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The @NYTimes study suggests that Canada's middle class now has the highest income of any major country in the world: pic.twitter.com/PLOuae7YHZ
— Jason Kenney (@kenneyjason) April 22, 2014

Canada's opposition parties speechless after New York Times analysis
directly refutes their claims about economy and middle class

Daily Mail: New research shows America's middle class no longer
world's richest; and it's Canadians that have taken over

Boston: Meb Keflezighi’s `incredible’ American success story

Boston Marathon champion `wanted to win it for Boston’.
American Meb Keflezighi won the men’s title today, kissing
the ground and weeping after he crossed the finish line to
the roar of the joyous crowd. ~ Boston Herald

Nigeria: Parents say 234 girls actually missing in school kidnapping
by Islamist extremists, not 85 previously reported

MH370: Cyclone threatens to disrupt search

The Bluefin-21 Autonomous Underwater Vehicle is craned over the side of the Australian Defence Vessel Ocean Shield
in the southern Indian Ocean. ~ Reuters

MH370: Australia sees ‘regroup’ on search in a few days

Heads up: Big asteroids hit Earth far more
than we're told, say NASA astronauts

updated - South Korea: More bodies recovered; death toll tops 50

South Sudan: 58 killed in attack on UN peacekeeping base; children
among dead; 5,000 members of an ethnic minority had sought shelter

Good Friday: Winnipeg cross walk

Parishioners from across Manitoba took part in the Good Friday public Way of the Cross procession beginning at Holy Rosary Church and covering a 1.5-km route through Osborne Village, ending at the church. Close to 1,000 people took part. ~ Winnipeg Free Press

Mexico quake: No immediate reports of injuries or major damage

Mexico: Shallow M7.2 quake hits 170 miles SW of Mexico City

South Korea: Captain Lee Joon Seok, 69, arrives in court, faces arrest

Lee Joon-seok, center, the captain of the sunken ferry Sewol in the water off the southern coast, arrives at court in Mokpo, south of Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 18. ~ AP

South Korea ferry: Texts from missing, accounts from saved, tell of terror

South Korea: Crew describes chaos & confusion on bridge of sinking ferry

South Korea ferry: Sad numbers: 475 people aboard,
25 confirmed dead, 179 rescued, 271 missing

South Korea: 3 of 4 ferry passengers came from a single high school

South Korea: Bad weather hampers search for ferry survivors

South Korea: Fears rise for 287 missing in ferry sinking;
confirmed death toll now set at 9

Jim Flaherty state funeral: Political players of all
party stripes gather for fond farewell

Jim Flaherty's wife, MPP Christine Elliott speaks at his state funeral. Triplet sons, Quinn, John and Galen stand with their mother. Quinn and Galen gave moving and humourous reminiscences of their father and their family life.

updated - Seoul: South Korea says 290 still
missing after ferry sinking, 6 confirmed dead

The Sewol flipped over and sank as helicopters and boats rescued over a hundred from the decks and the cold water.

Ottawa: RCMP charge London, Ontario teen over CRA Heartbleed hack;
Western student's dad is a Western Computer Science professor

Seoul: 290+ missing, 2 dead as student-filled ferry capsizes and
sinks off South Korea's southern coast Wednesday morning

The 6,325-ton Sewol was carrying 477 people, including 325 students from a high school in Ansan, just south of Seoul, when it sent out a distress signal at 8:58 a.m. in waters 20 km off the island of Byeongpoong, according to the Coast Guard. ~ Yonhapnews

updated - Seoul: 2 dead, 14 injured, 100+ missing after ferry with
476 students aboard sinks off South Korea after ran aground

Video capture of sinking ferry. Passengers mostly high school students. ~ YTN

Boston: Bomb squad detonates bags left near Marathon finish line

Member of bomb squad inspects bag at Boston Marathon finish line. ~ WBZ-TV

Calgary: Students gather at UofC to mourn stabbing victims

Calgary: Live press conference on UofC end-of-classes party stabbings;
arrested suspect was an invited guest, son of a 33-yr member of police;
no records for victims or suspect; charges will be 1st degree murder;
police being careful not to jeopardize case by releasing too much detail;
father/mother of suspect 'devastated', give apologies to victim families

Calgary: Stabbing rampage at house party kills five young people;
arrested suspect is the son of a senior Calgary police officer: sources

Police say five young people were killed in an after-midnight stabbing rampage at a house party on this
northwest Calgary street. ~ Jen Gerson National Post

Ukraine: EU agrees to tougher sanctions against Russia

Ukraine: NATO's Rasmussen calls on Russia to "start rebuilding trust"

NY Times: Ukraine asks UN for peacekeeping troops

Ukraine: Canada lambastes Putin, blames
'Russian provocateurs' for escalation:

"When a major power acts in an aggressive, militaristic, and imperialistic way, this represents a significant threat to the peace and stability of the world, and it's time we all recognized the depth and seriousness of that threat. Canada will take additional measures. We've already imposed a number of sanctions, and we will clearly be taking further action," said Prime Minister Stephen Harper

"We also know from history that anybody who makes it their historical mission to turn the clock back as Mr. Putin has determined to do, that those kinds of missions always fail in the end. We will do all in our power to make it fail," Harper said.

Ukraine crisis: Pro-Russian attack in Ukraine's Horlivka

There were rival pro-Russian and pro-Ukrainian rallies in the town of Kharkiv on Sunday. ~ AFP

Heartbleed: 900 social insurance numbers stolen from Canada's CRA

MH370: 1st sub to be deployed

The Bluefin 21, Artemis autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), can create a sonar map of the search area to chart any debris on the seafloor. ~ Specialist 1st Class Peter D. Blair/U.S. Navy The Associated Press

MH370: Black box pings end, raising fears batteries dead, won't be found

MH370: Plane flown 'like fighter jet' to avoid radar

Ukraine: Russia whines to UN as Kiev clamps
down on pro-Russia violence in east

Ukraine: Russia says Kiev's planned operation against rebels is 'criminal'

Ukraine to launch 'full-scale' offensive against rebels involving army

Ukraine says it can prove Russia coordinated weekend attacks

Pro-Russian activists wave a Russian flag and shout slogans during rally near a razor wire-topped barricade outside regional government building in eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on April 13, 2014. Kiev said on April 13 that several had been left "dead and wounded" in fighting to oust pro-Russian gunmen holed up in a police station in the restive east in the city of Slavyansk, as Washington warned Moscow to de-escalate the crisis or face the consequences. The latest wave of unrest began when protesters last weekend seized the seat of government in Donetsk, followed by similar actions in Lugansk and Kharkiv. ~ Alexander Khudoteply AFP PHOTO

MH370: Searchers prepare to stop listening for black boxes after
two days without a ping and settle in for long seabed search

Ukraine: Shootout in Kramatorsk next on wave
of Russian assault on Donetsk Oblast

Solomon Islands: M7.6 sea quake - 100km SSE of Kirakira, 30km depth

Belleville: Flooding threatens 200 homes; state of emergency
declared in Eastern Ontario as waters rise on four major rivers

Firefighters and volunteers have been sandbagging residences around Belleville, Ontario as water levels rise on the Moira, Salmon, Napanee and Trent Rivers. All four rivers cross under Hwy 401 and if waters continue to rise, Ontario's main highway could be at risk. ~ Natalie Kalata CBC

Ukraine crisis: Canada imposes more sanctions to punish Russia

Kiev: Risk of 'gas war' looms in East Ukraine

Kiev: Pro-Russian militants seize hundreds of guns from police buildings

Kiev: Gunmen storm police buildings in East Ukraine

MH370: Optimism fading as signals fading, big task remains: Australia PM

Ottawa: Online book of condolences set up for Jim Flaherty

State funeral for Jim Flaherty Wednesday in Toronto

Doctor/MP Kellie Leitch who fought to save Jim Flaherty's
life leads deeply moving tributes in House of Commons

MH370: Latest detected signal 'not step forward' say Australians

How they listen and why the search craft have to run quietly.

MH370: Australian PM says searchers confident signals are from plane

MH370: Possible new signal detected, being analyzed

National outpouring of tributes to late Jim Flaherty

Ottawa: Friends and rivals alike salute Jim Flaherty

Ottawa: Prime Minister Harper pays tribute to late Jim Flaherty [video]

A shaken and teary-eyed Prime Minister Stephen Harper gives condolences to family of Jim Flaherty.

Global News: Jim Flaherty passed away 'peacefully' on
Thursday in Ottawa, according to a family statement from his wife
Christine Elliott and their triplet sons, John, Galen and Quinn

The nation is stunned as word spreads that the loved and lauded former Finance Minister has passed away. Above, Jim Flaherty's goodbye wave and last tweet on March 18th as he left the Cabinet after 8 years guiding Canada's finances through tumultuous times: "It has been an honour to serve Canada. Thank you for the opportunity."

BREAKING: Jim Flaherty has died at 64;
'massive heart attack' Thursday afternoon

MH370: New possible signal detected as search area shrinks to smallest
size as hydrophones dropped from airplanes start to pinpoint the source

MH370: Hunt for black box signals zeroes in on 'final resting place'

Newfoundland: Extra-heavy ice traps, kills 9 blue whales [video]

Nine majestic blue whales, the largest animals on earth, were caught in and killed by thick pack ice off the southwest
coast of Newfoundland. Whale experts say the lost whales represented 4 percent of the Atlantic population. ~ NTV

MH370: Tuesday pings lasted 5:32 and 7 minutes; "Ocean Shield has now
detected 4 transmissions in same broad area. These will assist in better
defining a reduced & much more manageable search area on ocean floor"

MH370: Floating objects spotted where Ocean Shield detects signals

MH370: Two more pings detected by Australian ship

The Australian Navy's 'Ocean Shield' has picked up two more pinger signals. ~ AP

MH370: Search crews confident locator beacon still running

Ukraine: Scuffles in parliament follow Donetsk building seizures; Kyiv says
actions are Crimea replay; Russia's Lavrov denies de-stabilizing Ukraine

Pro-Russian activists barricaded themselves inside a government building in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, on April 7th,
amidst calls for a referendum on seceding from Ukraine — moves Kyiv described on Monday as part of a Russian-orchestrated plan to justify an invasion of the country. ~ Reuters

Quebec: Majority win ends separatist referendum talk for now

MH370: Current search at final contact point calculated 2 weeks ago

Quebec election 2014: Official results from Elections Quebec - 10:25 pm
Seats: PLQ - 70; PQ - 30; CAQ - 22; QS - 3; 15 other parties - 0

MH370: Oceanographer: If pings confirmed "search area goes from
85,000 sq miles down to about 10 sq miles"

MH370: Hussein: "We are cautiously hopeful that there will be
a positive development in the next few days, if not hours"

MH370: Authorities say they are “very close” to finding plane
after Australian ship detects pulse signals - believed to be from
black box pinger - which lasted for 2 hours and 20 minutes

MH370: Biggest breakthrough in the mystery that started a month ago

A graphic shows the respective signals received by Ocean Shield and Haixun 01 in the southern Indian Ocean, in this handout image released by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) on Monday, April 7, 2014.

MH370: Do different locations of detected pings mean the two
black boxes aren't together? Latest puzzle as ships race against time

MH370: More electronic pulses picked up not far from original signal

MH370: Australia PM hopeful, cautious on possible breakthrough

MH370: Australians caution "There's a huge chance of false positives here";
but signal detected by Chinese has same frequency as flight recorders

MH370: Chinese search vessel detects underwater pulse signal

Never before: Norwegian skydiver almost hit by falling
meteorite — and captures moment [video]

Above, a time-lapse view as the tumbling rock narrowly misses lucky skydiver...
Anders Helstrup was skydiving in Hedmark, Norway. When he reviewed video from two cameras
fixed to his helmet during the dive, he saw a rock plummet past him. He took it to experts and they
realized he had captured a meteorite falling during its “dark flight” — when it has been slowed by
atmospheric braking, and has cooled and is no longer luminous.

MH370: 2 ships start black box hunt

Yellowstone: Scientists poo-poo supervolcano
despite biggest quake in 34 years

Chile: New evacuations in Chile after major aftershock

updated - Chile: M7.6 shallow aftershock hits inland 19km South of Iquique

MH370: British nuclear submarine joins search for missing plane;
HMS Tireless join 10 planes & 9 ships combing 221,000 sq km

What do they know? Animals fleeing Yellowstone Park
over imminent Supervolcano?

The mass and rapid exiting of bison herds and other animals from Yellowstone National Park may be a foreshadowing
that something very dramatic is happening. According to some, the animals may be detecting something vast and deadly
that could be the much-feared and anticipated Yellowstone supervolcano.

Chile M8.2 quake: 6 now dead, 2 dozen of 300 escaped inmates
captured; tsunami alert ended, major damage to roads, hillsides

Chile M8.2 quake: Five dead, many injured; fires, landslides

Chile M8.2 quake: 2 dead, 3 seriously injured: Iquique governor

Chile M8.2 quake: Fires and fears as aftershocks hit

The Chilean interior ministry told the BBC one of main roads outside Iquique was cut off by hillside
debris. Partial landslides have also taken place between the towns of Putre and General Lagos. The
Interior Minister told Chilean TV that some 300 women inmates had escaped from a prison. ~ AFP

Chile M8.2 quake: Tsunami caution for Alaska, BC, Washington,
Oregon & California; 7.6-foot tsunami observed off Pisagua, Chile

Chile M8.2 quake: Coastal evacuations ordered; 2-metre tsunami waves

Chile: Offshore quake upgraded to M8.2 by USGS

Chile M8.2 quake: Tsunami threat to Hawaii being evaluated

Chile M8.2 quake: Tsunami warning issued for Chile, Peru and Ecuador

updated - Chile quake: M8.2, very shallow - 99km NW of Iquique

Offshore quake - 19.630°S 70.863°W depth=10.0km (6.2mi) ~ USGS

MH370: Real last words from cockpit revealed

How to survive an avalanche: Skiers dig four people
out of snow in frantic rescue on Alberta mountain

Doug Ohrn, centre, after he was dug out of the snow by Michael Peterson, who took this photo

MH370: Sea trash misleads searchers looking for debris

Seoul: North and South Korea exchange fire with hundreds
of artillery shells fired into sea over disputed border

Passengers watch a television program showing reports on North Korea's plan
to conduct live-fire drills, at a railway station in Seoul. ~ Reuters

MH370: Australian PM Abbott says search "building momentum"

Nova Scotia: Trucker rescuers recount how they saved driver & dog [video]

A tractor trailer hauling furniture plunged into Great Bras d’Or Lake at the western end of Seal Island Bridge Saturday.
It was southbound on Mabel and Alexander Graham Bell Way, Hwy 105, west of Sydney when the big rig apparently
went out of control and crashed through guardrails and ran down a 20 to 50-metre embankment to land on its side in
the water. The driver and her dog were rescued by locals who jumped in.

MH370: 'Promising lead' as Australian pilot spots 4 orange items

The North-westerly view of the search area. The Diamantina Escarpment drops from depth of about
800 metres to over 5000 metres.

530slide: Confirmed deaths up to 18, missing down to 30

MH370: Objects retrieved by Chinese ship Saturday not IDed as from plane

MH370: Planes saw multiple bits of debris in Saturday search, marked them

MH370: Searchers aboard a Chinese Ilyushin IL-76 have sighted
three floating objects of white, red and orange colours, respectively

MH370: Australian Maritime Safety Authority search maps, video, etc.

MH370: Air crash investigation likely to be based in Australia

MH370: Journalist captures one of 'objects spotted' in new search area

This image of one the objects spotted was taken by a journalist on board the New Zealand search plane.

MH370: Planes spot several objects in new search area; six ships
on way to zone 1,150 miles west of Perth in attempt to verify wreckage

Brampton: Police officer in stable condition after courthouse shooting

Brampton: Gunman dead, SWAT responded to courthouse shooting;
Court officer rushed to Sunnybrook, reportedly shot in chest [video]

Police and ambulances were on the scene and heavily armed SWAT team members entered Brampton, Ontario
courthouse after the two shootings inside. Brampton is a neighbour city to NW of Toronto.

Brampton: Courthouse shooting sends policeman to hospital

A police SWAT team is on scene at Brampton courthouse, with more than a dozen police cruisers and three ambulances. pic.twitter.com/ul9oRQ5kMX
— TorontoStar (@TorontoStar) March 28, 2014

MH370: AMSA changes search area 1100 km to northeast after re-analysis
of various data suggests plane was travelling faster and therefore not as far

GasGate: Wynne in denial; Hudak wants immediate resignation

Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak and Energy critic Lisa McLeod say the jig is up. Time for Premier Wynne
to stop cover-up and step down. Hudak had called on OPP to investigate. They found evidence
suggesting criminal breach of trust.

GasGate was on Wynne's watch: Premier and Finance Minister Sousa
at the centre of the "biggest scandal in Ontario history"

MH370: Fresh clues but bad weather

Wynne part of cover-up? How will Premier's election platform spin this?

Criminal charges? Police say 24 of Dalton McGuinty’s computers were
illegally wiped of gas plant info; warrant that led to police raid unsealed

Former Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty said he has 'regret'
over cancelling a gas plant project that cost the province
$1.1 Billion. Will he face prison time?

MH370: Thai satellite finds debris field of more than 300 floating objects

Anond Snidvongs, executive director of Geo Informatics and Space Technology
Development Agency, said that Thaichote satellite or Thailand Earth Observation
Satellite, has recorded the objects, ranging from two to 15 metres, in the Indian
Ocean, about 200km SW of where the ill-fated flight is thought to have hit.

MH370: Montreal Convention of 1999
will have a direct bearing on loss compensation

MH370: Lawyers start with huge lawsuit threats

Garth Manning: Human cost of Ontario's Green Energy Act; no cost-benefit analysis or impact study on property values, tourism, health

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Ottawa: Temporary Foreign Worker Program for fast-food sector suspended

CTV News/CP24/Newstalk poll: Ontario's Progressive Conservatives move to 5-point lead: OPC—37% , OLP—32% , NDP—27%

Toronto: Grand & Toy closing all 19 retail stores after 132 years on the street; will maintain online operations; current owner is OfficeMax

Quebec City: Quebec deficit higher than expected

Bank of Canada: Canadians can bank on low interest rate environment for years to come

Angus Reid poll: Conservatives lead Liberals, NDP among both eligible and likely voters in April; support for federal Liberals in Ontario, BC declines among likely voters

updated - Ontario: Tories file notice to ‘vigorously’ defend against Wynne’s $2M libel suit; Wynne continues Liberals' gas plant cover-up with new tactic

Crux of the Matter: Trudeau & Mulcair now know Canada’s middle class doing very well!

Liberal doubletalk contradicted: Justin Trudeau stumped by New York Times study on Middle Class which shows Canada's booming mids leading world; second recent dose of reality showing Liberal leader's duplicitous claims

Ottawa: Canada poised for an export boom as U.S., global economies improve: EDC

Cronyism: Ontario Liberal insiders paid millions in secret publicly funded deals

Ottawa: Robo-calls investigation halted by elections commissioner over lack of evidence

Christina Blizzard: Ontario Liberals using Ontario Hydro debt retirement charge as slush fund

updated - British Columbia: M6.6 shallow quake hits offshore 94km S of Port Hardy, BC; no tsunami warning

Mob ties? Cosimo Commisso link to Toronto construction firm prompts union to ask for police probe

Toronto: Ontario Liberals can't handle the truth; try procedural tricks to muzzle Tom Adams gas plant testimony

Ottawa: Justin Trudeau's middle class miss [video]

Mississauga: 4 firefighters hurt in industrial fire

Ottawa: Canada to send up to 500 observers to Ukraine election

Quebec: Tanker ship carrying chemical products grounded in St. Lawrence River southwest of Quebec City

Ottawa: HMCS Regina sailor dies in Tanzania; circumstances 'unknown'

Ukraine: Russia expels Canadian diplomat from Moscow

Ontario: NDP now claim they haven't decided to stop backing the Wynne Liberals

Herb Gray: Former Deputy-PM dies at 82

Ontario: NDP wake up, smell coffee, realize Liberals have destroyed the provincial economy; decide to force election

Where the scam ends: U.S. wind energy industry 'under siege' as end of ridiculous subsidies make it a big money-loser — like everywhere else in the world

London: Long live the Queen! Elizabeth II turns 88

Lives in Quebec: Ontario Liberal appointee under fire for violating Elections Act with big union donations

Calgary: Joint statement made by families of stabbing victims

Fraser Institute: Is there any wonder why Ontario is in the state it's in?

Ottawa: Canada pledges nearly $1.3M to fight Ebola in West Africa

Toronto: Ontario mega transit plan filled with holes, especially the funding part, but Liberals say they'll just cut healthcare and education to find the $$

Ontario: NDP quietly working behind the scenes; clearest indication yet the New Democrats are set to trigger a spring election

Toronto: Liberal govt won't release names of driving instructors who committed illegal acts, such as selling alcohol and cigarettes to students

Lowell Green: The corrupt cronyism at the centre of Ontario Liberal energy policy is AdScam-type skimming on steroids [audio]

Toronto: Foreign Minister Baird meets with detained journalist's family; Fahmy in Cairo prison since December

Calgary stabbings: Funerals for 3 of 5 victims set for Monday

Vancouver: Dutch man arrested in connection with suicide of Canadian teen Amanda Todd

Ottawa: Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Dr. Kellie Leitch pay tribute to the late Jim Flaherty [video]

Ottawa: Canada sends six CF-18 fighters to serve with NATO

Ontario to the Atlantic: Hundreds evacuate homes as flooding hits Eastern Canada

Ontario: May 1st set as delivery day for budget that could trigger provincial election

Toronto: Flight instructor who appeared on CNN MH370 coverage, fired for 'shaming Canadians'

Jim Flaherty's legacy: Making Canada the envy of its peers

So much for 'open nominations': Liberals to acclaim Chrystia Freeland for 2015 in University Rosedale; decision to wrap up nomination race nettles some local Liberals

Toronto blackout: Hydro One blames blackout on sagging Toronto Hydro wires due to ill-placed pole

Calgary: Son of senior police officer charged in city's worst mass murder

Resolute Bay: Canadian Olympic hockey champions join wounded soldiers on march to magnetic North Pole

Ottawa: Suspended Senator Mike Duffy likely to be charged soon

Saskatchewan: Boy, 15, charged with Regina mall stabbings of 4 men

Saskatchewan: Four people injured in random stabbing in Regina, youth suspect in custody

Timely: Wind power creates market havoc, is unreliable and costly; why does Toronto have major blackouts?

Ontario: East Oxford group files FOI for wind farm details

Wind Concerns of Ontario: WCO request to Ombudsman in “early stages of consideration”

updated - Ontario: Major blackout hit Toronto Tuesday night, most of city remained in dark for hours on a cold night; province-owned Hydro One at fault

Silver lining? Skin cancer tied to lower Alzheimer’s risk by study; cause and effect not established

Ottawa: Nigel Wright won't face charges over $90K payment to Mike Duffy; Wright says RCMP's "detailed and thorough investigation has now upheld my position"

Whitby: Over a thousand line up in his hometown to pay respects to Jim Flaherty; in his honour, the country's five largest banks pledged a combined $1 million to the Abilities Centre for the disabled where the visitation is being held

Belleville: Moira River floods surpass 2008 levels

Ontario: Brampton school stabbing: two in custody, police search for third

Ottawa: RCMP asked Canada Revenue Agency to delay announcement of security breach over weekend so investigation could advance

British Columbia: Northern Gateway pledges to hire local staff

Toronto: Wynne names her brother-in-law as head of eHealth at $210,000 salary, neglects to make it public

Toronto: Trudeau and his Ontario campaign co-chair sued for $1.5M in libel action; former Liberal candidate Christine Innes is suing after she was blocked from running as a Liberal in the Trinity-Spadina by-election; Justin Trudeau and David MacNaughton made public allegations against her

Toronto: Canadian house prices unchanged in March; first time in 15 years

Toronto: TSX heads slightly higher on strong U.S. retail sales, resource acquisitions

Toronto: Former NCAA basketball player charged in fatal drive-by shooting of mom of four

Ottawa: CRA reopens public website after shutdown linked to 'Heartbleed' bug

Jim Flaherty: Details of state funeral, visitation released

Toronto Star: Forum Research poll: Liberal gas-plants scandal fuelling a surge in support for Ontario Progressive Conservatives; Hudak PCs - 38%; Wynne Liberals - 31%; Horwath NDP - 23%; Schreiner Green Party - 7%

Like incompetence and lack of transparency? Still voting for Wynne-McGuinty Libs?

Crux of the Matter: Flaherty’s tax policies vs Justin Trudeau putting “a price on carbon”

Northern Gateway: Kitimat residents vote no to $6.5B pipeline/port project in non-binding plebiscite unlikely to stop British Columbia project

Monaco: Olympic slopestyle produced 'unacceptable' number of injuries according to IOC member; will it be dropped?

Grosvenor: Toronto tops survey of world's most 'resilient' cities

Belleville: Flood update for Moira, Napanee, Salmon rivers; Mayor Ellis: "We need more volunteers"

Eric Reguly: The brave move that showed Jim Flaherty's true character

Heartbleed: Canada’s tax agency expects online services up again soon

Higher ground: Melting snow, rainy forecast trigger flood watches across Southern Ontario

British Columbia: Northern Gateway pipeline proposal heads to vote in Kitimat today

London: Jim Flaherty's legacy felt on the world stage, says Mark Carney

Foxboro: Sand-bagging volunteers needed through weekend to help as Moira River floods north of Belleville

Ottawa: Jim Flaherty remembered for his New Brunswick Irish roots and fondness for the province

North Bay: Ontario budget leaks concern local MPPs

Toronto: Ontario Finance Minister Sousa signals Liberal economic panic; sets up panel to look at liquidating govt assets previously called 'sacred' to fund new spending

Simcoe-Grey: MP Dr. Kellie Leitch mourns loss of 'mentor' Flaherty

Ottawa: All federal departments using software vulnerable to the so-called Heartbleed bug have been ordered to immediately disable public websites

Ottawa: The announcement of Jim Flaherty's sudden death hit the House of Commons like a ton of bricks

Ottawa: Jim Flaherty remembered as 'great Canadian' by business community; Finance minister was a good listener but decisive, as well as respected internationally

Quebec: Stéphane Bédard is PQ's interim leader

Ottawa: Royal Canadian Mint expresses condolences on death of Jim Flaherty; "Part of his legacy will now live on in the many coins to which he gave sanction during his tenure as our Minister"

GasGate: MPPs consider rare Speaker’s warrants to get key gas-plant figures to testify

GasGate: OPP working list of folks they want to interview in their gas-plants criminal investigation

Quebec: Wal-Mart, Best Buy win court battle against Quebec govt of now-gone Marois; Superior Court rules major retailers with non-French trademark names won't have to translate signs

Toronto: CBC to cut 657 jobs, will no longer compete for professional sports rights, but will still pursue Olympics

Ottawa: Patrick Brazeau arrested, facing new assault, cocaine possession charges

Financial Post: 25 huge trends that will make people billions of dollars

Ottawa: Canadians filing taxes late due to 'Heartbleed' bug won’t face penalties

GasGate: McGuinty’s chief responsible if emails deleted, top IT official says

Toronto: Will big Alpine-style cable cars provide a cost-effective end to gridlock?

Ontario: Hudak vows to scrap trades college; "The College of Trades is a wall between new Canadians and young people getting a new job. I’ll tear down that wall"

Crux of the Matter: Complaints about Fair Elections Act re: 'vouching' unfair to those with ID

Ottawa: House of Commons Board of Internal Economy may pursue NDP for millions illegally spent funding satellite offices

Vancouver: Trevor Linden hired by reeling Canucks as president of hockey operations

Ontario: Foreign-owned 'Beer Store' attacks losing its semi-monopoly on provincial beer sales

Toronto: Man in custody after York Mills stabbings; Yonge Street southbound at 401 closed by police

Toronto: How to protect yourself against the 'Heartbleed' bug

Ottawa: Heartbleed bug lets attackers fish for information even on protected web servers used by banks and others, rendering huge swaths of the internet vulnerable to catastrophic breaches

Ottawa: Security concerns over 'Heartbleed bug' prompts tax agency to shut down website

Toronto: 4 stabbed in Yonge/York Mills office; two in serious condition with multiple stab wounds, 2 others with serious wounds are at a trauma centre

Cash cow gone: CBC expected to make deep cuts Thursday in wake of losing Hockey Night in Canada

Quebec: Philippe Couillard promises change, transparency during mandate

Fair Elections Act: Mayrand wants "wants more power, a bigger budget and less accountability"; but refuses to admit to ongoing Elections Canada incompetence and lack of responsibility documented in Neufeld report

Quebec federalist victory: Quebec election a boon for Canada and Harper, may be even better for his opponents, each of whom has reason to celebrate

Ontario: Clayton Kennedy, former Attawapiskat co-manager and partner of Chief Theresa Spence, charged with fraud

National Post editorial board: Good riddance to Marois-ism — her legacy belongs in the dustbin of history

Crux of the Matter: Liberals worry about AGW in future while rest worry about pollution now

Ottawa: Canada orders Russian diplomat out of country

Quebec election 2014: Quebec Liberals win majority: 'Division is over, reconciliation has arrived'; Marois loses own seat, resigns; PQ support at 25%, its lowest since 1970

Quebec election 2014: Pauline Marois resigns as PQ leader after crushing defeat

Quebec election 2014: Election was more about who lost than who won

Quebec election 2014: Global News LIVE coverage — 9 pm - Global TV declares Liberals winner of a majority government (63 seats needed in 125-member National Assembly)

Quebec election 2014: Liberals take early lead in Quebec election counts

Quebec election 2014: Elections Quebec handling complaints about company that promised day off for a PQ defeat

Quebec election 2014: Voter turn-out for 2014 up slightly from 2012

Chantal Hébert: Quebec Liberal victory could be short-lived

Toronto: Finance Minister Joe Oliver pledges tax relief after federal budget balanced

Crux of the Matter: Australia doesn’t want 'climate change' on next G20 agenda

Quebec election 2014: Last day of campaigning, vote on Monday

Cameroon: Gilberte Bussières, abducted nun from Quebec, still weak from cancer, friend says

Toronto-area Ukrainian church: Pastor on church fire: 'It's like a death in the family'

Lawrence Solomon: North America slow to reverse renewables projects, but its turn will come soon

GasGate: Gas-plant scandal exposes Liberal rifts

Crux of the Matter: Perspective, bias and point of view; when do millions equal $90,000?

Quebec election 2014: Leger poll says local races close, majority not assured; Liberals 38%; PQ 29%; CAQ 23%; QS 9%

Quebec election 2014: Quebec Liberal Party holds its dominant position in latest EKOS poll; Liberals 40%; PQ 26.3%; CAQ 21%; QS 9.6%

Connie Woodcock: ‘Vouching’ stinks. Get rid of it, now

GasGate: Police consider targeting more suspects in gas-plants probe

Toronto: Ford launches community Clean Toronto Together campaign after rough winter that brought huge ice storm damage and left a mess

Ottawa: Former AG Sheila Fraser inked $65,000 contract to advise Elections Canada; no known electoral expertise; accountant gets big bucks for providing advice on electoral reform and co-chairing panel that has met only twice; this week backed her boss before committee

Vaughn Palmer: Laura Miller’s level of co-operation with Ontario legislative committee being questioned

Toronto: Finance Minister Charles Sousa admits his budget a mess; missing by at least $3.5B this fiscal year, more in the future

Toronto: ‘Many months’ needed to determine if and which computers wiped after Kathleen Wynne took power: OPP

Toronto: Kathleen Wynne is just another Dalton McGuinty, warns Tim Hudak; 'looms over Kathleen Wynne like a dark cloud because there is no daylight between them'

Ottawa: 43,000 new jobs in February, double what was expected; unemployment rate down to 6.9%

Victoria: $1M in penalties levied against B.C. mill for deadly 2012 explosion

Scott Stinson: Ontario's short-term deficit targets in doubt but fear not, the Liberals have a (secret) plan

Afghanistan: Canadian reporter shot and German AP photographer killed as Afghan policeman opens fire on their parked car; the two women were covering Afghan elections and were travelling in a heavily guarded convoy

Ontario: Unifor push to unionize Ontario Toyota workers hits snag; didn't do homework

Quebec election 2014: CTV poll says potential referendum the dominant vote driver

Quebec election 2014: CTV News Ipsos Reid poll: Liberals 37%; PQ 28%; CAQ 19%; QS 13%; support for Liberals unchanged, but PQ has lost 4 points since last CTV-Ipsos Reid poll March 19th; CAQ and QS have each risen 3 points

Mississauga: Historic Canadian Victims Bill of Rights launched

GasGate: McGuinty aides refuse to talk to police: OPP

Ottawa: Export surge swings Canada to $290M trade surplus

Mississauga: Hudak puts Sousa on hot seat: "They’re making 39 new, big-spending announcements at a cost of $5.7 billion. I want to know where they’re going to get that money since we’re deep in debt."

Toronto: OPP step back from Rob Ford investigation after dispute with Toronto Police

Toronto: Bill Clinton says Rob Ford 'destroyed every stereotype... about Canadians'

Quebec election 2014: More than one million Quebeckers have already voted

Montreal: Election night shooting survivor from 2012 seeks $295,000 in lawsuit citing inadequate security

Ontario: Southgate to Samsung: NO — Southgate Council today voted not only to not accept proposed agreement offered by Samsung but in fact to become an "unwilling host" to 56-turbine wind power project; among other errors, Samsung didn't address decommissioning the 'money machine' wind power project at its end

Toronto: Canadian researchers developing treatment for celiac disease

Quebec election 2014: PQ Minister Drainville takes incriminating 'selfie' at polling station; shows him with PQ pamphlet, contrary to rules

GasGate: Ontario PCs take aim at top bureaucrat in purged document scandal

Quebec election 2014: Two Axor executives say they were involved in illegally funding Marois campaign

Late Sousa-mess: Growth of Ontario GDP to slow over next 20 years says out-of-touch Finance Minister in report legally due last October

Scott Stinson: Ontario budget leaks plan suggest Liberals have embraced politics above all else

Quebec election 2014: Four miscalculations by Marois and the PQ that led to a catastrophic election campaign

CIBC report: Canadian manufacturers that survived recession are stronger, leaner and more productive — ready to outperform

Toronto: Man given 9 months in jail for promoting hatred

Beginner's luck? First-ever lotto buy nets Ottawa woman a $48M jackpot

Quebec election 2014: New Forum poll shows same numbers as internal CAQ CROP poll [translated]

Quebec election 2014: Forum Research poll - March 31st: PQ continues slide; Liberals headed for majority; Liberals 41%; PQ 29%; CAQ 19%; QS 7%; 39% of Francophones will vote Liberal, with only 30% voting PQ

The GasGate diversion? Secret documents point to big-spending Ontario Liberal budget; confidential Ministry of Finance documents leaked to the PCs reveal Finance Minister Charles Sousa will table a big-spending budget on May 1st as province wallows in Liberal defict and debt

GasGate: Faist's ongoing work for Liberals raises more questions about Wynne’s role, says Lisa McLeod

GasGate: PCs, NDP fume as Premier Wynne ducks question period

GasGate: Boyfriend/tech expert who wiped hard drives of gas plant emails, worked for Ontario Liberal Party until yesterday (Sunday); 'bombshell' revelation shows Peter Faist paid by Liberals for over a year after Wynne became Party Leader

Toronto: Canadian bonds lower after better January GDP figures

La Presse: Vincent Marissal: The shock, the load, the Charter [translated]

Quebec election 2014: Liberals accuse PQ of ‘despicable’ ploy to spark Quebec referendum after La Presse revelations

Calgary: Encana to sell assets in Wyoming natural gas field for $1.8B

Measles: Exposure warnings for 3 Ontario cities

Cancer fundraiser: Justin Trudeau drops f-bomb at charity event [video]

Ottawa: Conservatives to roll out Victims Bill of Rights within "next few days" says Justice Minister MacKay; criminal rights advocates 'outraged'

Where does buck stop? Ontario PCs say they won't be 'muzzled' after Premier Wynne threatens legal action over gas plant remarks

Phil Gillies: Brant must not be sidelined from provincial politics

Election soon? In Ontario's power plant scandal, the crime and the cover up stink

Sue-Ann Levy: Liberals to blame for public sector salary explosion

Kelly McParland: Andrea Horwath has a duty to end Liberal misrule in Ontario

Quebec election 2014: Pauline Marois denies any knowledge of alleged bid-rigging scheme run by Parti Québécois

Chantal Hébert: Ghosts of governments past could be a horror story for Kathleen Wynne

Martin Regg Cohn: Spring election in the air over gas-plant stench; by putting Kathleen Wynne under the gun, Andrea Horwath has put herself in the spotlight as a Liberal enabler — and accessory to scandal

Toronto Sun editorial: Liberals green dream now our nightmare

Ross McKitrick: Earth hour: a dissent

Criminal gamesmanship: McGuinty’s gas plant cover-up would have succeeded had they received a majority in 2011; how many other things have they buried since 2003?

'Sunshine list' 2014: Ontario's top public earners list released; increased 11% to 97,796 names, and an 82% increase from 2008, when there were 53,774 names on list; searchable link

Quebec election 2014: Québec Solidaire asks Marois how she can be against tax havens when her high-profile candidate, Pierre Karl Péladeau, appears to use them extensively for his Quebecor family of companies [translated]

Prince Edward Island: Three dead in fire at vacant building in Charlottetown

Montreal: Man falls from Big O balcony during Blue Jays-Mets exhibition game; police say man in his 40s was critically injured after falling 10 to 15 metres

GasGate: McGuinty staffer named in gas-plant documents was paid $154,000 for less than two months of work in 2013, according to Ontario 'sunshine list'

Unravelled: A history of the Ontario gas-plant scandal

Thunder Bay: Northwestern Ontario municipalities support TransCanada's Energy East pipeline

Quebec election 2014: Grasping at extremist straws, now PQ's Pauline Marois blames Liberals for decline of French

Ottawa: Canada posts $2.16B surplus in January; revenues up, expenses down, as numbers beat budget

Ottawa: Feds to impose heavy fines on firms who abuse foreign worker program

GasGate: McGuinty Chief of Staff broke multiple security protocols in bringing in an outsider to tamper with government computers says detailed account drawn from police files

Toronto Mayor 2014: Mayor Rob Ford tells CBC Metro Morning "people are starting to become numb" to talk of his recent troubles

MH370: Rex Murphy: The mesmery and mystery of Flight 370, putting the whole world in limbo [video]

Ontario irony: Ontario Power Generation launches program to save endangered Blanding's turtle, while govt appeal overturned environment review tribunal decision to protect same turtle from wind turbine development in Prince Edward County; will OPG contribute to appeal costs? will they support further court action?

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