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Friday May 24, 2013
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National News
Federal Court upholds 2011 election results in 'robocall' ridings
OTTAWA - Fraud was definitely a factor in the rash of misleading robocalls that bedevilled voters in six federal ridings in the 2011 election, but not enough of one to justify overturning the results, a Federal Court judge has decided....
Boil water advisory affecting 1.3 people in Montreal lifted
MONTREAL - A huge boil-water advisory affecting 1.3 million people in Montreal, described by local officials as unprecedented in the recorded history of the city, was lifted late Thursday....
CRTC hits Alberta's Wildrose Party with $90,000 fine for robocalls in 2011, 2012
EDMONTON - Alberta's Opposition Wildrose Party says it has paid a $90,000 penalty imposed by federal regulators for violating automated phone call rules....
Could have accepted chief of staff's resignation sooner, Harper admits
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper acknowledged for the first time Thursday that "perhaps" he could have responded more quickly to the news that his trusted chief of staff had footed the $90,000 bill for Sen. Mike Duffy's disallowed...
Abrupt departure for Mayor Rob Ford's chief of staff amid 'crack video' scandal
TORONTO - The chief of staff to embattled Mayor Rob Ford was escorted by security from city hall premises Thursday amid swirling allegations the mayor had been caught on videotape smoking crack cocaine....
Record rainfall, snowmelt caused one-in-12,000-year fatal B.C. landslide: report
VANCOUVER - A massive landslide that ripped through a small hamlet in southeastern British Columbia last year, killing four people, was caused by a deluge of rain and a late spring snowmelt that triggered the largest slide to hit the...
