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Tories source heart-warming hunting photo from… Minnesota?!

Glen McGregorOctober 19, 2011October 19, 2011

Looks like Conservative Party web designers are taking President Obama’s Buy American plan to heart. Readers will be familiar with…

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Hotroom business card fun

Glen McGregorOctober 19, 2011October 19, 2011

Fresh off the not-so-serious uproar over Foreign Minister John Baird’s Batemanesque business cards (“That’s Bone“), there was much hilarity in…

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NDP giving back Layton donations

Glen McGregorOctober 17, 2011October 17, 2011

The NDP sent out an email Friday telling donors who gave in memory of late party leader Jack Layton that…

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Tories name new RCMP HQ after commish who abided illegal activities

Glen McGregorOctober 5, 2011October 5, 2011

In an absolutely bizarre move, the Harper government today continued its building-naming spree by christening the Royal Canadian Mounted Police…

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“Raised lettering, pale nimbus”: business cards via Bret Easton Ellis

Glen McGregorSeptember 30, 2011October 3, 2011

In a laugh-out-loud tweet this morning, Globe and Mail online politics guy Stephen Wicary (@wicary) made the jump from this…

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NDP MP shuts down his Hill office as staff work Ontario election

Glen McGregorSeptember 27, 2011September 27, 2011

Don’t come knocking on Malcolm Allen‘s door until after October 6. The NDP MP from Welland, Ont., has closed up…

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Conservative MPs call Sun Media journalists to testify before CBC probe

Glen McGregorSeptember 27, 2011September 27, 2011

` The Access to Information and Ethics Committee today passed Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro‘s motion to begin calling witnesses…

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Backdoor Bob Dechert, hiding on the Hill

Glen McGregorSeptember 21, 2011September 21, 2011

Conservative MP Bob Dechert hasn’t spoken publicly since revelations about his amorous emails to a Chinese journalists surfaced earlier this…

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Did Toews know about Dechert probe?

Glen McGregorSeptember 19, 2011September 19, 2011

Citing unnamed sources, CTV News’ Bob Fife reported Sunday night that both the RCMP and CSIS have investigated Conservative MP…

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That other Xinhua email

Glen McGregorSeptember 15, 2011

Another email sent out from Xinhua reporter Shi Rong‘s email was referenced by both The Star and Globe and Mail…

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GLEN MCGREGOR

Ottawa Citizen reporter covering government, politics and anything else that interests me. Specializing in data journalism and Twitter evangelism. This is just a place to dump Hill droppings and other found items that are too long for Twitter. Follow me there at @glen_mcgregor or email me at sushiboy21@gmail.com.
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