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Monday, April 6

Conservatives feuding in eastern Alberta?

by DavidAkin on Mon 06 Apr 2009 10:26 PM EDT

Conservatives MPs are apparently feuding in caucus over Brian Mulroney; Conservatives in one Calgary riding are fighting for the right to hold a nomination meeting to replace incumbent Conservative MP Rob Anders; and now, another long-running feud in eastern Alberta is heating up again.

The newly elected board of Conservative riding association in Vegreville-Wainwright -- a board that the incumbent MP Leon Benoit didn't want elected -- and the national council of the Conservative Party are at odds over the rights to hold a nomination meeting . . . more »

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Senate agrees to 'Berry and Laptop use

by DavidAkin on Mon 06 Apr 2009 11:22 AM EDT

The Parliamentary Press Gallery has successfully convinced the powers that be in the Senate to allow reporters to use their BlackBerrys and laptop computers in the Red Chamber...

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