs...He signed the $496 million state Legacy Fund...
Montreal boil-water advisory affects 1.3 million people
Source: Delhi News-Record
Montreal :: Canada | updated 2013-05-23 09:36:22 -0700 | political-news
One of the largest boil-water orders in Canadian history, affecting 1.3 million Montrealers, entered its second day on Thursday. Officials are expected to hold a news conference at 5 p.m. to announce if the order would be lifted. Until then,...
Halifax parent irate over claims of duct-taped kids at school
Source: The Globe & Mail
Toronto :: Canada | updated 2013-05-23 06:04:17 -0700 | political-news
EDT The father of a seven-year-old boy whose mouth was allegedly taped closed by an after-school monitor says school officials in Halifax reacted slowly and incompletely to the incident. Chris Procunier said Wednesday that his wife Jennifer saw impressions from...
Help! I don't own a car but need insurance
Source: The Globe & Mail
Toronto :: Canada | updated 2013-05-23 04:34:11 -0700 | political-news
However, we have become concerned that the maximum third-party liability coverage we can get in Ontario is $200,000, which does not seem much in the context of personal injury. Furthermore, we often rent a car in the United States and...
This day in history: May 23, 1887
Source: Vancouver Sun
Vancouver :: Canada | updated 2013-05-23 09:00:44 -0700 | political-news
The roadway, wharf, platform and the bank above were covered with people waiting the arrival of the train. "At 12: 45 p.m. while all were straining their eyes eastwards, the loud whistle of the train was heard. 'Here she comes!...
Porsche 'forgotten' on ferry in Tsawwassen by not so swift driver
Source: Vancouver Sun
Vancouver :: Canada | updated 2013-05-23 09:00:41 -0700 | political-news
A newer model Porsche abandoned on the Spirit of Vancouver Island at Tsawwassen terminal Wednesday night delayed the vessel's final sailing by more than an hour while B.C...Ferries' cameras captured images of the car as it and its lone male...
Job levels for disabled at three-year low
Source: The Daily Telegraph
Sydney :: Canada | updated 2013-05-23 07:57:13 -0700 | political-news
Mr Brumby declined to weigh in on Western Australia Premier Colin Barnett's refusal to sign up for the national scheme. National Disability Services chief executive Ken Baker told AAP no one should dispute there's a lot of unmet need within...
Benghazi scandal: don't let Melanin trump national security
Source: Canadian Free Press
Toronto :: Canada | updated 2013-05-23 08:46:44 -0700 | political-news
I thought, does Obama being liberal and black trump any and everything?...Will all of the lies, corruption, betrayals and probable criminal activity simply roll off the Obama Administration's back like water off a duck?...On the Fox News show, The Five,...
America Doesn't Need A President
Source: Canadian Free Press
Toronto :: Canada | updated 2013-05-23 04:23:46 -0700 | political-news
For a time, the Presidentand his familywere enjoying, on average, a vacation a month at taxpayer expense. In a December, 2011, ABC News interview , Mr. Obama told Barbara Walters, There is a deep down, underneath all the work I...
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