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• RCMP alleges Sen. Pamela Wallin committed fraud and breach of trust
• Prime Minister Harper takes the stage at Calgary's Cowboys nightclub
• Harper goes on offensive amid damaging Senate expense scandal
• Harper addresses Senate scandal, slams Trudeau in convention speech
• Can Rob Ford fix his reputation and remain mayor of Toronto?
• Ford friend threatened alleged gang members to try to find video, police allege
• Audit into wayward Senate expenses cost taxpayers almost $530,000
• Bell TV's actions 'reprehensible' in violating customer's privacy rights
• Two polar bears shot after attack in northern Manitoba town of Churchill
• Environment, human rights, democracy activists meet to 'counter' Conservatives
• Canada blasts North Korea, and North Korea blasts back at UN panel
• Addictions, mental health plan released
• Winnipeg police make arrest in bus beating caught on tape
• Video: Ford can't be removed from office, lawyer says
• First Nation leaders welcome critical report on B.C. mine
• Rob Ford chief of staff phoned police after shooting
• Provincial, territorial finance ministers agree that CPP needs improvements
• Deadbeat Saskatchewan parents could be banned from hunting, fishing
• Toronto mayor's lawyer tells police to release alleged crack video

RCMP alleges Sen. Pamela Wallin committed fraud and breach of trust Posted: 01 Nov 2013 02:30 PM PDT Despite her protestations otherwise, the RCMP contend that there are reasonable grounds to believe that Senator Pamela Wallin has committed two criminal offences. According to the National Post, court filings indicate that Mounties are alleging that Wallin committed fraud over … Continue reading →

Prime Minister Harper takes the stage at Calgary's Cowboys nightclub Posted: 01 Nov 2013 11:16 PM PDT CALGARY - He was Prime Minister Stephen Harper while on stage Friday night at the Conservative Party Convention in Calgary, but on stage at the "Cowboys" nightclub he was the man in black. Harper loosened up after his convention performance with a delegates only performance at "Cowboys." They opened with "The Hockey Song" by Stompin Tom Connors and also knocked off a version of Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash — the original man in black. After five tunes the crowd clamoured for more and the Harper band obliged with a rocking encore performance of BTO's Taking Care of Business.

Harper goes on offensive amid damaging Senate expense scandal Posted: 01 Nov 2013 09:09 PM PDT CALGARY - Prime Minister Stephen Harper struck out against a trio of defiant senators, Liberal leader Justin Trudeau, and the "elites" who have tried to stand in his way, in a sharply worded campaign-style speech Friday to the party's rank-and-file. Harper's 45-minute remarks included only a brief reference to the main political headache that has shaken his party since May, the Senate expense scandal. The party leader blamed the "courts" for standing in the way of Senate reform. He appeared to be referring to a recent Quebec appeal court ruling — the Supreme Court of Canada has yet to give its opinion on how to achieve change in the upper chamber.

Harper addresses Senate scandal, slams Trudeau in convention speech Posted: 01 Nov 2013 06:14 PM PDT Prime Minister Stephen Harper was in fine form, Friday evening, in his 'hometown' of Calgary — the host city of the Conservative Party's biennial convention. In front of a crowd of approximately 3,000 Conservative Party members, MPs, observers and media, Harper … Continue reading →

Can Rob Ford fix his reputation and remain mayor of Toronto? Posted: 01 Nov 2013 08:14 AM PDT Thomas Bink: I don't think there's any way Ford can keep his job. It's true, we haven't seen the video and there aren't any charges against him, but come on, enough is enough. Regardless of whether Ford has done anything … Continue reading →

Ford friend threatened alleged gang members to try to find video, police allege Posted: 01 Nov 2013 02:52 PM PDT TORONTO - A friend of Toronto's mayor threatened two alleged gang members as he tried to get his hands on a video appearing to show Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine, police allege. A brief court appearance Friday for Alexander Lisi, 35, helped shed light on his alleged activities in the hours after the Toronto Star and U.S. website Gawker published accounts of the video. Toronto police Chief Bill Blair announced Thursday that investigators have uncovered what appears to be the alleged video. Ford has said he doesn't use crack cocaine and couldn't comment on a video that he hadn't seen or did not exist.

Audit into wayward Senate expenses cost taxpayers almost $530,000 Posted: 01 Nov 2013 12:58 PM PDT The independent audit of Sen. Pamela Wallin's expenses has cost taxpayers $390,058, nearly three times the amount of ineligible expenses she was required to pay back, Senate officials disclosed Friday. It's also more than twice the total cost the auditing firm in question, Deloitte, billed for its review of expense claims filed by senators Mike Duffy, Patrick Brazeau and now-retired Liberal Mac Harb. The audit into their living allowances and expenses cost $138,784. Wallin has paid back more than $138,000 in expenses declared ineligible.

Bell TV's actions 'reprehensible' in violating customer's privacy rights Posted: 01 Nov 2013 06:35 PM PDT HALIFAX - The Federal Court of Canada has awarded a Nova Scotia man $21,000 in damages after a judge ruled cable giant Bell TV acted in a "reprehensible" fashion when it checked the man's credit history without permission, violating his privacy rights. Judge Michael Phelan said not only did Bell violate Rabi Chitrakar's rights, the company also demonstrated no interest in offering compensation and later failed to take the court proceedings seriously. "Bell is a large company for whom a small damages award would have little material impact," says the judgment released this week. "Chitrakar spent a considerable period dealing with the Bell bureaucracy and in pursuing his claim.

Two polar bears shot after attack in northern Manitoba town of Churchill Posted: 01 Nov 2013 11:46 AM PDT CHURCHILL, Man. - A man and a woman were in stable condition Friday after a polar bear attack in northern Manitoba. The attack in Churchill, on the shores of Hudson Bay, came after the 69-year-old man stepped outside his home to investigate a "commotion" on the street about 5 a.m., said RCMP spokeswoman Tara Seel. "Pedestrians were walking in the town and were surprised by a polar bear. A homeowner heard the commotion and exited his home, at which time he was attacked by the polar bear.

Environment, human rights, democracy activists meet to 'counter' Conservatives Posted: 01 Nov 2013 01:35 PM PDT CALGARY - Unions and social groups were planning to use the federal Conservative policy convention Friday as a rallying point to defend democracy, the environment and human rights. The so-called counter-summit is being organized by Common Causes, an assembly of groups dedicated to those causes. Maude Barlow, chairwoman of the Council of Canadians, said she is concerned about the agenda of the Conservative party. Participants include a number of prominent Conservative critics: including Barlow, environmentalist David Suzuki and Paul Moist, president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees.

Canada blasts North Korea, and North Korea blasts back at UN panel Posted: 01 Nov 2013 02:19 PM PDT OTTAWA - North Korea, one of the world's worst human-rights abusers, used a United Nations committee this week to publicly denounce Canada's rights record. A North Korean diplomat called Canada a land of broken promises, saying Ottawa has no right to criticize others because it has been accused of mistreating immigrants, aboriginal women and children. The diplomat was responding to earlier criticism of North Korea by Canada and the United States at Wednesday's session of the UN's social, humanitarian cultural affairs committee. Earlier in the meeting held in New York, Guillermo Rishchynski, Canada's ambassador to the UN, condemned the closed, totalitarian state.

Addictions, mental health plan released Posted: 01 Nov 2013 11:15 AM PDT The P.E.I. government has created a new position as part of its strategy for dealing with drug addictions in the province.

Winnipeg police make arrest in bus beating caught on tape Posted: 01 Nov 2013 09:15 AM PDT Winnipeg police have made an arrest in a brutal assault on a bus driver.

Video: Ford can't be removed from office, lawyer says Posted: 31 Oct 2013 02:21 PM PDT Municipal lawyer John Mascarin discusses what might be ahead for Toronto Mayor Rob Ford

First Nation leaders welcome critical report on B.C. mine Posted: 01 Nov 2013 08:36 AM PDT First Nations leaders in B.C. are declaring victory after a new environmental report concluded Taseko's New Prosperity mine proposal poses "significant adverse environmental effects".

Rob Ford chief of staff phoned police after shooting Posted: 01 Nov 2013 10:10 AM PDT Rob Ford's former chief of staff Mark Towhey says he notified police after someone phoned the mayor's office days after the crack video scandal broke claiming that the fatal shooting Anthony Smith was connected to the video.

Provincial, territorial finance ministers agree that CPP needs improvements Posted: 01 Nov 2013 03:41 PM PDT TORONTO - All of Canada's provincial and territorial finance ministers agree that something needs to be done to enhance the Canada Pension Plan, Ontario's treasurer said Friday. Quebec, Alberta and Saskatchewan "had some issues," Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa said after emerging from a meeting with his counterparts in Toronto. The group found common ground by agreeing to several objectives and principles for possible CPP changes, including moderating the effect it may have on businesses and the economy, Sousa said. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business is urging the ministers to reject mandatory increases to CPP, saying it will end up killing jobs and reducing work hours by forcing small businesses to hike payroll taxes.

Deadbeat Saskatchewan parents could be banned from hunting, fishing Posted: 01 Nov 2013 11:31 AM PDT It's getting harder to be a deadbeat dad (and it's almost always dad) in Canada. The Saskatchewan government plans to deny hunting and fishing licences to parents who don't pay promised child and spousal support, emulating a measure already in … Continue reading →

Toronto mayor's lawyer tells police to release alleged crack video Posted: 01 Nov 2013 10:56 AM PDT By Cameron French TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's lawyer said on Friday his client was not smoking crack cocaine in a video that has been seen only by a few but has dominated Canadian headlines for months, and he urged the city's police to release the video to the public. His comments come a day after Toronto police said they had recovered a copy of a video that is "consistent" with one reportedly seen by journalists at the Toronto Star newspaper and by media blog Gawker earlier this year. Both the Star and Gawker said the video shows the mayor smoking what appears to be crack cocaine. Ford himself has denied the existence of the video and said he does not use crack cocaine.

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