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Martin Regg Cohn

Provincial Politics
- Privatizing LCBO would be dispiriting, and wrong: Cohn
- B.C. election results forestall an Ontario election: Cohn
Tim Harper

National Affairs
- Stephen Harper tries to turn scandal into distraction: Tim Harper
- The Mike Duffy bomb sends more political shrapnel through Conservatives: Tim Harper
Thomas Walkom

National Affairs
- Senate expense scandal points to the essential Stephen Harper: Walkom
- Canadian Senate problems go far beyond Mike Duffy: Walkom
Chantal Hébert

National Affairs
- Tories exhibit same sense of entitlement they denounced in Liberals: Hébert
- NDP across Canada must be mourning stunning B.C. election loss: Hébert

Border collies hired to chase Canada geese

Border collies hired to chase Canada geese

Border Collies have been hired to solve a geese problem at a federally operated research farm in Ottawa.

B.C. Election

B.C. election: Liberals’ Christy Clark ‘made a miracle’ but loses her seat

B.C. election: Liberals’ Christy Clark ‘made a miracle’ but loses her seat

The Liberals defied common wisdom and months of abysmal polling numbers to win British Columbia’s election Tuesday.

Ontario budget 2013

Ontario budget 2013: Election averted as NDP agrees to support Liberal budgetcomments

Nova Scotia apple orchard quarantined as pest appears in North America for first time

Wed May 22 2013

An apple orchard in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley has been quarantined after a critical plant pest was discovered for the first time in North America.
Parents irate over claims students’ mouths duct-taped at Nova Scotia school

Wed May 22 2013

Parents at a Halifax-area school were shocked after learning a staff member allegedly duct-taped several students’ mouths during an after-school program.comments
Stephen Harper tries to turn scandal into distraction: Tim Harper

Wed May 22 2013

Referring to the Senate expense scandal as a ‘distraction’ is a choice of words that should haunt Prime Minister Stephen Harper. comments
Mike Duffy billed two Tory campaigns $510 during 2011 election while claiming Senate allowance

Wed May 22 2013

Mike Duffy billed two Conservative campaigns $510 for appearing alongside candidates in Nova Scotia during the 2011 federal election, while also receiving an allowance for being in Ottawa on Senate business.
Court challenge against Chinese miners in B.C. dismissed

Tue May 21 2013

The Federal Court has dismissed a legal challenge against Ottawa's decision to approve a B.C. mining firm's request to bring in workers from China.comments
Senate expense scandal points to the essential Stephen Harper: Walkom

Tue May 21 2013

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is a bitter control freak. How could he not know what was going on between his office and Mike Duffy? comments
Former RCMP Musical Ride member sues Mounties, says colleagues dragged her through feces

Tue May 21 2013

A Mountie who was once part of the famed Musical Ride is suing the national police force, alleging she was sexually assaulted, harassed, repeatedly doused in cold water and dragged through horse feces by colleagues.
Senate expense scandal: Prime Minister Stephen Harper ‘very upset’

Tue May 21 2013

Harper says any federal Conservative who is in politics to seek personal gain from public office should get out of his caucus.comments
Patronage appointees broke guidelines by donating to Conservative party

Tue May 21 2013

Dozens of people appointed to plum patronage jobs have been donating to the Conservative party, despite government rules that forbid it.comments
Star investigation: Federal government doing business with companies once involved in bid-rigging

Tue May 21 2013

Public Works among departments giving millions in contracts to firms that were involved in criminal bid-rigging schemes.
Star investigation: Federal government doing business with companies once involved in bid-rigging

Tue May 21 2013

Public Works among departments giving millions in contracts to firms that were involved in criminal bid-rigging schemes.
Fight looms on D-Day beaches over wind turbines

Mon May 20 2013

The view from some of the D-Day beaches — including Juno Beach where 359 Canadians died — could soon change if a plan succeeds to build an army of wind turbines some 10 kilometres offshore.comments
NDP wants RCMP to investigate if Stephen Harper had role in spending scandal

Mon May 20 2013

Prime Minister Stephen Harper to meet with caucus Tuesday as questions continue to swirl about the $90,000 payment from the PMO to Sen. Mike Duffy.comments
Anarchist ‘panda’ leads fight against protest tickets in Montreal.

Mon May 20 2013

Anarchopanda, the unofficial mascot of the Quebec student strikes, has completed a fundraising campaign to contest fines levied against protesters in recent months.comments
Kidnapping feared as Canadian and U.S. man reported missing in Mexico

Mon May 20 2013

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