John Baird

Baird flips on road tolls - again

The new federal Transport Minister, John Baird, says there will be no discussion in his department of road tolls or London-style ''congestion charges'' for drivers, even though his ministry sponsored a Toronto conference this...

Critics lined up

Four to watch in the coming House sessions. Scott Brison, Martha Hall Findlay, Gerard Kennedy and Ken Dryden are going to be very busy, getting key critic portfolios for which the Harper crew will be under the klieg lights:...

WWF-Canada: Environment Minister Prentice Must Act Now to Prevent Over-Hunting of Polar Bears

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Nov. 13, 2008) - In a letter sent this week, WWF-Canada called on Environment Minister Jim Prentice to quickly take steps to prevent over-hunting of the Baffin Bay polar bear sub-population,...

Stewards of the Arctic?

GERALD BUTTS Special to Globe and Mail Update Polar bears have been the subject of major media attention this year, mainly due to the long-term threat to their survival posed by climate change. It relates to a decision that...

`No easy solutions,' PM warns

Infrastructure spending, manufacturing jobs, equalization, financial crisis top premiers' agenda Be the first to comment on this article... Robert Benzie Queen's Park Bureau chief Bruce Campion-Smith Ottawa Bureau Chief Bruce...

Arbroath 1-2 Brechin City

Brechin's Gary Twigg scored twice as his side kept their promotion bid on track in the derby against Arbroath. The home side took the lead in the 20th minute when Bryan Scott headed home past Craig Nelson. However, Brechin...

PM stuck 'rival' Prentice in smaller shoes: insiders

There is still much speculation about Jim Prentice's move to the environment portfolio. Was he shuffled out of industry because he is indispensable to moving the Harper environmental agenda forward or because he posed a threat...

Keeper Kelly joins St Johnstone

St Johnstone boss Derek McInnes has made changes to his squad St Johnstone have signed Montrose goalkeeper Greg Kelly on a three-month loan deal. Derek McInnes' side are currently without reserve keeper Euan McLean and Kelly...

Ottawa sitting on unspent $3 billion

Step up investment in infrastructure to `soften' recession, municipalities urge Be the first to comment on this article... Bruce Campion-Smith Ottawa bureau chief Vanessa Lu City Hall Bureau chief Vanessa Lu OTTAWA–The federal...

Economy: Hot topic at Harper's meeting with premiers

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is likely to hear renewed calls for action on the economy when he gathers the country's premiers here for what is being billed as the first in a series of top-level workshops on the economic and...

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