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Indiegogo defends campaign for Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s alleged crack video
TORONTO – A campaign that raised $200,000 dollars to purchase an alleged video appearing to show Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack was a “beautiful example” of the fundraising power of the Internet, says the website that hosted the controversial crusade. “That campaign really just speaks to what crowdfunding is about, which is giving the
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House of Commons adjourns for the summer after bitter spring session
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Stephen Harper is set to return from his European trip but he won’t have to endure another grilling in the House of Commons for a while. All parties agreed late Tuesday night to end the most bitter spring sitting of Parliament since Harper’s Conservatives came to power more than seven years
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‘Shocking’ half of First Nations kids living in poverty, new study finds
TORONTO – Half of Canada’s First Nations children are living in poverty, triple the national average, according to a new analysis of census statistics that pegs the cost of easing the problem at $580-million a year. The study by the left-leaning Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives being released Wednesday also paints a grim picture of
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House of Commons adjourns for the summer after bitter spring session
OTTAWA – The most bitter spring sitting of parliament since Stephen Harper’s Conservatives came to power more than seven years ago has ended with a rare piece of agreement — unanimous consent to adjourn for the summer. All parties agreed late Tuesday night to pull the plug after almost a month of late-night sittings. The
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B.C. judge rules against First Nation, but encourages treaty talks
VANCOUVER – A B.C. Supreme Court justice has ruled against a Vancouver Island First Nation over the transfer of thousands of hectares of land. But a lawyer for the Kwakiutl (kwa-cue-tul) First Nation says the resulting decision could force the province to implement a treaty it should have honoured over 150 years ago. Justice Gordon
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Tory attacks on Trudeau boomerang, raise questions about PMO involvement
OTTAWA – Conservative attacks against Justin Trudeau’s paid public speaking career have boomeranged into questions about the propriety of using the Prime Minister’s Office to fire off purely partisan missiles. The tables turned Tuesday after the Barrie Advance newspaper outed the PMO as the source of documents circulated to media Monday showing three fundraising events
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Interim mayor of Montreal resigns
MONTREAL – Montreal has its second mayoral resignation in less than a year.
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Commons Speaker sends MP suspension question to committee
OTTAWA – Commons Speaker Andrew Scheer has handed a House committee the tricky question of whether two Tory MPs should be suspended over doubtful campaign spending. Scheer says it’s up to the committee on procedure and House affairs to decide if James Bezan and Shelly Glover should lose their MP privileges until their fight with
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Fast and curious driver caught going 221 km/h loses car, nets double the fine
COURTENAY, B.C. – A fast and curious driver caught going 221 kilometres an hour in his new Subaru 20R through Vancouver Island traffic has lost his vehicle for seven days and netted a hefty fine. Police say the posted speed limit on Highway 19 near Campbell River is 110 kilometres per hour. RCMP Const. John
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Canada’s eavesdropping agency helped spy on G20, documents suggest
OTTAWA – Leaked documents suggest Canada helped the United States and Britain spy on participants at the London G20 summit four years ago. Britain’s Guardian newspaper says spies monitored the computers and intercepted the phone calls of foreign politicians and officials at two G20 meetings in London in 2009. The paper says the effort included
