As noted earlier today, Thomas Mulcair is keen on the principle of “polluter pay.”...

Our pal Raymaker (and bandmate) founded it.  Now some other guys have run it out of existence.  Sucks.

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Québécois boy wonder Xavier Dolan continues to dazzle cineastes.

On Canada Day weekend 2011, Courier operatives entered city hall and planted a hidden camera in the mayor’s office, collecting hours of video footage. The following scene involving Mayor Gregor Robertson and Mike Magee, Robertson’s chief of staff, took place Thursday, May 17.

Canadian actor and comedian Paul O'Sullivan died in a car crash on May 18.

Tower Beach, Vancouver.

Out-of-province money is rolling in for Quebec student activists amid warnings their protest movement could persist into the summer.

Two Conservative members of Parliament from New Brunswick are defending the latest round of cuts to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, saying the department's research capacity won't be hurt.

One might imagine that filmed evidence of civilian thugs shooting an unarmed protester in...

Conservative MPs are asking the federal court to dismiss an application to review the federal election results in seven ridings.

Feeling fruity and wanting to get fit? Well, you're in luck.

A menu featuring dishes and ingredients from across the country using 100 percent Canadian bacon will be available at the Granville Island restaurant’s take-out window.

Fisheries Minister Keith Ashfield attempts to explain what the Harper government’s unspecified EI reforms...

The public inquiry into allegations of corruption in Quebec's construction industry got underway today with commissioner France Charbonneau stressing the hearings will be free of government interference.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.

Oh, the geniuses of capitalism at work, once again. I so love it.

Setting a clear geographical rule of a one hour’s drive would bring clarity to one of the most debated and subjective section of the current EI rules

In his interview with Tom Clark this weekend, the NDP leader recommended a pair...

The Los Angeles-based heavy-metal group plays Rogers Arena on August 24.

You say craven, we say about damn time.

Commentary on why a mass murderer could go home to die, how universities spur growth, living a financial meltdown, Greece can go, public companies, the joys of living in Japan, and one take on free trade.

Letting Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi go home.

Vanity Fair -- The Lockerbie Deal
In 2009 the convicted Lockerbie bomber was sent home to Libya from a Scottish prison on grounds of “compassionate release”—he had only three months to live, authorities said.

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The Charbonneau commission will look into allegations of corruption involving construction firms, local and provincial governments, political parties, and even organized crime

I can't quite delete my account, but I look at it less and less

Setting a clear geographical rule of a one hour’s drive would bring clarity to one of the most debated and subjective section of the current EI rules

I can't quite delete my account, but I look at it less and less

Setting a clear geographical rule of a one hour’s drive would bring clarity to one of the most debated and subjective section of the current EI rules

Ontario’s Office of the Independent Police Review Director released last week its review of...

The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency is eliminating its funding to regional economic development groups in the Atlantic provinces, effective next year.

On the CEO Queen who remoulded an ancient institution for modern times

The city is about to get drafty as thousands gather to celebrate Vancouver Craft Beer Week.

A monthly scorecard on the state of the economy in North America and beyond

Cosmetic pesticide issue pits Cancer Society versus BC government in no-win situation for Christy Clark.

On May 1, as previously noted, I sent the following questions to the office...

The headline may look like five-day old news, but it's taken that long to get confirmation of a number Finance Minister Jim Flaherty referred to earlier this week. Hit the jump for more.

Fresh -- at least, one hopes -- from his weekend of international summiteering, the PM heads to Toronto to meet up with the visiting Windsors -- Prince Charles, the Duchess of Cornwall and their accompanying retinue -- at a War of 1812-commemorating military muster at Fort York, with Defence Minister Peter MacKay and his chief of defence staff also expected to be in attendance. 

Back on the Hill, a serene silence appears to have settled in for the day, if not necessarily the duration of the Victoria Day respite from parliamentary business, with just one press conference listed on the itinerary for today, courtesy of the Canadian Psychological Association, which is seeking support for the upcoming launch of the Defeat Depression campaign. 

Fresh -- at least, one hopes -- from his weekend of international summiteering, the PM heads to Toronto to meet up with the visiting Windsors -- Prince Charles, the Duchess of Cornwall and their accompanying retinue -- at a War of 1812-commemorating military muster at Fort York, with Defence Minister Peter MacKay and his chief of defence staff also expected to be in attendance.

Back on the Hill, a serene silence appears to have settled in for the day, if not necessarily the duration of the Victoria Day respite from parliamentary business, with just one press conference listed on the itinerary for today, courtesy of the Canadian Psychological Association, which is seeking support for the upcoming launch of the Defeat Depression campaign.

Hitting the ministerial good news circuit:

ACOA Minister Bernard Valcourt teams up with his Atlantic Canadian cabinet colleague Keith Ashfield for a "major innovation investment announcement" in Fredericton, during which the results of the first round of "competitive" funding applications will be revealed.

Meanwhile, in Miramichi, local Conservative MP Tilly O'Neill-Gordon provides details on the government's plan to open a new Public Service Pay Centre.

Revenue Minister Gail Shea goes walkabout in Summerside, with a stop at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club, where PEI Fisheries Minister Ron McKinley will join her for "an announcement", followed by a visit to Holland College's Marine Training Centre

Also on the Island today: Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney, who will host a "employer roundtable discussion" on the budget in Charlottetown

Finally, Canadian Heritage James Moore will not, it seems, be escorting the Royal Couple throughout their whirlwind Canadian tour; according to his itinerary, he's still in New Brunswick, where he was part of the official welcoming ceremony, and where, later today, he will provide details on new support for "cultural projects" in Dieppe.

Back in Quebec, Transport Minister Denis Lebel delivers glad tidings to "five Quebec enterprises." (Spoiler alert: It will almost certainly involve money.)

In Burlington, Associate Defence Minister Julian Fantino will, according to a tweet from his communications director, provide an update on Canadian Forces members and "skilled work in Ontario" at L-3 Wescam.

Elsewhere in Ontario, Minister of State for Science and Technology Gary Goodyear unveils "new investments in research infrastructure at colleges across Canada" during an appearance at the Casa Loma campus of George Brown College.

Also on the non-campaign hustings today: Dean Del Mastro, whose billing on the advisory lists him as Member for Peterborough and not the PM's parliamentary secretary, and who gets to play hometown hero with an "important announcement" that may or may not involve the Shining Waters Railway before dropping by a local homeless shelter with word of new federal support.

On the West Coast, Treasury Board President Tony Clement takes his red-tape-cutting manifesto to Vancouver, where he's set to speak at a board of trade-hosted lunch.

Finally, Liberal MP Justin Trudeau embarks on a day-long "special Olympic-themed event" in Quebec City, which will include a fundraiser for the Canadian Olympic Committee, the opening of the SportsAccord conference and a stint in Motivaction Jeunesse.  

The former media baron, convicted of fraud and obstruction of justice, says he never asked the Conservatives for help in returning to Canada

An early poll gives the Liberals the lead in the contested riding. Alice Funke...

Federal Fisheries Minister Keith Ashfield says the Harper government's planned reforms to the Employment Insurance program are not intended to force people to leave their communities to find work.

The Harper government had a host of military and possibly commercial reasons for not blaming and shaming Russia in the aftermath of an embarrassing spy scandal involving a junior intelligence officer, a series of internal briefings suggest.

After THIRTY-TWO YEARS – the Hot Nasties’ EP has been re-issued by Ugly Pop records!

We recorded it in a garage in Calgary in 1980, overseen by a couple of hippies who were absolutely mystified by these angst-riden teenagers who couldn’t sing or play. That’s me on the left, Sane Wayne Ahern to the right, then Ras Pierre Schenk, and (fittingly, under a burst of light, because he later became a monk) Just Plain Tom Edwards.  The pic was taken by Barrie Wright, R.I.P., outside the Calgarian Hotel one night.  None of us was ever stabbed to death there, but God knows many tried.

You can buy the EP, which has been amazingly re-created by the Ugly Pop guys, here.  The sound quality frankly blows me away.  Nice job on the line-by-line recreation of the sleeve and insert, too.

2012 is a year for punk! Hot Nasties re-issued, and SFH releases its concept album, Why Do You Hate Me?  Pick ‘em up now, pick ‘em up often!

In interviews with the Globe and West Block, Thomas Mulcair expressed regret for his...

A coalition of U.S. groups has presented a petition to President Barack Obama that calls on the U.S. to officially apologize to Canadian citizen Maher Arar, who was wrongly detained in New York a decade ago on terror allegations.

Conrad Black talks about life after prison in a wide-ranging and exclusive interview with the CBC's chief correspondent, Peter Mansbridge.

B.C. Premier Christy Clark's rebuke this week of the Angus Reid polling firm is shocking and unprecedented, a company spokesman says.

But you’ve got to admire his willingness to make a pile of predictions, willy-nilly, with nary a qualifier in sight. This is a columnist operating without a safety net, folks, and it’s a wondrous thing to behold.

Canada's attorney general is trying to stop the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal from hearing a long-serving aboriginal B.C. Mountie's complaints of discrimination within the RCMP.

To create new areas of economic growth here government needs to 'set the table.'

Did John Parker's cellmate mean to kill him? In deciding, the judge also pointed a finger at jailers' practices. Part two of a reader-funded Tyee inquiry.

How Canada's telecom companies secretly supported Internet surveillance legislation.

Blunder-prone and looking anything but fresh, the Conservative cabinet is in need of a shakeup

Thousands took to the streets in Chicago to protest NATO's ongoing presence in Afghanistan.

86 mayors in B.C. call for a new partnership with the federal and provincial governments to deal with spending issues

The two volatile issues - corruption allegations and student strife - could raise the political heat on the Liberals of Premier Jean Charest

C.L.A.S.S.E., the province’s most radical student group has called for a summer of protests

Despite pressure from NATO, PM tells summit no troops or trainers will remain after 2014

Provision in Ottawa’s budget bill brings RCMP officers back into the Canadian health-care mainstream, with services overseen by the provinces

Air attack on Somali pirates overdue step in protection of commercial shipping around the Horn of Africa

The imminent demise of the National Roundtable on the Economy and Environment speaks volumes about this government’s peculiar attitude toward the environment

Canada is pledging $110 million annually to help fund the embattled Afghan National Army after the withdrawal of Canadian soldiers in March 2014, Prime Minister Stephen Harper says.

The Prime Minister makes his latest statement of certainty on the mission in Afghanistan....

The prime minister held a press conference here at the NATO summit in Chicago....

38 years after the federal Liberals introduced a federal budget that challenged provincial resource royalty taxes some critically important issues still need to be hashed out

Commentary on Chinese bourgeois rulers, the relationship between Saudi Arabia and Turkey, why US 10-year bond yields can go to 1%, why free trade creates inequality for just a while, and our Queen.

Will the control of the economy by the state spark a revolution in China? (ed’s note – those deeply entrenched vested interests)

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Canadian Heritage just released its detailed Ontario itinerary of Prince Charles and his wife,...

38 years after the federal Liberals introduced a federal budget that challenged provincial resource royalty taxes some critically important issues still need to be hashed out

The problem up until now has been a lack of enforcement, not a lack of legislation

Brandon Cronenberg's 'Antiviral' draws horror from one thing that makes his dad squeamish—needles

At a summit in Chicago, Prime Minister Stephen Harper commits funds for Afghanistan’s army and police, but resists NATO pressure to extend Canada’s training mission beyond 2014

Hopes of turning historic Kingston Penitentiary into a museum dashed by unwieldy maintenance costs

Rather than accept the accident of Harper's agenda, dream up one bigger, better.

Custodial 'remand' is where we send the legally innocent to await trial. So why did John Parker die there? The reader-funded series starts today.

Some instinct told the guard to put John Parker in a cell with Victor Hurtado. The decision was deadly. Part one of a reader-funded Tyee inquiry.

By betting on open-software, RIM helps close digital divide. (Which is why Tyee's free phone app is HTML5, too.)

B.C.’s Opposition Leader persuades former federal leadership candidate to return as manager of provincial party’s election campaign

With its emphasis on free-trade agreements, the Harper government has presided over a marked decline in the value of Canada’s exports

In cutting the pay of the province’s doctors, Ontario’s Premier is punishing a valued and hard-working profession for his own profligacy

Political parties, labour unions and pressure groups were determined to strike a mortal blow to the Charest government

The remaining Canadian Forces in Afghanistan will come home in 2014 as planned, Defence Minister Peter MacKay says, depite entreaties from NATO to extend their training mission.

Another disco era icon has passed away.

The veteran blues-rocker from Delaware is a born entertainer who's always "on".

B.C.’s Opposition Leader persuades former federal leadership candidate to return as manager of provincial party’s election campaign

A national insurance plan in name only, it is an unfortunate byproduct of a flawed electoral map

New investors are worried about having electricity to run their plants after existing customers object to paying higher rates to cover cost of expansion

Students’ cause of stopping tuition hikes makes it to the red carpet at Cannes and to ‘Saturday Night Live’

At a summit in Chicago, Prime Minister Stephen Harper commits funds for Afghanistan’s army and police, but resists NATO pressure to extend Canada’s training mission beyond 2014

Premier’s predilection for calling in the experts has turned into a borderline fetish

Hopes of turning historic Kingston Penitentiary into a museum dashed by unwieldy maintenance costs

It appears the PM is prepping for a big announcement - the two most likely subjects being public service unions and equalization payments

If the new occupant of the Elysée Palace wants to lead the European conversation, he needs to get his own house in much better order first

The origins of the holiday may be Imperial, but the practice is decidedly Canadian