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Norway shooting massacre survivor calls bullet scars 'the price for democracy' - National Post
In a more serious tone, a young girl who asked to remain anonymous described the shock when the shooting started on Utoeya. The camp administrator, who was the second person killed on the island, had just reassured everyone that after the Oslo bombing ...
Report on Elections Canada probe of mystery robocalls expected soon - National Post
“The guys are waiting it out,” said one person who spoke on condition of anonymity. “From my understanding, their lawyers are just saying there's nothing they can do to stick it to them.” The small group of people who are believed to have knowledge of ...
Greece missing bailout targets thanks to political paralysis - National Post
“The only thing we are doing is waiting,” said a government official who declined to be named. Another Greek official close to bailout negotiations said ministers in the outgoing cabinet have not been authorized to negotiate with Greece's lenders since ...
Ontario going after undisclosed per diems on salary sunshine list - National Post
The Liberals will “tighten up the definitions to capture per diem income reported on T4-As,” said a government source who requested anonymity. The government is still trying to determine how many workers in the broader public sector — about 1.3 ...
Conrad Black to be allowed back into Canada after prison release - National Post
“He was granted the permit,” confirmed a source familiar with events who asked not to be named. However, no one in Lord Black's camp will confirm details of when he will return to Canada, or how. Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney, ...
Is the PD day broken? Professional development days may do little to improve ... - National Post
“I know that teaching is an exhausting profession these days,” said a former superintendent who asked not to be named. “But to go out and make the argument that we need five, six days throughout the year that are paid when they could be taking it other ...
Analysis: Wildrose godfather Ted Morton may end up on losing side of Alberta's ... - National Post
So the man – he wouldn't give his name – pushes the signs in the dirt, hoping something new will grow from a prairie landscape long barren of political intrigue. He's supporting Bruce McAllister, a popular broadcaster who looks likely to win this rural ...
Alison Redford not 'informed' that Gary Mar was cleared of ethics violation ... - National Post
Redford was responding to a report on Calgary's Dave Rutherford radio show that quoted an anonymous source as saying the report into Mar's fundraising activities had vindicated Mar last week. Rutherford reported Mar, the former Washington envoy who had ...
Somali pirates release Panama-flagged ship after two months - National Post
HARGEISA — Somali pirates have released a Panama-flagged vessel they seized two months ago allowing it to continue on its way to the breakaway enclave of Somaliland, the ship's agent and a government official said on Thursday.
Have you heard about the London whale? - National Post
... that some started calling him Voldemort, the Harry Potter book-series villain so powerful he simply was referred to as “He Who Must Not Be Named,” said one fund manager, who asked not to be identified because his firm does business with JPMorgan.
Missing Women Commission official told to 'help' on arm's length report - National Post
... the violence has not “The executive director [of a public inquiry] is normally an office manager and a coordinator between the commission and the provincial government,” one former staff member told the National Post, on condition of anonymity.
York University teaches Jim Balsillie hard lesson of mixing philanthropy with ... - National Post
A faculty member at York's Osgoode Hall Law School, who asked to remain anonymous, cited wide problems, including York's obligation to report regularly on curriculum, and was obliged to receive advice from CIGI before changing it.
Meat products affected by E. coli recall came from closed Saskatoon food plant - National Post
The frozen beef products affected by a growing E. coli-related recall all came from a Saskatoon-based food-processing plant that has since stopped operations, a government official said Tuesday. Garfield Balsom, food safety and recall specialist with ...
Lakers trade Derek Fisher to the Rockets: report - National Post
The Rockets also picked up centre Marcus Camby from the Portland Trail Blazers, according to a person familiar with the deal. The Rockets are sending point guard Jonny Flynn, centre Hasheem Thabeet and a second-round pick to the Trail Blazers and ...
'Pierre Poutine' set to admit to role in robocalls scandal, sources say - National Post
According to sworn affidavits from Elections Canada investigator Al Mathews, and sources close to the investigation, whoever sent the fake recorded message used a prepaid credit card to buy a prepaid cellphone, registered an account under a fake name ...
Canada's murky legal world of surrogate-consultants and human-egg buyers - National Post
Ms. Rhoads-Heinrich said she does no direct recruitment, but Ms. Picard would offer Toys-R-Us gift certificates to anyone who tried enrolling at least three women, said one gestational carrier working with CFC, who asked not to be named.
Karen Stintz jeered at transit meeting with Scarborough residents - National Post
One woman, who declined to give her name, pointed out that a Sheppard LRT would reach her neighbourhood, while Mr. Ford's subway plan stops at the Scarborough Town Centre. “What about us, we're just left hanging in the air,” she said.
Semi-detached: How a shared parking spot can lead to extreme vexation - National Post
Mike, who also asked that his name not be used, parks in a shared lot behind a handful of houses on the street, but it is only accessible by a laneway running through his neighbour's property. He moved in around the same time as Mike.
How Iran's main oil buyers stand on sanctions - National Post
South Korea will decide by end-June how much it can reduce its imports of Iranian crude, and the cut will be based on how much oil it can get from other suppliers, a government official said. South Korean news agency Yonhap had earlier reported that ...
Ontario fertility raid linked to US 'baby-selling' scandal - National Post
... the lurch' after RCMP raid fertility consultant's office The company, which deals with clients from around the world, often had the American lawyer prepare legitimate surrogacy contracts for her clients, said the mother, who asked not to be named.
Chris Selley's Full Pundit: Parliament's 'month in a moral gutter' - National Post
And the Robocon affair will only get worse, according to “a former Conservative operative familiar with both the party and technology,” which may be the lamest descriptor ever applied to an anonymous source. According to this former operative — who is ...
I made misleading election calls claiming to be from the Tories: Call centre ... - National Post
“We would call these (voters) and they would say 'we went there and that's not a real place,'” said a woman, who worked for Responsive Marketing Group Inc. as a call operator, and asked not to be named. “The whole call centre (noticed it was happening) ...
Possible Iran attack tests Israel-US relations as elections approach: Analysis - National Post
“Open lines and security channels have brought the relationship to a particularly good point and at the same time there hasn't been tension of late on other issues,” a senior administration official said. But some Obama aides remain suspicious of ...
Wooing Saadi Gaddafi - National Post
The company took him to a private salmon fishing lodge, gave him a company credit card for expenses and arranged for him to take a private business course in Montreal, the source said. It hired a Garda security team to watch over him when he visited ...
Mystery deepens over high-ranking Chinese deputy mayor and his supposed ... - National Post
“Most people in Chongqing know about this news (Wang Lijun),” said a clean-cut man in his late 50s who declined to give his name. “If it is true, most of us find it very surprising. Only a few weeks ago Wang was in the papers for his contributions to ...