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Meddling at MUN: How a new report answers a 13-year-old political scandal A new report on post-secondary education in Newfoundland and Labrador pushes for autonomy for Memorial University — something that other Canadian universities have long had. John Gushue revisits a political scandal from 2008, when a cabinet minister interfered in the hiring of MUN's president. Social Sharing
Hopes are high that healing has begun after an ongoing squabble caused a member of the selectboard, who also serves as the town clerk, to resign both positions abruptly via email last week. The resignation of Gail Garrett has thrown the Mount Washington town government into a state of confusion. Garrett was both a selectboard and town clerk candidate in the May 11 elections, but withdrew after a tumultuous selectboard meeting earlier this month..
Joan Bryden and Stephanie Levitz Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole holds a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, March 2, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick March 10, 2021 - 1:00 AM OTTAWA - Patrick Johnston has been having flashbacks about his own unhappy experience in federal politics as he watches attempts by anti-abortion groups to influence the outcome of next week's Conservative convention. Way back in 1988, Johnston was a star candidate for the Liberals, hand-picked by then-leader John Turner to run in the Toronto riding of Scarborou...
Conservative tension with anti-abortion groups an echo of Liberal battle in the 1990s by Joan Bryden and Stephanie Levitz, The Canadian Press Posted Mar 10, 2021 4:00 am EDT Last Updated Mar 10, 2021 at 4:11 am EDT Conservative leader Erin O'Toole holds a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, March 2, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick OTTAWA — Patrick Johnston has been having flashbacks about his own unhappy experience in federal politics as he watches attempts by anti-abortion groups to influence the outcome of next week’s Conservative convention. Way back in 1...
14 hours ago in National Derek Chauvin is already locked away in Minnesota's only maximum-security prison, held in a single cell for his own safety. But it will be two months before the former Minneapolis police officer learns his sentence for George Floyd's death. 14 hours ago in National, Trending A crew returned from the northernmost islands in the Hawaiian archipelago this week with a boatload of marine plastic and abandoned fishing nets that threaten to entangle endangered Hawaiian monk seals and other animals on the uninhabited beaches stretching ...