The breaking news late this evening is that Ottawa bus union voters voted tonight on returning to work and ending the strike. A vote against continuing the strike would effectively end the suspension in bus service…
Last night, before a record crowd in Kanata, Canada’s world junior team won the gold against Sweden in a game that ended 5-1 but remained competitive until the final period with two runaway goals in the closing minutes…
Yesterday marked the fourth anniversary of the founding of Blogging Tories, Canada’s original political blogroll and aggregator. I started blogging about a year before the founding of Blogging Tories shortly after the…
Newfoundland and Labrador – Fabian Manning Nova Scotia – Fred Dickson, Stephen Greene, Michael L. MacDonald PEI – Mike Duffy New Brunswick – Percy Mockler, John D. Wallace Québec – Patrick Brazeau, Suzanne…
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is expected to announce 18 appointments to the Senate today. A lot of the Ottawa-based media is either on break or anticipating to knock off for a few days for the Christmas holiday…
In a one-on-one interview today with Citynews’ Richard Madan, Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff said that he won’t take a GST hike off the table in dealing with the economic crisis. Madan: “On the tax side, is it time to…
I’ve learned of some of the names that are on the Prime Minister’s short-list of potential senators. The PM is expected to name 17 or 18 senators within the next 7 days (according to the latest timetable). In British…
Newfoundland and Labrador (1 seat) – Fabian Manning Price Edward Island (1 seat) – Mike Duffy Nova Scotia (3 seats) – Dr. John Hamm, Michael MacDonald, Stewart McInnes New Brunswick (2 seats) – Bernard Lord, Doug Finley…
I’ve learned tonight from sources close to the Ignatieff team that Paul Zed will head up Ignatieff’s leadership campaign as his National Director. Zed is the former Ignatieff 2006 national Liberal leadership co-chair…
News that is late-breaking tonight suggests that Liberal MP Dominic Leblanc will drop out of the Liberal leadership race and endorse Michael Ignatieff. It is rumoured that Leblanc will provide Ignatieff with an…