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NDP accuses Liberals of spending $16.4M on partisan government ads

NDP accuses Liberals of spending $16.4M on partisan government ads

The first question period of the last legislative session before the spring election in B.C. amounted to a debate over which party was the more profligate spender in the race for voters' attention.
Toronto school asks police to investigate after it was targeted by racist prank

Toronto school asks police to investigate after it was targeted by racist prank

TORONTO - A Toronto high school has requested help from the city's police force to get to the bottom of a racially motivated prank that's provoked outrage in the country's online community.
Housing flap plaguing Duffy, Wallin raises questions about Senate eligibility

Housing flap plaguing Duffy, Wallin raises questions about Senate eligibility

OTTAWA - Controversy over Mike Duffy's Senate housing allowance has mushroomed into a bigger question — whether he's entitled to sit in the Senate at all — that now threatens to ensnare colleague Pamela Wallin.
Lawyers in line for $66 million in legal fees in veterans disability case

Lawyers in line for $66 million in legal fees in veterans disability case

OTTAWA - Lawyers who fought a clawback of military pensions all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada are in line for a $66-million payout when a judge later this week considers a settlement agreement for thousands of disabled veterans.
Ferry needed in southwestern Nova Scotia, not hotel handouts, say opposition

Ferry needed in southwestern Nova Scotia, not hotel handouts, say opposition

HALIFAX - A $350,000 forgivable loan for a struggling Yarmouth hotel is another example of how Nova Scotia's NDP cherry-picks recipients of government handouts when it should be supporting entire industries, the opposition parties said Tuesday.
30 per cent tuition grant has to go, not going to students who need it: Tories

30 per cent tuition grant has to go, not going to students who need it: Tories

TORONTO - Newly minted Training, Colleges and Universities Minister Brad Duguid is giving an "F" to a Progressive Conservative proposal to scrap a 30 per cent break on post-secondary tuition.
Can't guarantee there won't be another spy betrayal, CSIS director says

Can't guarantee there won't be another spy betrayal, CSIS director says

OTTAWA - Canada's spy chief says federal security agencies have tightened procedures following a headline-grabbing espionage scandal. But Canadian Security Intelligence Service director Dick Fadden says he can't guarantee that Sub-Lt.
Wynne's victory as Ontario's first woman premier a breakthrough, poll suggests

Wynne's victory as Ontario's first woman premier a breakthrough, poll suggests

TORONTO - About 70 per cent of Canadians think Kathleen Wynne's victory as Ontario's first female premier is a significant breakthrough for women in politics, a new poll suggests.
Bill curbs military police freedoms established after Somalia, watchdog warns

Bill curbs military police freedoms established after Somalia, watchdog warns

OTTAWA - Guidelines that have protected the independence of military police since the Somalia affair will be curtailed by new legislation working its way through Parliament, a civilian watchdog warns.
Manitoba Liberals have just paid off debt, but may lose money on conference

Manitoba Liberals have just paid off debt, but may lose money on conference

WINNIPEG - After taking more than a year to pay off their debt from the 2011 provincial election, the Manitoba Liberals may go right back into the red with a "Thinker's Conference" coming up soon. The meeting Feb. 21-23 has been promoted for months.