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Tories seek information on Wildrose robocalls

calgaryherald.com — The provincial Tories turned up the heat Friday on the Wildrose Party over robocalls as the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission stayed silent over a $90,000 penalty levied against Wil-drose for its use of automated diallers in 2011 and 2012.
RT @ChrisVarcoe: Tories seek information on Wildrose robocalls; CRTC remains mum on status of investigation bit.ly/12EaB2Z #ableg #…
Tories seek information on Wildrose robocalls; CRTC remains mum on status of investigation bit.ly/12EaB2Z #ableg #abpoli

Myanmar's western Rakhine state imposes 2-child limit for Muslims to stem sectarian strife

calgaryherald.com — YANGON, Myanmar - Authorities in Myanmar's western Rakhine state have imposed a two-child limit for Muslim Rohingya families, a policy that does not apply to Buddhists in the area and comes amid accusations of ethnic cleansing in the aftermath of sectarian violence.
Myanmar's western Rakhine state imposes 2-child limit for Muslims to stem sectarian strife calgaryherald.com/news/Myanmars+…

Braid: Robocall hypocrisy ringing through

calgaryherald.com — Caught with its ring tones in a twist, Wildrose has fallen into stunned inaction after being walloped with a mammoth $90,000 "administrative penalty" for breaking rules on campaign calls.

Corbella: Wanna fix the RCMP? Then bring in a union

calgaryherald.com — Another week, another RCMP scandal. On Tuesday, Staff Sgt. Caroline O'Farrell, one of the first women to join the force's storied equestrian show, the Musical Ride, launched an $8-million lawsuit claiming that the RCMP did not properly investigate her allegations of relentless, repeated abuse.

Boom may be over but oilsands far from a bust

calgaryherald.com — It may be a buyer's market these days, but it would be wrong to sell short the long-term prospects for the oilsands. Marathon Oil's announcement this week that it terminated negotiations with an unnamed company to sell part of its stake in the Athabasca Oil Sands Project made it the latest of a half-dozen companies that reportedly put oilsands assets on the block and didn't conclude a sale.
Ewart: It's a buyers' market without any buyers but oilsands boom is far from a bust calgaryherald.com/touch/story.ht… via @calgaryherald

Redford vows to give PC grassroots more clout

calgaryherald.com — Premier Alison Redford announced a strategy Friday to bolster the Progressive Conservative Party grassroots and breathe new life into the 42-year-old regime while she continued her campaign-style attacks on the opposition Wildrose party.
At opening of weekend policy conference, Redford vows to give PC grassroots more clout bit.ly/10TGGSb #ableg #abpoli

Inner circle urges Mayor Rob Ford to address ‘crack cocaine’ scandal

calgaryherald.com — TORONTO - Mayor Rob Ford was set to break his silence Friday as his executive committee urged him to address the raging crack-video scandal after his deputy mayor said residents were becoming increasingly concerned about the situation. In an open letter, the six-member committee also sought to reassure citizens that city business was continuing.
RT @calgaryherald: "I do not use crack cocaine, nor am I an addict of crack cocaine," -Toronto Mayor Rob Ford bit.ly/12C3SGZ
Edge of seat occupied... RT @calgaryherald: Toronto Mayor Rob Ford will address media momentarily bit.ly/11jaxcl

Alberta Tories deny robocalls accusation by Wildrose

calgaryherald.com — Provincial Tories say they played by the rules and aren't under scrutiny for their use of robocalls. The Wildrose Party confirmed Thursday it had been fined $90,000 by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission for the use of automated calls in 2011 and 2012.

A Roll of the Genetic Dice

calgaryherald.com — "Knock, knock, Mommy." "Who's there?" I ask. "Banana," Bennett says. "Banana who?" "Knock, knock." "Who's there?" "Banana," he says again, his smile revealing a gap where his front tooth once was. "Banana who?" "Knock, knock." "Who's there?" "Orange!" he yells, barely able to contain his excitement. "Orange who?"

One found dead in ‘violent incident’ in N.E.

calgaryherald.com — CALGARY- One man is dead and another has been taken to hospital in what's being termed a "violent incident" in the city's northeast. Calgary police were called to a house in the community of Huntington Hills about 4:30 p.m.

Council candidates embrace push to make donor lists public before vote

calgaryherald.com — For those curious to know where top corporate donations go in the civic election, candidates will be providing plenty of data. Several contenders for councillor spots this fall say they'll publicly disclose contributor lists before Calgarians vote, like most prominent mayoral candidates did during the 2010 campaign.
RT @markusoff: Before Calgarians vote in October, candidates - many, at least - will report their donor lists. #yyccc calgaryherald.com/news/calgary/C…
Before Calgarians vote in October, candidates - many, at least - will report their donor lists. #yyccc calgaryherald.com/news/calgary/C…

Pipeline critics have plenty of clout

calgaryherald.com — Canada's biggest oil export project has become a joke - more accurately, a cartoon - among U.S. social and intellectual elites. And it's a dandy.
RT @stephen_ewart: Ewart: Canada's pipeline industry works to counter critics with plenty of clout calgaryherald.com/touch/story.ht… via @calgaryherald
Ewart: Canada's pipeline industry works to counter critics with plenty of clout calgaryherald.com/touch/story.ht… via @calgaryherald

Next Xbox a better listener, harmonizes living room gadgets (with video)

calgaryherald.com — After promising for more than a decade that its game console would revolutionize home entertainment, Microsoft Corp. may have finally delivered. In a glitzy announcement Tuesday from a giant tent on the company's main campus in Seattle, Microsoft officially introduced the world to its new Xbox One.
Next Xbox a better listener, harmonizes living room gadgets (with video) calgaryherald.com/technology/per…. In the Calgary Herald.