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Eve Adams And Natalia Lishchyna Disqualified: Tories Put Their Foot Down

OPEN CALL: The Conservative Party is looking for a new candidate for the Oakville-North Burlington riding, since they just recommended that both of the front-runners be disqualified for misconduct. Anyone who i...

Conservative Mail-Outs Include Flags For Patriotism

It appears that Conservative Canadians are the only patriotic Canadians. Or they make up the most patriotic ridings, thanks to mail-outs from Conservative MPs to their constituents. These mail-outs involve a...

Mike Duffy has Daughter to Peruvian Drug Mule? What?

While we likely won't be tuning into Maury to find out who the real father is, that doesn't make this paternity accusation any less scandalous. Karen Duffy, the daughter of a "convicted drug mule who served tim...

Senators Plot Senate Reform in Secret Meetings

Shocking revelations from the Senate (h/t the Hill Times), and it's another scandal, but one that'll only upset upper-level Conservative and Liberal operatives. Instead of another spending scandal or the classi...

They’re Swearing in Parliament But is Anyone Watching?

School’s out for the summer and, although it’s been a few years since I've been in the school yard myself, the taunts and jeers from juvenile bullies occasionally still echo in my ears. Since I have lately tak...

Senate Appointments: Harper To Set New Record?

Harper could be the new King—the Mackenzie King of partisan senate appointments, that is. Charles Tupper was Prime Minister for two months and he appointed one senator. John Turner was Prime Minister for les...

Mayors Under Scrutiny: Robertson, McCallion, and Ford

Over the last few weeks, media coverage of Canada’s major metropolitan mayors has largely focused on personal issues. Gregor Robertson has had his alleged marital problems paraded across around the web. Hazel M...

Mulcair and NDP Refute Mailout Ruling

It seems that Thomas Mulcair can't handle any punishment, no matter how small. This week it was announced that the NDP is taking the House of Commons Board of Internal Economy (BOIE) to court for the...

June Jobs Report: 7.1% Unemployment, On-terrible Growth

The new jobs report is in and it isn’t pretty. The unemployment rate is up to 7.1% and the country ended up net losing over 9,000 jobs. While that doesn’t sound like a lot in the grand scheme of things, it make...

CN Train Derails: 1600 Take the Bus Instead

All Via Rail train routes between Toronto and Montreal were shut down today after a CN freight train derailed early this morning near Brockville, Ontario. At the time of its derailment, the freight train in que...