PM's office sends financial details of Trudeau speech to newspaper
Source: Toronto Star
Ottawa :: Canada | updated 2013-06-18 12:36:44 -0700 | political-news
A communications officer in the Prime Minister's office sent an email to The Barrie Advance with details about a $10,000 speech Justin Trudeau gave in 2007 that left Georgian College with a $4,000 loss. Photo Save to mystar The Prime...
‘Repeat after me: Do not pay women for sex.' Why I advise readers to avoid prostitutes
Source: The Globe & Mail
Toronto :: Canada | updated 2013-06-18 09:13:02 -0700 | political-news
Do not pay women for sex.' Why I advise readers to avoid prostitutes Amberly McAteer The Globe and Mail Last updated Tuesday, Jun. 18 2013, 11:57 AM EDT (Thinkstock) Welcome to Sex Qs, a weekly column where The Globe's Amberly...
Catholic schools budget buys 52 new staff
Source: Star Phoenix
Saskatoon :: Canada | updated 2013-06-18 07:44:51 -0700 | political-news
An increase in provincial funding will allow Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools to hire more than 52 new staff, buy new computers, and catch up with some delayed maintenance work. Greg Chatlain said Monday night. "If last year was a D,...
Six ways to improve your next meeting
Source: The Globe & Mail
Toronto :: Canada | updated 2013-06-18 02:41:52 -0700 | political-news
Here are six tips to make them better (Catherine Yeulet/Getty Images/iStockphoto) How many hours will you spend in meetings today?...While group communication is critical in any organization, unproductive meetings can create a spiral of frustration and inefficiency.
Rob Ford's alleged attacker: a university employee and yoga teacher
Source: Toronto Star
Ottawa :: Canada | updated 2013-06-18 06:37:38 -0700 | political-news
Photo Save to mystar The woman charged with assault for allegedly throwing a beverage at Mayor Rob Ford is a university employee, who also teaches yoga and won awards in high school. Shannon Everett, 27, was charged Saturday afternoon at...
Ashley Smith inquest: Ex-manager denies being “management puppet”
Source: Toronto Star
Ottawa :: Canada | updated 2013-06-17 18:46:08 -0700 | political-news
Photo Save to mystar A demoted middle manager at Grand Valley Institution denied accusations she was a management puppet'' who protected her bosses by failing to explicitly tell police about orders that caused prison guards to delay entering Ashley Smith's...
Lives Lived: Madeleine Villeneuve Biron, 87
Source: The Globe & Mail
Toronto :: Canada | updated 2013-06-17 21:52:15 -0700 | political-news
Born Jan. 30, 1926, in Causapscal, Que., died May 12, 2013, in Quebec City of a lung infection, aged 87. Madeleine was born in the middle of a cold winter to a small Quebec family of four (at least small...
Economists urge end to era of laissez-faire
Source: The Globe & Mail
Ottawa :: Canada | updated 2013-06-17 21:52:20 -0700 | political-news
Government intervention in the economy is back in vogue and Canada risks being left behind unless it figures out where it can best make a difference, two former federal government economists argue in a new paper. Picking winners has long...
Abbotsford police investigating complaint they pepper-sprayed homeless people
Source: Vancouver Sun
Abbotsford :: Canada | updated 2013-06-17 21:46:16 -0700 | political-news
Abbotsford's top cop has requested the province's police watchdog oversee an investigation into a complaint that his officers damaged tents and pepper-sprayed an area where some homeless people were staying. The complaint was brought up at a community meeting with...
F-35 maker signs training deal with Canada's CAE
Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Toronto :: Canada | updated 2013-06-17 14:38:00 -0700 | political-news
The U.S. manufacturer of the oft-maligned F-35 has signed a deal with a leading Canadian maker of flight simulators in anticipation of the Harper government choosing to stick with the controversial stealth fighter program. The agreement between Lockheed Martin and...
Supreme Court to say Thursday whether it will hear Ford appeal
Source: Toronto Star
Toronto :: Canada | updated 2013-06-17 14:30:03 -0700 | political-news
Photo Save to mystar Embattled Mayor Rob Ford will learn Thursday if Canada's top court has agreed to hear an appeal of the ruling. If the Supreme Court of Canada court agrees to hear the appeal, Ford will again face...
Elections Canada witness blasts Tory MP for bullying tactics
Source: The Globe & Mail
Toronto :: Canada | updated 2013-06-17 18:58:10 -0700 | political-news
A witness who is helping Elections Canada unravel a Conservative MP's 2008 campaign expenses says he has been publicly bullied, discredited and intimidated. Frank Hall, who ran an Ottawa-based polling firm that did work for Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro,...
North Vancouver donations save Filipina barista's life
Source: Vancouver Sun
Toronto :: Canada | updated 2013-06-17 17:50:26 -0700 | political-news
For Janette Camba, coffee turned out to be very, very good for her health...Camba, who was a familiar face at the coffee shop for more than three years, is now back in her home country of the Philippines, recovering from...
Vote tonight will determine if Vancouver school board gets student trustee
Source: Vancouver Sun
Vancouver :: Canada | updated 2013-06-17 17:50:22 -0700 | political-news
A high-school student will be sitting on the Vancouver school board this fall, if a motion before the board tonight is successful. Although the student trustee would not be able to vote or introduce any motions, the Grade 11 or...
PEI to push CPP reform forward
Source: The Globe and Mail
Ottawa :: Canada | updated 2013-06-17 16:22:40 -0700 | political-news
Prince Edward Island is putting together a new proposal to enhance the Canada Pension Plan in the hope of getting Ottawa and the provinces on board. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is soon expected to call a meeting of his federal...
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