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Dawson College, five years ago today

Glen McGregorSeptember 13, 2011September 13, 2011

I’m not a crime reporter and didn’t have not much experience doing “pick ups,” when I was sent to Montreal.…

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Smile, you’re on CPAC

Glen McGregorSeptember 12, 2011September 12, 2011

Dearest Rong: How is your day? Did your interviews at Royal Bank go well? Did you get enough information for…

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Xinhua News girl talk (properly translated)

Glen McGregorSeptember 12, 2011September 12, 2011

UPDATE: One of the images in the package of leaked emails was what appears to be a screen capture from…

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“The old man, do not care for him”: Marginal notes from the Tory MP – Xinhua email flirtation

Glen McGregorSeptember 10, 2011September 11, 2011

Now that Conservative MP Bob Dechert has denied anything more than sending “flirtatious” emails to a correspondent with the Chinese…

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Liberal leadership fundraising: Maurizio cleans up, five years later

Glen McGregorSeptember 2, 2011September 2, 2011

Alice Funke over at Punditsguide.ca has done her usual nice job charting donations to the Liberal leadership campaigns to pay…

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The death of a ladies’ man: Errol Flynn’s Vancouver autopsy

Glen McGregorAugust 30, 2011August 30, 2011

A FEW TASTEFUL SNAPS EXCLUSIVE: SWASHBUCKLING SCREEN STAR SHOWED SIGNS OF SEXUALLY-TRANSMITTED DISEASE Canada’s open-records laws invariably favour personal privacy…

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Stephane Dion still paying down leadership debts

Glen McGregorAugust 29, 2011August 29, 2011

Stéphane Dion‘s leadership may be forgotten, but he’s not gone. He still can be spotted walking the halls on Parliament…

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“What’s the frequency, kiddies?”: Alleged Rather attacker wants to work with children

Glen McGregorAugust 27, 2011August 27, 2011

A FEW TASTEFUL SNAPS EXCLUSIVE! Back in March, I wrote about the release from prison of a convicted killer in…

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Layton donations through NDP appear to breach elections law

Glen McGregorAugust 26, 2011August 26, 2011

THIS STORY HAS BEEN UPDATED ON THE OTTAWA CITIZEN SITE. The NDP’s decision to channel donations to a left-wing think-tank…

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Layton’s only second special state funeral

Glen McGregorAugust 24, 2011August 24, 2011

This may be trivial detail on this day, but for the record…. I’ve been trying all week to get Canadian…

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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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