Canada's pullout of UN drought convention called 'regrettable'

The United Nations has responded to Canada's withdrawal from a UN convention that fights the spread of droughts, calling the pullout "regrettable." Prime Minister Stephen Harper has said Canada was withdrawing from the United Nations Convention to Combat...

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5 memorable Ralph Klein moments

Former Alberta premier Ralph Klein died on Friday, leaving behind a storied political career marked by landslide election wins and attention-grabbing controversies. Here are five memorable moments from Klein's career: 'Bums' and 'creeps' In 1982 Ralph...

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Ralph Klein's remarkable political life

Ralph Klein was a blunt but popular man who fiercely defended the interests of his home province of Alberta. His tenure as premier in four consecutive majority governments helped to reshape the province. Simply put, his impact on Alberta was huge and...

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Stockwell Day: Ralph Klein was 'genuine,' kept his word

Ralph Klein owed me nothing. When he ran for the leadership of the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party in 1993, I supported another worthy candidate. For that effort, I fully expected to be overlooked in his selection of ministers for his new cabinet....

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Baird, Jordan's King Abdullah to discuss Syria at meeting

The ongoing turmoil in Syria will be a major of topic of discussion when Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird meets with Jordan's king on Sunday. Baird is due to meet with King Abdullah on Sunday afternoon after talks with Jordan's foreign minister earlier...

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Baird set for 'constructive' talks on busy Middle East tour

Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird will spend nearly all of Parliament's two-week Easter break in the Middle East, leaving tonight on a tour that will see him confronting a full range of difficult files: from Canada's funding to assist the Palestinian...

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Canada's pullout of UN drought convention called 'regrettable'

The United Nations has responded to Canada's withdrawal from a UN convention that fights the spread of droughts, calling the pullout "regrettable." Prime Minister Stephen Harper has said Canada was withdrawing from the United Nations Convention to Combat...

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Alberta's 'King Ralph' remembered

Ralph Klein, the colourful and controversial politician who led Alberta for 14 years, is being remembered as a populist leader who never lost his common touch. The former Alberta premier died surrounded by friends and family in a long-term facility...

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Ralph Klein's remarkable political life

Ralph Klein was a blunt but popular man who fiercely defended the interests of his home province of Alberta. His tenure as premier in four consecutive majority governments helped to reshape the province. Simply put, his impact on Alberta was huge and...

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Stockwell Day: Ralph Klein was 'genuine,' kept his word

Ralph Klein owed me nothing. When he ran for the leadership of the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party in 1993, I supported another worthy candidate. For that effort, I fully expected to be overlooked in his selection of ministers for his new cabinet....

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Baird set for 'constructive' talks on busy Middle East tour

Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird will spend nearly all of Parliament's two-week Easter break in the Middle East, leaving tonight on a tour that will see him confronting a full range of difficult files: from Canada's funding to assist the Palestinian...

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Mayrand urges new rules by 2014 to avoid robocalls repeat

The chief electoral officer is warning of another wave of false or misleading telephone calls in the next election if tough new rules and punishments are not in place by the end of next year. "Given the time it takes for the parliamentary process to...

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Sex-selective abortion motion blocked again

Conservative MP Mark Warawa has lost his appeal to bring a motion condemning sex-selective abortion to the House of Commons for debate. The procedure and House affairs committee upheld a decision by its subcommittee that Warawa's motion, M-408, isn't...

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North Korea orders rocket preparations after U.S. drill

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un warned Friday that his rocket forces were ready "to settle accounts with the U.S.," unleashing a new round of bellicose rhetoric after U.S. nuclear-capable B-2 bombers dropped dummy munitions in joint military drills with...

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Canada's pullout of UN drought convention called 'regrettable'

The United Nations has responded to Canada's withdrawal from a UN convention that fights the spread of droughts, calling the pullout "regrettable." Prime Minister Stephen Harper has said Canada was withdrawing from the United Nations Convention to Combat...

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Anti-abortion motion reviewed in secret

A committee reviewing a motion on sex-selective abortion went behind closed doors almost immediately on Wednesday as it deliberated whether to allow the motion to go to the floor of the House for debate. Conservative MP Mark Warawa had just over five...

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Border agency cuts questioned as drug busts rise

Drug busts by the Canada Border Services Agency rose 10 per cent between 2007 and 2012, according to a CBC News analysis of agency data that reveals what some say is just a fraction of a multibillion-dollar flow of illegal drugs into Canada. But critics...

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Penalties needed in wake of robocalls, Elections Canada says

Tough penalties for elections-official impersonators, beefier investigative powers and more voter privacy were among the ideas floated Wednesday in a long-awaited Elections Canada report in the wake of the robocalls affair. While the report does not...

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Chris Hall: Abortion politics masquerading as free speech

Far more journalists than usual crammed the hallway outside the Conservatives' weekly caucus meeting on Wednesday, drawn by the prospect of a handful of backbench MPs waging an open rebellion against the prime minister. The issues: free speech and abortion....

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Date rape drug busts put China at top of border agency's list

Canada Border Services Agency data analyzed by CBC News shows China was the largest single source of drugs seized between 2007 and 2012, most of it in the form of substances often referred to as date rape drugs. The bulk of the $1.5 billion total...

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Tory MPs rebel against Prime Minister's Office control

Backbench MPs are turning up the pressure in frustration over the Prime Minister's Office stifling debate in the House of Commons. MPs who oppose abortion and want to see legislated limits for it are pushing back against caucus discipline, particularly...

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