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Seal meat on Hill menu
OTTAWA — Seal meat is about to join beef tenderloin and baked salmon on the haute-cuisine menu for MPs and senators in the parliamentary restaurant. MPs say Parliament is picking up the fork from Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean, who triggered a global controversy last May by gobbling seal meat in a show of support for Inuit culture in the Arctic.
New crew for Ignatieff
OTTAWA — Michael Ignatieff’s office has a new look, with a bevy of veterans replacing the Liberal leader’s inexperienced inner circle, including a former Winnipegger.
Announcing the new senior staff lineup was the first task for Peter Donolo, who officially began as Ignatieff’s new chief of staff Tuesday. Donolo served as communications director to former prime minister Jean Chrétien. Former Winnipegger Brian Bohunicky, a top ministerial aide during the Chrétien years, takes over the Liberal caucus research bureau and will be a senior policy adviser to the leader.
Quake jolts B.C. coast
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. — A significant earthquake jolted British Columbia’s north coast early Tuesday, rattling furniture and nerves but not spawning a tsunami. The Pacific Geoscience Centre in Sidney, B.C., reported the quake was centred 144 kilometres southeast of Queen Charlotte City, off the extreme southern tip of the Queen Charlotte Islands. The quake was felt over a wide area of northwestern B.C., from Terrace to Kitimat and as far south as Port Hardy on Vancouver Island.
Too much information
OTTAWA — The colour of your skin or the countries you visit could mean details of your financial dealings end up at the national agency that fights terror funding, a review by the federal privacy watchdog has found. Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart says in her annual report tabled Tuesday the little-known Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre is collecting too much personal information about Canadians.
— from the news services