Regional Politics Archives - Page 13 of 35

Quebec Budget-Cutting Commission to Cost Millions

Quebec's new government rode to their landslide victory on the promise of fiscal accountability, pledging balanced budgets and an end to wasteful spending. It'll just cost a few million dollars. In a provinc...

Saskatchewan Replacing Melted Smart Meters After Spontaneous Combustion

There are at least 37 groups in Canada opposed to the implementation of smart meters, used to automatically monitor usage levels, citing concerns about radiation, and wireless and electric pollution, which woul...

Northern Ontario Faces Crushing Poverty; Toronto Would Never Know

The rest of Ontario is nice, it doesn't have a monstrous tower dominating the skyline.Kenora When my American friends think of Canada, they think of two things: the CN tower and crack-smoking mayo...

Wrongfully Convicted Man Permitted To Sue Prosecutors

Every dog has its day, and in the case of the wrongfully accused Romeo Phillion, that day could mean $14 million in damages. Yesterday, Ontario’s Court of Appeals ruled that Romeo Phillion, a man who was wro...

Stoney Nakoda First Nation Signs Oil and Gas Deal With Chinese Company

Jimmy Crowfoot... Before he found that there are big bucks to be made in oil.Mike Russell On Monday, in a strange twist of business, the Stoney Nakoda First Nation signed a huge agreement with a C...

Lise Thibault Will Never be Royal Despite Best Attempt

Lise Thibault, former Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec (pronounced “leftenant” if you speak English and “la calisse de la Reine” if you speak Québécois) will be going to court, after a judge determined that she wi...

Ottawa Frosh Video Encourages Drugs, Drinking, Debauchery

Universities across the country are preparing their campuses for the upcoming season of "Frosh", a time when new students are inducted into their new lives at university through a series of team cheers, drinkin...

Fertility Doctor Denies Alberta Woman Biracial Family

Some things were just made to go together: peanut butter and chocolate, burgers and fries, and shotguns and moonshine. One could argue that it’s these beautiful marriages that make the world go ‘round. But o...

3 (Possible) Reasons Bill Blair Is No Longer Toronto Police Chief

Ah Toronto, the "safest large city in North America," with the overall crime rate dropping severely in the past 10 years. Yet, Bill Blair, the Toronto Chief of Police just got canned, with his contract expiring...

Alison Redford Saga: Fake Passengers on Government Planes

Poor Alison Redford. And poor us! She thought she was done with public service when she resigned last March. We thought the same. We made fun of her merciless fall from grace, but we never expected we’d have th...