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How to maximize face time with your child's teacher
Ottawa :: Canada | about 3 hours ago
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Last updated on Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009 7:36PM EST D o come with specific questions – and expect to be asked a few. “Sometimes it's detective work” when parents don't bring critical questions or relevant information to tackle a problem to the table, says...
Tags: University of Toronto, Canada, Ottawa, Teacher, Teaching, School punishment, Education
Ignatieff proposes restrictions on taxpayer-funded propaganda
Ottawa :: Canada | about 4 hours ago
Credibility The Liberals are proposing new rules to control how much partisan mail MPs can send to their constituents at taxpayers' expense. In a letter to House of Commons' Speaker Peter Milliken, the Liberals say parties should agree to restrict the use of politicized...
Tags: Michael Ignatieff, Canada, Ottawa, Liberal Party of Canada, Ignatieff, Liberalism, Canadians of Scottish descent, Russian nobility, Politics
Canada's North feels left behind in stimulus program
Ottawa :: Canada | about 8 hours ago
Credibility Rankin Inlet Mayor John Hickes has become a voice for discontent about federal stimulus money in the North. He reads about government money gushing to infrastructure projects in the south, and he hears about government officials making announcements across...
Tags: North, infrastructure funding, John Hickes, Recreational Infrastructure Canada, Yukon Chamber of Commerce, stimulus program, Ottawa, Canada, Beaufort Sea, Yukon, Shovel ready, Infrastructure Canada, China economic stimulus program, Politics, Provinces and territories of Canada, Infrastructure, Investment agencies
RCMP commissioner expects Air India bombing report to sharply criticize Mounties
Ottawa :: Canada | about 8 hours ago
Credibility But William Elliott says that's "fair and reasonable" given the problems plaguing the Canadian intelligence community at the time. Continued Below "I think there were a lot of things that were a long way from ideal," Elliott said in an interview. A...
Tags: William Elliott, RCMP, national security, Air India, CSIS, india bomb, Dennis O'Connor, Canada, Ottawa, Air India Flight 182, Maher Arar, Airport security, RCMP Security Service, Scandals surrounding the RCMP, Public Safety Canada, Canadian Security Intelligence Service, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
'They want some certainty ... and so do we'
Ottawa :: Canada | about 17 hours ago
Credibility In 2008 employers brought in 192,519 foreigners on permits lasting up to three years. If you stay at the sprawling 320-hectare Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville, there is a good chance the person making your bed is a migrant worker from Ecuador or the Philippines.
Tags: Cora Ramirez, Ontario, foreigners worker, Deerhurst Resort, Manitoba, work permits, Canada, Ottawa, Employment law, Migrant worker, Skilled worker, Work permit, Immigration, Foreign worker, Human migration, Social Issues, Labor
Native children flooding into aid societies
Ottawa :: Canada | about 17 hours ago
Credibility More First Nations children are in the care of children's aid societies today than were forced to live in residential schools at the height of that shameful chapter in Canadian history. And yet because of Ottawa's longstanding record of short-changing...
Tags: Assembly of First Nations, nations children, Ontario Association of Children, aid society, Cindy Blackstock, child protection, aboriginal children, protection services, child welfare, Canada, Ottawa, First Nations, Stolen Generations, Indian reserve, Child and family services, Canadian Indian residential school system, Cultural assimilation, Aboriginal peoples in Canada, Human rights abuses
One man's defence of a national reputation
Ottawa :: Canada | about 17 hours ago
Credibility Canadian mining companies are facing allegations of abuse and assault on local citizens in dozens of developing nations. The companies say they have done nothing wrong – mining copper, gold and other metals brings only prosperity to these poor regions.
Tags: mining companies, Mining Association of Canada, MiningWatch Canada, Canada Pension Plan, Commissioner of Lobbying Canada, Marketa Evans, foreign affairs, Liberal Party, canadians companies, Ottawa, Canada, Ombudsman, John McKay
McPherson falls, Ottawa rallies in playoff openers
Olathe :: KS :: USA | about 21 hours ago
Credibility McPherson (9-2) was making its first appearance in the playoffs and appeared to be in good shape late in the second quarter when Aaron Lafitte ran 13 yards for a touchdown and Travis Eaton added the extra point that gave the Bulldogs a 21-13 lead. But...
Tags: McPherson, Ottawa, Olathe, 2007￢ﾀﾓ08 NFL playoffs, Oregon Ducks football team, allnews, Herl
Canada saved the India-US n-deal; it now needs to think beyond
Ottawa :: Canada | about 21 hours ago
Credibility India has reciprocated this sentiment, although its interest has appeared more restrained. The Conservative Party government in Canada has despatched a steady stream of cabinet ministers to India since 2006 and has bolstered Canada's trade presence in...
Tags: India-Canada, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Ottawa, canadians government, civil nuclear, prime ministers, Stephen Harper, Globe, New Delhi, nuclear deal, Canada, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, India, Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement, Foreign relations of India, Politics, Nuclear proliferation, Canada￢ﾀﾓIndia relations
7-hour standoff ends at Ottawa hotel
Ottawa :: Canada | about 24 hours ago
Credibility The Federal Court says the refugee board must reassess the case of a lesbian soldier who deserted from the U.S. army and fled to Canada, saying the board made mistakes in rejecting her bid to seek refugee status. Nine people were taken into custody at...
Tags: Ottawa Senators, ottawa hotel, Canada, Ottawa, Standoff, The Nine, Daniel Alfredsson, Scotiabank, Northeast Division, Scotiabank Place, Social Issues, Thomas Vanek, Patrick Lalime, Patrick Kaleta, Pascal Leclaire, Buffalo Sabres, allnews, Jason Spezza, Stanley Cup playoffs
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