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- Win a copy of Canada Under Attack (www.northernlife.ca)NorthernLife.ca is giving our Facebook fans a chance to win a copy of Canada Under Attack, by Smooth Rock Fall's Jennifer Crump.This book details how Canada has had to defend itself at home, including complex invasion plans by both the United States and Germany to conquer Canada.
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Top Secret America: Who is TSA? (projects.washingtonpost.com)Chart of top secret agencies in U.S.
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City denies request to amend official plan (www.northernlife.ca)City planning committee chair Coun. Frances Caldarelli peers at a map of lots on Fairbank Lake provided by Brian Burton, president of the Fairbank Lake Camp Owners Association.
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2010 Municipal Election Priorities | Toronto Environmental Alliance (www.torontoenvironment.org)Below are 6 priority actions, in no particular order, that will build on 10 years of environmental success. Investments in each action won't just improve our environment, they will lead to better health and save us money as we avoid some of the huge financial costs associated with traffic congestion, waste disposal, climate change, and illnesses due to pollution.
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Canadian Press to become for-profit (www.thesudburystar.com)Due to financial difficulties, the Canadian Press is going under a massive restructure by going from a not-for-profit industry co-operative to being under private ownership, the Globe and Mail reports.CT Vglobemedia, To r s t a r Corp. and Gesca will be equal investors in a for-profit collective called Canadian Press Enterprises, ending CP's 93- year run as a non-profit.
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6.Patriotic cover-up has Schwarzenegger fuming (ca.news.yahoo.com)
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger voiced his anger at state highway workers who painted over a patriotic mural after deeming it graffiti.
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7.Former StatsCan head slams census decision by Tories - (ca.news.yahoo.com)
The former chief statistician of Canada says he would have quit his job if the Conservative government had tried to axe the long census form, as they're doing now.
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8.Time for new ideas at city hall - Marc G. Serre (www.thesudburystar.com)
We need a new bus driver who's going to steer our city's economy into the right direction.Recent comments in The Sudbury Star about Bell Park and the purchase of the St. Joseph's hospital site by Mayor John Rodriguez, as well as long-time city council and mayoral candidate Ted Callaghan, only demonstrate the old way of thinking and doing business. Status quo is not acceptable -- it's time for Sudbury to embrace a new approach with new leadership and new ideas.
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9.Reader wants to prevent future city property ‘nightmares’ - Tony Sottile (www.northernlife.ca)
I must commend former Mayor Jim Gordon for his remarks at a recent city hall meeting.
After Sister Bonnie MacLellan’s full page letter in the local papers last weekend, declaring that the Mayor and the CAO Doug Nadorozny were notified of the private deal they were negotiating, the mayor continues to express his frustration with Sister Bonnie MacLellan, that he still doesn’t know why the sisters acted as they did. -
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Elect Paul Stopciati for Ward 9 (www.electpaulstopciati.com)Paul has been heavily involved in public safety work; in 1996 he was appointed by the provincial government to the Greater Sudbury Police Services Board for a three year term. He is a former member of the Ontario Provincial Police's Auxiliary Unit (Auxiliary Constable) as well as Rainbow District Crime Stoppers.
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Ideas for Tomorrow Richard L. Paquette Candidate - Ward 4 (www.richardlpaquette.ca)I have put my name forward to serve as councillor for Ward 4 as I believe I have the skills of an effective representative and I am prepared to champion ideas to create an environment for citizens to prosper and experience a satisfying quality of life.
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Vote Albers for ward 2 councillor in the 2010 Sudbury Municipal Election (www.albers2010.ca)I invite you to look carefully at my background and platform. I trust you will agree that I'm the best choice to represent your interests on our next city council.
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Videos | www.johnrodriguez.ca (www.johnrodriguez.ca)John Rodriguez was elected Mayor of Ontario's Largest Geographic Municipality in November 2006. He is a leader who is as comfortable in the coffee shops as he is in corridors of power. John truly believes in representing what he terms “my citizens”.
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Greater Sudbury municipal election, 2000 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (en.wikipedia.org)The city of Greater Sudbury, in its current form, did not yet exist on the election date, but was legislated to come into effect on January 1, 2001. On the election date, the former government structure of the Regional Municipality of Sudbury and its seven constituent municipalities was still in place. The election, however, was held to choose the new city council.
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A Sad Day for Local Democracy in Greater Sudbury: City Shuts Down Public Input into Changes to Proposed Zoning By-law Related to Drive-throughs (sudburysteve.blogspot.com)i just returned home from a local council meeting. Or, more correctly, the continuation of a meeting of Planning Committee, which is a Committee of Council, consisting of 5 council members; they make recommendations to council on various sorts of land use matters.
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Does video surveillance deter crime? If the Supreme Court decides not, cities with camera-happy downtowns – like Sudbury – would have to unplug
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Canada is years behind its trading partners in reforming copyright laws for the digital age. Reforming Canada’s Copyright Act is about jobs, it is about careers and it is about culture
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Elections 2010 (elections.grandsudbury.ca)Find Candidate
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19.City should still pursue St. Joseph's - TGary Peck Sudbury (www.thesudburystar.com)
With each passing day, we learn a little more about the sale of the former St. Joseph's Health Centre abutting Bell Park. Though far from being a scientific poll, the issue appears to be the talk of the town.From one perspective, a standard maxim is that the site was worth what the market would bear. There is no doubt that our municipal leaders would have been aware of the market value of the site when the issue was discussed. Inhouse number crunching would have provided a range.
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G20’s Toronto takeover: a roundup of snarls, snags, closures and general headaches (www.torontolife.com)It’s becoming increasingly clear that the perimeter fences that will cordon off vast swaths of downtown for the G20 (June 25 to 27) are just the beginning of Toronto’s security woes.
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21.Communication breakdown left councillors in dark about hospital sale (www.northernlife.ca)
Despite a letter from Bonnie MacLellan, general superior of the Sisters of St. Joseph, stating the city was aware of the sale of the decommissioned hospital, at least three city councillors were in the dark about the deal.
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22.mayorspeech.pdf (www.thesudburystar.com)
The city is moving up to pre-recession levels and is on the move, according to the mayor's annual State of the City report.Greater Sudbury Mayor John Rodriguez presented his report to several hundred Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce (GSCC) members at the Radisson Hotel on June 17.
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A master of the art calls on Canadians to protest - The Globe and Mail (www.theglobeandmail.com)He believes the world is run almost exclusively by sociopaths – or, as he puts it, “high-level psychopaths with charm” – and their sole purpose is to manipulate matters in order to stay in office
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24.Council gives itself a 3% reasonable pay raise (www.stcatharinesstandard.ca)
There was little of the political posturing that typically arises from such debates as city council gave itself a three-per-cent pay raise Wednesday.In fact, there was virtually no debate as a majority of councillors agreed with Ward 8 Coun. Ted Callaghan's proposition that the salary issue be put to rest with a "fair" three-per-cent increase.
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25.New Northern Ontario political party - (www.midnorthmonitor.com)
Ed Deibel was all smiles Monday as he shipped the Northern Ontario Heritage Party's application for official party status to the chief electoral officer of Ontario.
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