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Weekly Recap

A convenient archive of everything that happened this week, and every past week, in Canadian politics and news.

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Soudas This Mean We’re Going to Get a Fair Election?

The Conservative Party of Canada promised it would hold open nominations across the country in the lead up to the 2015 federal election (widely expected to be the greatest mass-firing of public officials since ...

Chow-Ford or Ciao, Ford?

  Olivia ChowAndrew Rusk   Few would argue against the idea that Rob Ford is a man of appetites.  He has an appetite for fine food, an appetite for fine wine, and an appetite for inappropriate sh...

Seals are cute but starvation is ugly

The ongoing ethical debate around seal-hunting has resurfaced in the form of a 21st century style twitter-off.  The battle ensued after talk show host, Ellen Degeneres, donated 1.5 million “selfie” generated do...

Twelve Years a Slave-Owner

Editor's note: At The True North Times, we like to laugh with our news. But war is no joking matter. What follows is a sombre look at the Canadian mission in Afghanistan.   Withdrawal.isafmedia &...

Nadon? Mais non!

Marc Nadon, disappointed but always snazzy.Canadian Press   Some days I look to the world of politics and think, “if only I could remove that guy or reverse that decision, the world would be a bette...
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