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OTTAWA — For some politicians, the grief takes time to set in.
For former London West MP Sue Barnes, however, the sense of loss after being defeated in her 2008 re-election bid landed like a thud.
Barnes, like other MPs, had been living a life of too many people to see, too many things to read, too many events to attend, too few hours in the day. But there was no shortage of purpose.
That’s the way it had been pretty much for 15 years in Parliament for the first woman elected to represent any riding in her southwestern Ontario city. And then, after a few hours of ballot counting,...
May 10, 2025 - 06:00 | Simon Tuck | National Post
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May 10, 2025 - 06:00 | Kayla Thompson | Walrus
Bestselling author of eight books, including The War on The West and The Madness of Crowds, Douglas Murray has just released On Democracies and Death Cults: Israel and the Future of Civilization.
In it, he paints a detailed picture of the minutes, and hours, of the devastation wrought in the Gaza envelope during the massacres of October 7, 2023, as well as the hours, days and months afterwards; the heroism of Israelis who defied orders, and fended off Hamas on their own; the weaponry IDF soldiers discovered in civilian Gazan homes; and the exclusive harrowing accounts of the massacre’s...
May 10, 2025 - 06:00 | Special to National Post | National Post
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May 10, 2025 - 06:00 | Alex Bozikovic | The Globe and Mail
Thousands of public sector employees in Alberta are voting on whether they should go on strike, after negotiations with the provincial government over pay increases stalled last month.The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE), which represents around 23,500 public sector workers who are directly employed by the government of Alberta in correctional facilities, health care and other agencies, started voting Thursday on whether its members should walk off the job. The strike vote will continue until Monday and results are expected on May 14.
May 10, 2025 - 06:00 | Liam Newbigging | The Globe and Mail
I just wanted to give a very big shout-out to the Ottawa Senators and their amazing rebound to make a series worth watching against the Toronto Maple Leafs recently. Read More
May 10, 2025 - 05:00 | Doug Menary, Ottawa Citizen | Ottawa Sun
