Monthly Archives: September 2011

Afternoon Update September 28th, 2011 (10)

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Jack

CANADA #1 — CNews | Baby Joseph dies at his home LONDON, Ont. — Joseph Maraachli, the infant who became the centre of an international right-to-life controversy, died at his family’s Windsor, Ont., home Tuesday. [...] #2 — Globe | Double … Continue reading →

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Germany slams ‘stupid’ US plans to boost EU rescue fund (17)

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Jack

Germany and America were on a collision course on Tuesday night over the handling of Europe’s debt crisis after Berlin savaged plans to boost the EU rescue fund as a “stupid idea” and told the White House to sort out … Continue reading →

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Stephen Harper’s majority rules

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Jack

In the early morning hours of May 3, with the ballots almost all counted, he basked in a Conservative majority. The Liberal Party of Canada, his nemesis, was in shambles. The Bloc Québécois was decimated. If the world seemed then … Continue reading →

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Sentencing Shift Gives New Leverage to Prosecutors

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Jack

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — After decades of new laws to toughen sentencing for criminals, prosecutors have gained greater leverage to extract guilty pleas from defendants and reduce the number of cases that go to trial, often by using the threat of … Continue reading →

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CRTC chairman won’t get a second term

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Jack

Konrad von Finckenstein’s contentious term as chairman of the federal broadcast and telecom regulator is coming to an end, after five years characterized by clashes with the Tory government and a series of landmark decisions about the future of the … Continue reading →

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Quebec anti-collusion head calls for construction industry inquiry

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Jack

MONTREAL — Over and over as he testified before a committee of the National Assembly Tuesday, Jacques Duchesneau, head of Quebec’s anti-collusion squad, returned to the same phrase: “It’s not normal.” The near monopoly private engineering firms enjoy over the … Continue reading →

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Ivison: Buyers should be wary after Ontario leaders debate (2)

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Jack

Tim Hudak and Andrea Horwath will be mighty glad Tuesday’s Toronto Maple Leafs-Ottawa Senators pre-season game wasn’t on cable. If half of all Ontario voters tuned into the Ontario leaders’ debate, as they told pollsters they intended to, it may … Continue reading →

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Simon: This Is Herman Cain

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Jack

The secret of Herman Cain is that he seems — at least to me — genuinely to be a mentally healthy human being. This is no small thing, particularly in the world of politics — even more so presidential politics, … Continue reading →

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Foster: Nobels savage Keystone XL

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Jack

The radical environmental campaign against TransCanada Corp’s $7-billion Keystone XL pipeline has evolved — typically — into political theatre cum PR trench warfare with a side of stranger-than-fiction. A Greenpeace-organized protest in Ottawa on Monday against the line, which is … Continue reading →

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Morning Update September 28th, 2011 (10)

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Jack

CANADA #1 — CNews | Harper warned of economic ‘tsunami’ OTTAWA – As the world’s economy turns toward a possible recession, Prime Minister Stephen Harper met with Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney Tuesday to “compare … Continue reading →

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What’s the use of saving money?

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Jack

How years of ultra-low interest rates have punished savers, rewarded spenders, and now might be smothering any hopes of recovery Steven Patterson and his family moved to Vancouver from Cambridge, Ont., in mid-2008, just as the financial crisis hit. After … Continue reading →

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Afternoon Update September 27th, 2011 (10)

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Jack

CANADA #1 — CNews | Canada, Kuwait eye air deal OTTAWA – Prime Minister Stephen Harper rolled out the red carpet Monday for his Kuwaiti counterpart – and thumbed his nose at one of the Persian Gulf nation’s regional neighbours. [...] … Continue reading →

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