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Wednesday, December 23, 2009 2:29 PM May challenges Harper on carbon tax Jane Taber G reen Party Leader Elizabeth May is in Venice today.

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Monday, December 21, 2009 10:48 AM Top Tory organizer cleared in $1.4-million contract award Gloria Galloway T he Senate Ethics Officer has found that Conservative Senator Leo Housakos played no part in the awarding of a $1.4-million contract last spring to a consortium that included his Montreal employer.

Old friends and children of old friends turned out Sunday to wish Fay Meikle a happy 105th birthday, rubbing elbows with politicians, Legion members, relatives and former colleagues.

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Canada's oldest surviving female war veteran has celebrated her 105th birthday. Fay Meikle enlisted in the Women's Royal Naval Service in 1943.

Thursday, December 17, 2009 2:31 PM The 10 most irritating politicians of 2009 Jane Taber S hamelessly stealing an idea from my colleague, John Doyle, who cleverly assembled his list of the most irritating people on television in 2009, here is the Ottawa Notebook's view of the most irritating politicians or political operatives of the year.

Friday, December 11, 2009 3:53 PM Season's greetings from a Liberal outcast Daniel Leblanc N ot all Liberals were pleased to receive a Christmas card today from Raymond Lavigne.

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Wednesday, December 9, 2009 11:49 AM Is Liberal caucus discipline going to pot? Jane Taber G eorge Baker is a Liberal Senator from Newfoundland blessed with the gift of oratory.

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Tuesday, December 8, 2009 8:24 AM Where Peter MacKay is wanted 1 . Defence Minister seeks friendly confines.

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Tuesday, December 8, 2009 7:04 PM HST revolt fizzles - with one exception on each side Campbell Clark T here was no HST revolt on either side of the Commons in a vote tonight, but a couple of prominent critics went AWOL.

ICS Group Inc. employees recently rolled out more than eight kilometres of hose and double tarped a concrete slab in Taber, Alberta to prevent it from cracking.

School officials, police, municipal politicians and health officials have all signed on to a new plan for dealing with threatening behaviour in schools in District 8. District 8 has been working on a student threat assessment program protocol for three years says its superintendent, Susan Tipper.

Sunday, December 6, 2009 8:55 AM The too-forgotten war dead John Ibbitson T he tombstones cascade down the gentle slope of a hill above the city to a small plateau, where the Canadians are buried, many with no names: "A Soldier of the 1939-1945 War: A Canadian Regiment: Known Unto God." They are the too-forgotten dead of the battle of Hong Kong - a ...

Putting out fires is just a routine day at the office for Bruce Taber, but the trick to his job is not to jump in too quickly with the extinguishing solution.

GILLIAN SLADE This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it The restaurant Five Guys Burgers and Fries became a recognized name in Canada when President Barack Obama's purchase of hamburgers there made news headlines.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009 8:48 AM MPs leave doorknobs behind for charity Jane Taber 1 . Rick Mercer's worst nightmare.