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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...

Chinese Hackers Try To Infiltrate National Research Council

Dammit China, if you wanted our maple syrup recipe, you could have just asked. Earlier today, our government announced that state-sponsored Chinese hackers have been spending the last month trying to infiltr...

Too Many Toronto Mayoral Debates? Here’s Why

Between today and the October 27th election, take a guess how many Toronto mayoral debates there are that feature the five major candidates? Did you guess a very high ten debates? Well you’re wrong. There are a...

Tanya Champagne Increases Pressure in Timmins

The time is drawing near for the big election everyone across Canada has been talking about. No, not the 2015 federal election. Think sooner. No, you’re wrong again, not the 2014 Toronto Mayoral election. Thin...

Liberal Party Seeks Renaissance in the Maritimes

"Liberal" ArtsCIEE While there is still a long way to go before the federal elections next year, Liberals across the Maritimes will have much to celebrate in the coming days. Bolstered by favourable...

Harper Gets Out His Claws for Cat Fight with Charities

The motion picture event of the administration Fred Chartrand | MEM | Art Academie | Mean Girls All rejoice! There will be a Mean Girls 3, but it starts and it will star none other than ...

Humans Of Ford Nation

Of all the political niches active in Canada today, there is arguably no group as intriguing, confusing and misunderstood as the supporters of Rob Ford. On July 25, photographer James Hunter and I...

Germany Has Problems With CETA, the Canada-EU Trade Agreement

Just when it looked like smooth sailing ahead for CETA (a proposed free trade agreement between Canada and the European Union) trouble struck as Germany reportedly rejected the terms of this multi-billion dolla...

Canada Still Hasn’t Given Aid to the Ukraine: It’s the IMF’s Fault

Months ago, Canadians paid to send a bunch of Conservatives to the Ukraine. When they arrived, those Conservatives promised the struggling country a whopping $200,000 in aid. Yes, that’s big money to you, but o...

Regional Roundup: News Worth Reporting

TV and internet news networks talk an awful lot about Mike Duffy and Rob Ford, so much so that it’s hard to hear about anything else. This week alone, the CBC featured Duffy, Ford, or both on its list of top st...