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• Alberta Tories give Premier Ed Stelmach 77 per cent support in leadership review The Canadian Press - Sat Nov 7, 11:25 PM

  RED DEER, Alta. - Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach shrugged off his detractors and got 77 per cent of the votes cast by Tory delegates Saturday in a mandatory leadership review.

• Roughly 700 union protesters rally outside the Alberta Tory meeting in Red Deer The Canadian Press - Sat Nov 7, 6:36 PM

  RED DEER, Alta. - Premier Ed Stelmach appeared to largely ignore his critics Saturday as Alberta Progressive Conservatives voted on his leadership while 700 people protested outside.

• Premier Stelmach tells Tories voting on his leadership that he has courage The Canadian Press - Sat Nov 7, 12:57 AM

  RED DEER, Alta. - Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach talked about his political courage as he asked 1,000 cheering Tory delegates Friday for their support in a leadership review vote this weekend.

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  Tories launch cross-country stimulus spending blitz amid bad employment news The Canadian Press - Fri Nov 6, 3:33 PM

  OTTAWA - Federal cabinet ministers blitzed the country with economic stimulus announcements Friday in the face of dismal employment numbers that leave the Harper government far short of its job-creation targets.

• Gun registry's looming demise welcome: shop owner CBC - Fri Nov 6, 5:51 AM

  New Brunswick's largest gun shop owner is shedding no tears over the passage of a federal private member's bill that is designed to kill Canada's long-gun registry.

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  Yukon ex-premier proposes new party CBC - Thu Nov 5, 11:18 PM

  Former Yukon premier Willard Phelps wants to form a new political party that he says will move away from partisan bickering and root itself in consensus building.

• Duffy blasts NDP MP as 'faker' CBC - Thu Nov 5, 10:48 PM

  Conservative Senator Mike Duffy calls MP Peter Stoffer a "faker" after the New Democrat releases a report questioning the expenses of new Tory senators.

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  Party to review Stelmach leadership CBC - Thu Nov 5, 10:09 PM

  Members of the Alberta Progressive Conservative party are gathering in Red Deer for a convention this weekend where the main event will be a secret-ballot vote on Premier Ed Stelmach's leadership.

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  Harper announces judicial inquiry into disappearing B.C. salmon stocks The Canadian Press - Thu Nov 5, 7:36 PM

  VANCOUVER, B.C. - How did more than nine million sockeye salmon disappear in the Pacific Ocean?

• Overspending confirmed at Cree CFS agency CBC - Thu Nov 5, 6:53 PM

  An independent financial review of a northern Manitoba child-welfare agency has confirmed allegations of overspending and mismanagement.

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  Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach faces critical Tory party vote on his leadership The Canadian Press - Thu Nov 5, 6:33 PM

  EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach faces a critical leadership review this weekend by his own Tory party members amid growing tension within the ranks.

• NDP claims 27 new Tory senators will cost taxpayers $177M The Canadian Press - Thu Nov 5, 5:25 PM

  OTTAWA - The 27 senators appointed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper over the last year could cost Canadian taxpayers $177 million over the life of their sinecure, according to an NDP analysis.

• Stimulus money favours key Tories The Canadian Press - Thu Nov 5, 2:47 PM

  OTTAWA - The biggest winners of the Conservatives' stimulus extravaganza include one of the prime minister's closest friends, a riding the Tories desperately hope to win in a byelection next week, and a longtime party stalwart.

• Tories, Liberals match 2008 vote numbers: EKOS CBC - Thu Nov 5, 2:36 PM

  The Conservatives and the Liberals are back where they were after last year's election in terms of support, according to the latest poll from EKOS.

• PM calls judicial inquiry into disappearing B.C. salmon CBC - Thu Nov 5, 1:37 PM

  The federal government is calling a judicial inquiry into the disappearance of millions of Fraser River sockeye salmon, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Friday in the House of Commons.

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  Easter votes to scrap long-gun registry CBC - Thu Nov 5, 8:01 AM

  The Liberal MP for central P.E.I. voted with the Conservatives Wednesday night on a motion to ban the long-gun registry, but said his vote wasn't because of a Tory ad campaign.

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  More H1N1 shots coming: PM CBC - Wed Nov 4, 11:33 PM

  The federal government is preparing to ship 1.8 million more doses of the H1N1 vaccine to the provinces.

• Beef producers ask Harper government for help; NDP support aid The Canadian Press - Wed Nov 4, 3:40 PM

  OTTAWA - Beef producers are asking the Harper government for help, saying they face a "perfect storm."

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  Liberals to use opposition day to hammer Tory handling of swine-flu The Canadian Press - Wed Nov 4, 2:52 PM

  OTTAWA - The federal Liberals were using their opposition day to debate the Harper government's handling of the swine-flu outbreak.