Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category
The 27-year-old who triggered Rob Ford’s downfall
By Daniel Dale In the wake of Mayor Rob Ford’s stunning ouster from office on Monday, someone started a “Thank You Paul Magder” group on Facebook. The group would have more aptly been called Thank You Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler. Magder, a businessman, was the Average Joe face of the lawsuit that brought Ford down. Celebrated lawyer [...]
Rob Ford says he’s sorry, but pledges to fight
A contrite Rob Ford finally apologized Tuesday to those who don’t like the way he handled his conflict of interest situation, but said he would fight to stay on as mayor. Ford also said his appeal of a judge’s decision to boot him from office should not be construed as criticism of the courts, although [...]
Canada is Dangerous: Iran
By Paul Koring Tehran has officially warned its citizens and expatriates that Canada is a dangerous place in the latest swipe as both government’s trade accusations. So many Iranians live in Canada’s largest city that it’s often called ‘Tehranto’ among the moneyed elites in the Islamic Republic and thousands among the Iranian diaspora travel back [...]
Federal budget kills the penny, cuts CBC spending
Kathryn Blaze Carlson (This story appeared in today’s National Post Newspaper) The Conservative government tabled a pro-business budget on Thursday that also includes changes to Old Age Security, the death of the penny, cuts to the civil service and the CBC, but continued spending growth, too. The budget was clearly a non-election year offering, lacking [...]
Harper Conquers Canada, One Robocall at a Time
Blog by Jim Harris (Note, the following blog was posted in today’s Huffington Post (http://www NULL.huffingtonpost NULL.ca/jim-harris/robocalls-scandal_b_1305397 NULL.html?ref=canada)) The widening “robocall scandal” is deeply disturbing — as is its media coverage. The language we use to describe a situation, the words that a journalist uses in their coverage of an issue, literally frame the issue [...]
City of Toronto Accepts Donation from RTF Water Saver Canada
A new seed company in Canada is playing a major role in resorting St. James Park in Toronto (http://www NULL.rtfwatersavercanada NULL.com). Following the 40 day Occupy Toronto protest, officials with the City of Toronto announced that damage to the grass at St. James Park was a staggering $60,000.00. While donations from Torontonians have been pouring [...]
This Seed Saves the Day following Occupy Toronto Protest
Canadian company wants to donate its grass seed as solution to restore St. James Park While city officials in Toronto estimate that the damage to restore St. James Park may end up being $60,000.00 following the 40 day ‘Occupy Protest,’ a Canadian seed company is willing to foot the entire bill of its new eco-friendly [...]
Halifax and Vancouver Win Shipbuilding Sweepstakes
Nova Scotia’s Halifax Shipyard has landed a $25-billion contract to build new combat ships for the Canadian navy over the next 20 years, the federal government announced in Ottawa on Wednesday. Irving Shipbuilding will be the main company responsible for building the navy’s new warships. An $8-billion contract for seven non-combat vessels went to Vancouver’s [...]
Confident in ‘major minority,’ McGuinty rules out coalition
By Karen Howlett (from today’s Globe and Mail Newspaper) Premier-elect Dalton McGuinty is ruling out negotiating with opposition leaders after his narrow victory, saying he has a strong mandate to govern Ontario. Mr. McGuinty described the outcome of Thursday’s election, which left him just one seat shy of a third straight majority, as a “major [...]
Why did Layton’s final act rivet us so?
By Michael Posner (from Today’s Globe and Mail Newspaper) The word catastrophe, derived from Greek, translates roughly as “an overturning.” Classical drama often ends with it, typically with the death of the hero. The path of Jack Layton’s recent life perfectly traces that Aristotelian arc, climbing to the hubristic heights of his party’s performance in [...]
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Yngwie Who?
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New City. New bartending gig. New patrons. Same nightly antics.
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Bombing probe focuses on 2011 warnings, 2012 Chechnya trip
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Boston in lockdown
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Bombs dirty and deadly
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