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• Get ready to fall back: Daylight Saving Time ends Sunday
• Rob Ford approval goes up despite video scandal
• Quebec municipal election candidates wrap up campaigns
• Tory delegates say yes to guns, pension reform; no to sex-selective abortion
• Mike Duffy's $90K Senate expense refused by Tories
• How to see Sunday’s rare hybrid solar eclipse
• Rob Ford approval goes up 5% despite video scandal
• Former Metis member of Parliament passes away in British Columbia
• Stephen Harper rocks out at convention after-party
• From birth to death, English words mark changing times
• Rob Ford: Full coverage of the scandal
• Hydro-Québec scrambles to restore power after wind storm hits southern Quebec
• First Nations declare victory against Taseko's B.C. mine
• Senate scandal: Reforming the upper house an unlikely proposition
• Senate scandal: Let’s use this opportunity to change how Red Chamber works
• Rob Ford 'announcement' expected on weekly radio show
• Canadian military helps U.S. seize 1.1 tonnes of cocaine in eastern Pacific
• Supernova spotted by 10-year-old N.S. boy
• Toronto deputy mayor meets with Rob Ford to relay concerns on latest allegations
• Top Tory fundraiser reassures grassroots major cash never in play in Senate saga

Get ready to fall back: Daylight Saving Time ends Sunday Posted: 02 Nov 2013 10:30 AM PDT This weekend those who observe Daylight Saving Time get to recover the hour of sleep that was taken from us back in April. At 2 a.m. on Sunday, the clocks move back one hour. Continue reading →

Rob Ford approval goes up despite video scandal Posted: 02 Nov 2013 10:00 PM PDT Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is facing a growing chorus of calls to step down, but a new poll suggests his approval rating actually inched up after police confirmed that Ford appears in a video that allegedly depicts him smoking crack cocaine.

Quebec municipal election candidates wrap up campaigns Posted: 02 Nov 2013 09:11 PM PDT Today is the last day for Quebec municipal election candidates to campaign before voters head to the polls tomorrow.

Tory delegates say yes to guns, pension reform; no to sex-selective abortion Posted: 02 Nov 2013 02:30 PM PDT Try as they might to avoid it, the 'abortion issue' became an issue again at the Conservative Party convention — with a pro-life protest outside and a delegate vote on sex-selection abortions inside. About 125 protesters withstood an early-season Calgary … Continue reading →

Mike Duffy's $90K Senate expense refused by Tories Posted: 02 Nov 2013 04:42 PM PDT Conservative Senator Irving Gerstein says he told Nigel Wright the party wouldn't pay for Mike Duffy's disputed Senate expenses.

How to see Sunday’s rare hybrid solar eclipse Posted: 02 Nov 2013 03:25 PM PDT Solar eclipses are rare and wondrous events, but every once in awhile one comes along that's a little extra special. That's what's happening on Sunday, November 3rd, when we're treated to a rare hybrid solar eclipse in the daytime sky. … Continue reading →

Rob Ford approval goes up 5% despite video scandal Posted: 02 Nov 2013 11:44 AM PDT Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is facing a growing chorus of calls to step down, but a new poll suggests his approval rating actually inched up after police confirmed that Ford appears in a video that allegedly depicts him smoking crack cocaine.

Former Metis member of Parliament passes away in British Columbia Posted: 02 Nov 2013 03:29 PM PDT PENTICTON, B.C. - The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples says a high profile Métis leader who was elected to Parliament died Friday in the south Okanagan city of Penticton, B.C., Eugène Rhéaume was 80. Rhéaume ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the House in March 1962, but he was elected to represent the opposition Progressive Conservatives in the Northwest Territories one year later when Lester Pearson was the Liberal prime minister. The congress' National Chief Betty Ann Lavallée says Rhéaume was an honorary member of the organization and a member of the Aboriginal Order of Canada.

Stephen Harper rocks out at convention after-party Posted: 02 Nov 2013 07:53 AM PDT Prime Minister Stephen Harper had two pretty significant performances on Friday night. As part of the 'festivities' of the Conservative Party's biennial convention in Calgary, he had to deliver the keynote address in the face of an ongoing Senate expense … Continue reading →

From birth to death, English words mark changing times Posted: 02 Nov 2013 12:00 PM PDT Before 1912, anyone who heard the word ambivalence would have raised an eyebrow, or shrugged, uncertain about what it could mean. That's because "ambivalence," as a word, didn't exist until 101 years ago, according to Oxford Dictionaries, and neither did … Continue reading →

Rob Ford: Full coverage of the scandal Posted: Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair says they have a copy of reported "crack" video. Click here for the latest.

Hydro-Québec scrambles to restore power after wind storm hits southern Quebec Posted: 02 Nov 2013 06:27 AM PDT Close to 90,000 Hydro-Québec customers were still waiting to get their power back as of noon today, after high winds whipped through southern Quebec on Friday.

First Nations declare victory against Taseko's B.C. mine Posted: 01 Nov 2013 08:06 PM PDT A new environmental study into Taseko Mines Ltd. billion-dollar New Prosperity mine proposal in British Columbia says it would pose "several significant adverse environmental effects"

Senate scandal: Reforming the upper house an unlikely proposition Posted: 01 Nov 2013 09:00 AM PDT The ongoing imbroglio over the Canadian Senate has more facets than a kaleidoscope. With every twist a new pattern appears to emerge — only to disappear into dissonance with the next turn of events. One hesitates to put a (premature) … Continue reading →

Senate scandal: Let’s use this opportunity to change how Red Chamber works Posted: 01 Nov 2013 09:00 AM PDT The Senate expense scandal continues to resonate across the country. For some, Senators Duffy, Wallin and Brazeau represent scapegoats for a lifestyle of entitlement and abuse practiced for decades in the unloved upper house. For others, they represent a national … Continue reading →

Rob Ford 'announcement' expected on weekly radio show Posted: 02 Nov 2013 04:40 PM PDT Toronto Mayor Rob Ford will return to the airwaves Sunday to discuss his scandal-plagued week on his radio show, and the deputy mayor says Ford will be making an 'announcement.'

Canadian military helps U.S. seize 1.1 tonnes of cocaine in eastern Pacific Posted: 02 Nov 2013 08:08 AM PDT OTTAWA - The Department of National Defence says the Canadian Forces has assisted the United States Coast Guard in seizing more than 1.1 tonnes of cocaine in the eastern Pacific Ocean. During a search of a suspect vessel on Oct. 25, crew members from HMCS Edmonton and a U.S. law enforcement team uncovered 639 kilograms of cocaine. HMCS Edmonton is based at Esquimalt, B.C., while the CP-140 Aurora aircraft is based at 19 Wing Comox, B.C. Lt.-Gen. Stu Beare says the seizures demonstrate the ability of the Canadian Armed Forces to suppress illicit trafficking.

Supernova spotted by 10-year-old N.S. boy Posted: 02 Nov 2013 08:45 AM PDT A ten-year-old boy in Nova Scotia has become the youngest person to discover a supernova, just two years after his sister found one when she was ten years old.

Toronto deputy mayor meets with Rob Ford to relay concerns on latest allegations Posted: 02 Nov 2013 06:02 PM PDT TORONTO - Toronto's deputy mayor reportedly met with Rob Ford on Saturday to relay concerns stemming from the latest accusations related to an alleged crack video. Media reports say Norm Kelly had a one-on-one meeting with Ford, and Kelly told several media outlets on Saturday that the mayor would have an "announcement" but did not elaborate. Doug Ford were to host their weekly Toronto radio show Sunday, Newstalk 1010 program director Mike Bendixen confirmed on Twitter on Saturday. He added Ford will address "some of the news from this week" on air.

Top Tory fundraiser reassures grassroots major cash never in play in Senate saga Posted: 02 Nov 2013 04:32 PM PDT CALGARY - The man who oversees the Conservative Party's finances says he refused to pay off Sen. Mike Duffy's contested expenses, contradicting the version of events provided to police by the prime minister's former chief of staff. Sen. Irving Gerstein, the chairman of the Conservative Fund Canada and former jewelry chain titan, delivered his report on the party's finances at the close of the party's biennial convention on Saturday. For the first time, he addressed the discussions he had with Stephen Harper's ex-chief of staff Nigel Wright about paying back Duffy's living expenses. Gerstein appeared to back Harper's line of attack on Wright — that he was the only one seeking to cover Duffy's bill.

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