Tuesday June 18, 2013
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National News
Commons Speaker sends MP suspension question to committee
OTTAWA - Manitoba Conservative MP Shelly Glover has changed her mind and decided to file a new expense claim with Elections Canada for the 2011 federal election....
NDP proposes independent scrutiny of MP expenses after killing Liberal proposal
OTTAWA - One week after defeating Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau's attempt to open MPs' expenses to public scrutiny, the NDP has won approval for a proposal of its own....
'Shocking' half of First Nations kids living in poverty, new study finds
TORONTO - Half of Canada's First Nations children are living in poverty, triple the national average, according to a new analysis of census statistics that pegs the cost of easing the problem at $580-million a year....
House of Commons adjourns for the summer after bitter spring session
OTTAWA - The most bitter spring sitting of parliament since Stephen Harper's Conservatives came to power more than seven years ago has ended with a rare piece of agreement — unanimous consent to adjourn for the summer....
Cluster bomb victims call on Canada to ratify convention to ban 'dirty' weapon
GENEVA - The last day of Ahmad Mokaled's short life dawned on a sunny spring February morning in the southern Lebanon town of Nabatieh....
Postmedia News, Ottawa Citizen win Michener award for reporting on robocalls
OTTAWA - A Postmedia News and Ottawa Citizen investigation exposing the use of "robocalls" to mislead and harass voters during the 2011 federal election campaign has won the 2012 Michener Award....
