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cbc.ca — Journalists aren't allowed to ask Prime Minister Stephen Harper about the Senate expenses scandal, following his speech to caucus Tuesday.

cbc.ca — Last week, Government House Leader Peter Van Loan unveiled a new proposal to keep the Commons fires burning until midnight every night but Friday until the summer break, ostensibly in order to ensure passage of as much as legislation as the newly extended hours would allow.

cbc.ca — A whole new team has taken over at Hay River Community Counselling. Last fall, four counsellors walked away from the centre after being asked to take demotions to allow people with Master's degrees to take their spots. The centre has since filled all the vacancies.

cbc.ca — A Hay River, N.W.T., man has been charged following a stabbing which happened in the early morning hours on Saturday. A 26-year-old man was stabbed with a knife while he was walking on a trail near the Rooster Gas Bar at about 3:45 a.m. He sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to hospital in Edmonton.

cbc.ca — Comedy doyenne and TV sketch queen Carol Burnett is set to receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, which administers the prize, announced the former TV stalwart as this year's pick, on Tuesday.

cbc.ca — Rembrandt painted dozens of self-portraits over a lifetime, but a kid with a smartphone can match that output in an afternoon. And it's not just teenagers feeling the need to paint their masterpiece with camera flash and wall mirror. Today, we look at the Selfie phenomenon . . .

cbc.ca — Sheriff's deputies ordered to track down missing prospective jurors Posted: May 21, 2013 5:59 PM AT Failing to report for jury duty could be a costly mistake for 95 Nova Scotians. The chief justice of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court is demanding to know why 95 people, or 40 per cent of prospective jurors, were not in court Tuesday for the start of a five-day trial.

cbc.ca — The Senate is debating its own committee's reports into living expenses claimed by three senators in a Tuesday night session that could see Senator Mike Duffy's claims sent back for a second audit. It's the Senate's first chance to discuss the reports after the government majority tried to have them quickly passed without debate.

cbc.ca — Prime Minister Stephen Harper will give a televised address to his Conservative caucus this morning and comment on the Senate expenses controversy that prompted the weekend resignation of his chief of staff, Nigel Wright. Harper has yet to make public comments on the Senate spending trouble that has also forced Senators Mike Duffy and Pam Wallin to step out of the Conservative caucus.

cbc.ca — Councillors acknowledge pressure on mayor to comment further Posted: May 20, 2013 5:18 PM ET A debate about a proposed downtown casino is supposed to take centre stage at Toronto City Hall on Tuesday, but it seems a safe bet that a still-unseen video of Mayor Rob Ford will continue to be a topic of conversation.

cbc.ca — The city of Portland, Maine passed a resolution Monday night calling on the U.S. government to conduct an environmental review of Portland-to-Montreal pipeline before it is allowed to reverse its flow and potentially bring oilsands oil to a terminal on the Atlantic coast.

cbc.ca — Canadian star had until Friday to produce documents Posted: May 21, 2013 7:06 AM ET Mally the Monkey was seized by German customs March 28 when Justin Bieber failed to produce required vaccination and import papers for the animal after landing in Munich. (Matthias Schrader/Associated Press) Justin Bieber's pet monkey is no longer his.

cbc.ca — Two climbers were rescued off Mount Eaton this weekend in Kluane National Park in Yukon. The climbers called in for help on Wednesday after being trapped on their descent due to poor weather and dangerous conditions. The weather also hampered the rescue attempts.

cbc.ca — He came into the Mayor's office in Toronto promising a new kind of accountability but it is the voting public, his fellow councilors and the media demanding some new kind of accountability from Rob Ford. In a video The Toronto Star & Gawker have both reported viewing, allegedly showing the

cbc.ca — Toronto mayor Rob Ford remained silent on Tuesday about allegations he was filmed smoking what appeared to be crack cocaine, even amid mounting pressure from councillors to put the issue to rest in a proper statement.