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but Harper let's him hang on to his pension RESPEC FOR DA TAXPAYER Dean Del Mastro, guilty of breaking election laws, resigns Dean Del Mastro, the MP for Ontario's Peterborough riding, has quit less than a week after being found guilty of spending too much on his 2008 campaign and trying...

Fond reunion for John Tory and Kathleen Wynne Once political rivals, now regional allies, Premier Kathleen Wynne and mayor-elect John Tory met publicly for the first time since the municipal election on Wednesday night. The scene of their first meet was at the Spoke Club on King St. West...

Itsa free market man.. Tim Hortons profit down 14% on Burger King deal costs Tim Hortons Inc. said Wednesday it earned $98.1 million in its latest quarter, down from $113.9 million a year ago, as it was hit by costs related to Burger King's deal to buy the company. The coffee and doughnut...

66% of Female Restaurant Workers Report Being Sexually Harassed by Managers A large majority of restaurant workers say they face consistent sexual harassment at the hands of customers, co-workers and managers, according to a new advocacy group survey. Researchers at the Restaurant...

That's a shame. TransCanada raises price tag for Keystone XL to U.S. $8-billion CALGARY – The price tag for the controversial Keystone XL pipeline has risen by about half to US$8 billion, TransCanada Corp. said Tuesday as the U.S. regulatory process drags into its seventh year. TransCanada...

Doctored Canadarm2 photo sparks parliamentary query Canadian Space Agency unsure how altered image wound up on Tumblr account Liberal MP Kevin Lamoureux wants to know how the Canada logo found its way into a digitally altered image of the Canadarm that appeared on — and subsequently...

MP Dean Del Mastro wants case reopened following CONVICTION MP Dean Del Mastro is filing to reopen his defence against allegations he spent too much in the 2008 election and covered it up. The Peterborough, Ont., MP was convicted last Friday, but says there is fresh evidence that Elections...

Analysis: 20 lessons from the Rob Ford era Among many other things, the Rob Ford era was highly educational. Here are 20 things the past four city hall years taught us. 1. Our accountability laws put too big a burden on regular people.If a Toronto politician seems to have overspent the...

Canada's Economy Shrinks Unexpectedly OTTAWA--The Canadian economy shrank unexpectedly in August for the first time since the end of last year, dragged by lower energy and manufacturing output. The decline marks the second consecutive disappointing month after output stalled in July and is...

I guess it's not just a theory anymore lol “God is not a magician, with a magic wand”: Pope Francis schools creationists In an exciting declaration, Pope Francis I stated that God should not seen as a “magician with a magic wand,” while unveiling a statue of his predecessor Pope Benedict XVI...

Wow, what slogan. Rhetoric, sure. But I like it. How often to we hear a politician break the fourth wall like this? If you ask me, this is what Harper needs to do if he wants to get another majority in 2015. John Tory vows to move Toronto ‘not left, not right, but forward’...

What? No pastafarians? Trio walk into Aussie Parliament wearing KKK hood, biker helmet, Muslim veil to test new rules CANBERRA, Australia -- Three men who attempted to enter Australia's Parliament House on Monday wearing a Ku Klux Klan hood, a niqab and a motorcycle helmet said they were...

You go girl! Chow calls Toronto Sun cartoon ‘racist’ and ‘sexist’ Olivia Chow says a Toronto Sun editorial cartoon featuring the mayoral candidate is both “racist” and “sexist.” The drawing, which was published in The Sun on Sunday, shows Chow, dressed in what appears to be an outfit worn...

I'm going to post this again because I really think it needs to be the focal point. This is not about Harper or Trudeau or any thing political. This is about what it truly means Canadian and how critically important it is to remain business as usual after something like this. David...

Who u gonna dat? Powerful camps behind Tory nomination skirmish in Ontario A Conservative nomination battle in Ontario is pitting two powerful political camps against one another — and causing grumbling in the ranks about party headquarters. Paul Smith, a 50-year-old corporate executive and...

The following is ThreeHundredEight.com's averages of the polls for the mayoral election in Toronto, scheduled for October 27, 2014. These numbers were last updated on October 17, 2014, and reflect the best estimates as of October 16, 2014, the last day of polls included in the aggregate. The...

World's scientists call on Stephen Harper to restore science funding, freedom go backNews Technology & Science ADVERTISEMENT i World's scientists call on Stephen Harper to restore science funding, freedom Open letter warns about impact of Canadian science policy on international collaboration...

Science and Religion working together for a common good. I like it. Scientists call upon Pope Francis to take the lead on climate change Scientists call upon Pope Francis to take the lead on climate change By Marshall Connolly, Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) Holy Father has the...

Flying Spaghetti Monster disagrees. Church should not fear change, pope says VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis has closed an assembly of Catholic bishops that revealed deep divisions on how to respond to homosexuality and divorce, saying Sunday the church should not be afraid of change and new...

Noam Chomsky: “The United States created ISIS.” An interview of Professor Noam Chomsky of MIT by David Barsamian. The interview takes us on a general overview of the state of the Middle East, and the role that Turkey has played in it. Covering the origins of ISIS all the way to the Kurdish...