NDP pushing for federal money to improve transit
The federal NDP is holding small rallies across the country Friday calling on the government to create a national transit strategy. Toronto NDP MP Olivia Chow has a bill in second reading that calls...
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Widow Olivia Chow remembers Jack Layton one year later
OTTAWA-One year ago Wednesday, NDP Leader Jack Layton lost his battle with cancer. “It’s been a very tough year,” widow Olivia Chow tells 1310News. “I miss Jack a lot.” Chow says it does help knowing...
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Olivia Chow remembers Jack Layton one year later
OTTAWA – One year ago the country was shocked to hear that NDP Leader Jack Layton had passed away. It has been an emotional year for Olivia Chow, who says she deeply misses her late husband. “I’m...
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Interview: Olivia Chow shares her thoughts on her late husband Jack Layton
http://pmd.680news.com/podcasts/news_features/cmac-interview-with-olivia-chow_News-feature_2012-08-22.mp3 Parliament Hill reporter Cormac MacSweeney interviewed NDP MP Olivia Chow on the one-year...
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Anders apologizes for saying Mulcair hastened Jack Layton’s death
OTTAWA – A maverick Conservative MP has apologized for suggesting that NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair helped to hasten the death of predecessor Jack Layton. Calgary MP Rob Anders made the comments in an...
View ArticleMayor Ford’s popularity not affected by drug allegations: poll
TORONTO – A new poll reveals allegations of drug use have not affected Mayor Rob Ford’s popularity. The poll, which was conducted by Forum Research, surveyed close to 1,400 Torontonians via telephone...
View ArticleOlivia Chow ‘frustrated’ by Rob Ford scandal, says city is butt of jokes...
OTTAWA – New Democrat MP Olivia Chow — touted as a possible contender in the Toronto mayoral race — said Rob Ford is embarrassing the city in her first remarks on the ever-evolving controversy. The...
View ArticleRaw audio: Olivia Chow ‘frustrated’ by Rob Ford scandal
Toronto New Democrat MP Olivia Chow says Mayor Rob Ford has embarrassed Toronto and has made the city the butt of jokes worldwide....
View ArticleMPs debate motion to avert ending door-to-door mail delivery
OTTAWA – Members of Parliament began debate Tuesday on a motion that asks Canada Post to halt its plan to phase out door-to-door mail delivery. The NDP put forward the non-bonding motion, and its...
View ArticleOlivia Chow officially enters Toronto mayoral race
Olivia Chow has officially registered to run in the Toronto mayoral race. Her campaign CFO Bill Cronau filed the papers on her behalf this afternoon at city hall. Olivia Chow resigned her seat as the...
View ArticleNDP pushing for federal money to improve transit
The federal NDP is holding small rallies across the country Friday calling on the government to create a national transit strategy. Toronto NDP MP Olivia Chow has a bill in second reading that calls...
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Widow Olivia Chow remembers Jack Layton one year later
OTTAWA-One year ago Wednesday, NDP Leader Jack Layton lost his battle with cancer. “It’s been a very tough year,” widow Olivia Chow tells 1310News. “I miss Jack a lot.” Chow says it does help knowing...
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Olivia Chow remembers Jack Layton one year later
OTTAWA – One year ago the country was shocked to hear that NDP Leader Jack Layton had passed away. It has been an emotional year for Olivia Chow, who says she deeply misses her late husband. “I’m...
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Interview: Olivia Chow shares her thoughts on her late husband Jack Layton
http://pmd.680news.com/podcasts/news_features/cmac-interview-with-olivia-chow_News-feature_2012-08-22.mp3 Parliament Hill reporter Cormac MacSweeney interviewed NDP MP Olivia Chow on the one-year...
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Anders apologizes for saying Mulcair hastened Jack Layton’s death
OTTAWA – A maverick Conservative MP has apologized for suggesting that NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair helped to hasten the death of predecessor Jack Layton. Calgary MP Rob Anders made the comments in an...
View ArticleMayor Ford’s popularity not affected by drug allegations: poll
TORONTO – A new poll reveals allegations of drug use have not affected Mayor Rob Ford’s popularity. The poll, which was conducted by Forum Research, surveyed close to 1,400 Torontonians via telephone...
View ArticleOlivia Chow ‘frustrated’ by Rob Ford scandal, says city is butt of jokes...
OTTAWA – New Democrat MP Olivia Chow — touted as a possible contender in the Toronto mayoral race — said Rob Ford is embarrassing the city in her first remarks on the ever-evolving controversy. The...
View ArticleRaw audio: Olivia Chow ‘frustrated’ by Rob Ford scandal
Toronto New Democrat MP Olivia Chow says Mayor Rob Ford has embarrassed Toronto and has made the city the butt of jokes worldwide....
View ArticleMPs debate motion to avert ending door-to-door mail delivery
OTTAWA – Members of Parliament began debate Tuesday on a motion that asks Canada Post to halt its plan to phase out door-to-door mail delivery. The NDP put forward the non-bonding motion, and its...
View ArticleOlivia Chow officially enters Toronto mayoral race
Olivia Chow has officially registered to run in the Toronto mayoral race. Her campaign CFO Bill Cronau filed the papers on her behalf this afternoon at city hall. Olivia Chow resigned her seat as the...
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