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Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff eats a seal meat appetizer during an event at the Parliamentary restuarant on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Wednesday March 10, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand

Let them eat seal: Parliament puts seal meat on the menu

The Canadian Press - Wed Mar 10, 6:08 PM

OTTAWA - Forget the Winter Olympics, nothing unites Canada's parliamentarians like some bacon-wrapped seal loin.

  • The Victoria police department revealed that two of its officers have been charged with assault Wednesday the same day the B.C. Solicitor General released a report on the use of force by the city's police.
    Victoria police officers charged with assault CBC - 1 hour, 29 minutes ago

    The Victoria police department revealed that two of its officers have been charged with assault Wednesday the same day the B.C. Solicitor General released a report on the use of force by the city's police.

  • The delivery of copies of photos of dying ducks to the legislature Wednesday kept alive the controversy over what Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach has seen of those troubling pictures.
    Photos of dying ducks delivered to legislature CBC - 2 hours, 6 minutes ago

    The delivery of copies of photos of dying ducks to the legislature Wednesday kept alive the controversy over what Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach has seen of those troubling pictures.

  • Police search for suspect in sex assault CBC - 2 hours, 9 minutes ago

    Halifax police are searching for a man who was involved in a sexual assault last month.

  • Premier Darrell Dexter has changed his mind and will no longer be charging taxpayers for the annual professional dues he pays to the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society to keep his status as a lawyer active.
    Dexter will no longer expense Bar membership dues CBC - 2 hours, 15 minutes ago

    Premier Darrell Dexter has changed his mind and will no longer be charging taxpayers for the annual professional dues he pays to the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society to keep his status as a lawyer active.

  • Use notwithstanding clause: PQ CBC - 2 hours, 30 minutes ago

    The opposition Parti-Québecois is pressuring Jean Charest's government to act quickly to resolve what it says is a breach in Quebec's language laws as ministers appeared to be backing away from a suggestion the province could invoke the notwithstanding clause of the 1982 Charter of Rights and Freedoms.


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