http://wellingtonstpost.com A new kind of news. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:29:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://wellingtonstpost.com/diplomats/news-story-g8-summit-round-up-of-events-and-announcements http://wellingtonstpost.com/diplomats/news-story-g8-summit-round-up-of-events-and-announcements#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:29:20 +0000 A.L. http://wellingtonstpost.com/diplomats/news-story-g8-summit-round-up-of-events-and-announcements Continue reading →]]> Updated: Removed schedule and added links to multimedia content. The G8 Summit took place on 17 – 18 June 2013. Catch up with all the events from the summit: videos from the G8 Summit official photos from the G8 Summit communiqués and other documents from the G8 Summit round-up of events at the G8 Summit further information on the G8 Key events and announcements The Prime Minister arrived in Lough Erne on Sunday night (16 June). ...]]> http://wellingtonstpost.com/diplomats/news-story-g8-summit-round-up-of-events-and-announcements/feed 0 http://wellingtonstpost.com/liberal/trouble-in-ford-nation http://wellingtonstpost.com/liberal/trouble-in-ford-nation#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:28:32 +0000 bigcitylib http://wellingtonstpost.com/liberal/trouble-in-ford-nation This guy is not some kind of downtown elitist.  Or the guy mentioned here.  Nor are the folks that typically attend the Taste of Little Italy.  His base is starting to crumble on him. ...]]> http://wellingtonstpost.com/liberal/trouble-in-ford-nation/feed 0 http://wellingtonstpost.com/conservative/lynn-said-interesting-articlebut-no-matte http://wellingtonstpost.com/conservative/lynn-said-interesting-articlebut-no-matte#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:26:47 +0000 Fred from BC http://wellingtonstpost.com/conservative/lynn-said-interesting-articlebut-no-matte Continue reading →]]> Lynn said… Interesting article,but no matter how one does the math,the "elephant",otherwise known as "how does the Chef distribute the money", is the primary concern. My thoughts exactly. I've been waiting for just one politician, journalist or media personality to dare mention this, but to no avail. Sad, isn't it? The usual suspects are just parroting the same tired old "throw more money at it" line…Don Martin at least *wants* to say i...]]> http://wellingtonstpost.com/conservative/lynn-said-interesting-articlebut-no-matte/feed 0 http://wellingtonstpost.com/international-news/tesla-recalls-some-model-s-vehicles-due-to-seat-mount-defect http://wellingtonstpost.com/international-news/tesla-recalls-some-model-s-vehicles-due-to-seat-mount-defect#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:25:38 +0000 admin http://wellingtonstpost.com/international-news/tesla-recalls-some-model-s-vehicles-due-to-seat-mount-defect (Reuters) – Electric car maker Tesla Motors Inc said it recalled some Model S cars manufactured between May 10 and June 8 due to a defect in the mounting bracket of the rear seat. ...]]> http://wellingtonstpost.com/international-news/tesla-recalls-some-model-s-vehicles-due-to-seat-mount-defect/feed 0 http://wellingtonstpost.com/international-news/obama-says-still-wants-to-close-guantanamo-bay-prison http://wellingtonstpost.com/international-news/obama-says-still-wants-to-close-guantanamo-bay-prison#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:25:35 +0000 admin http://wellingtonstpost.com/international-news/obama-says-still-wants-to-close-guantanamo-bay-prison BERLIN (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he still wanted to close Guantanamo Bay prison but said the plan had been tougher to achieve than he had hoped due to resistance from Congress. ...]]> http://wellingtonstpost.com/international-news/obama-says-still-wants-to-close-guantanamo-bay-prison/feed 0 http://wellingtonstpost.com/diplomats/qr-facebook-avec-didier-le-bret-directeur-du-centre-de-crise-2 http://wellingtonstpost.com/diplomats/qr-facebook-avec-didier-le-bret-directeur-du-centre-de-crise-2#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:29:31 +0000 Anya http://wellingtonstpost.com/diplomats/qr-facebook-avec-didier-le-bret-directeur-du-centre-de-crise-2 Comment la France réagit-elle face aux crises majeures ? Comment aider les Français de l’étranger et les populations locales ? Posez dès maintenant toutes vos questions sur Facebook. - Evènements 2013 / actualite ...]]> http://wellingtonstpost.com/diplomats/qr-facebook-avec-didier-le-bret-directeur-du-centre-de-crise-2/feed 0 http://wellingtonstpost.com/international-news/fbi-search-for-jimmy-hoffas-body-may-last-two-more-days http://wellingtonstpost.com/international-news/fbi-search-for-jimmy-hoffas-body-may-last-two-more-days#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:25:13 +0000 admin http://wellingtonstpost.com/international-news/fbi-search-for-jimmy-hoffas-body-may-last-two-more-days Continue reading →]]> OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Michigan (Reuters) – Investigators looking for the remains of former Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa in a suburban Detroit field could search the area for two more days, seeking evidence to prove an elderly mobster’s claim the labor leader was buried alive on the property shortly after his 1975 disappearance. ...]]> http://wellingtonstpost.com/international-news/fbi-search-for-jimmy-hoffas-body-may-last-two-more-days/feed 0 http://wellingtonstpost.com/think-tanks/assets-and-liabilities http://wellingtonstpost.com/think-tanks/assets-and-liabilities#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:29:40 +0000 admin http://wellingtonstpost.com/think-tanks/assets-and-liabilities With the imminent PST hike and the forced amalgamation of small municipalities dominating discussions about provincial politics, Manitoba Hydro has been pushed out of the limelight. That changed last week. ...]]> http://wellingtonstpost.com/think-tanks/assets-and-liabilities/feed 0 http://wellingtonstpost.com/journalists/saudi-women-jailed-for-trying-to-help-a-canadian http://wellingtonstpost.com/journalists/saudi-women-jailed-for-trying-to-help-a-canadian#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:51:15 +0000 1@rkil.com admin2 http://wellingtonstpost.com/journalists/saudi-women-jailed-for-trying-to-help-a-canadian Continue reading →]]> Nathalie Morin is a Canadian woman who fell in love with a Saudi Arabian man.She moved halfway around the world to live with him — after he was deported from Quebec for being in this country illegally.That was her mistake.The couple has three children, one of whom was born in Canada. Whether they were ever actually married is unclear, as is so much about the saga that has been designated a “private family matter” by Foreign Affairs. Morin’s mother, Johanne Durocher...]]> http://wellingtonstpost.com/journalists/saudi-women-jailed-for-trying-to-help-a-canadian/feed 0 http://wellingtonstpost.com/journalists/full-pundit-roll-up-for-the-justin-trudeau-show http://wellingtonstpost.com/journalists/full-pundit-roll-up-for-the-justin-trudeau-show#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:50:50 +0000 Chris Selley http://wellingtonstpost.com/journalists/full-pundit-roll-up-for-the-justin-trudeau-show Continue reading →]]> ‘Support required’ for failing politiciansWe are somewhat amazed at the amount of ink being spilled over various organizations freely entering into contracts with Justin Trudeau such that he might flap his gums on their premises. We understand people’s distaste when it comes to charities and public entities, and are somewhat appalled that Trudeau was actually worth that much on the speech circuit market, but if non-profits broke even or raised money from his presence, and th...]]> http://wellingtonstpost.com/journalists/full-pundit-roll-up-for-the-justin-trudeau-show/feed 0 http://wellingtonstpost.com/journalists/unlike-canada-u-s-still-allows-debate-on-abortion http://wellingtonstpost.com/journalists/unlike-canada-u-s-still-allows-debate-on-abortion#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:50:38 +0000 Kelly McParland http://wellingtonstpost.com/journalists/unlike-canada-u-s-still-allows-debate-on-abortion Continue reading →]]> Here’s a debate that would never be allowed to happen in Canada. Republican members of the U.S. Congress have introduced legislation that would ban most abortions after a fetus has reached 20 weeks. They argue that unborn children are able to feel pain by that age, but the law allows them to be aborted up to 24 weeks. “Delivered or not, babies are babies, and it has been shown that they can feel pain at least by 20 weeks,” said Robert Goodlatte, chairman of the House jud...]]> http://wellingtonstpost.com/journalists/unlike-canada-u-s-still-allows-debate-on-abortion/feed 0 http://wellingtonstpost.com/journalists/john-ivison-parliament-divided-and-angry-as-harper-returns-without-coveted-eu-trade-deal http://wellingtonstpost.com/journalists/john-ivison-parliament-divided-and-angry-as-harper-returns-without-coveted-eu-trade-deal#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:50:24 +0000 John Ivison http://wellingtonstpost.com/journalists/john-ivison-parliament-divided-and-angry-as-harper-returns-without-coveted-eu-trade-deal Continue reading →]]> Maybe we all need a bit of County Fermanagh in our life. The verdant nature of the Lough Erne resort seems to have made everything possible. Stephen Harper rhapsodized about how the G8 meeting had turned out much better than he had thought possible, with Russia signing on to a “genuine G8 statement” about government transition in Syria. Earlier, David Cameron, the British Prime Minister, was optimistic about the Canada-European free trade deal being “down to the last few yards.�...]]> http://wellingtonstpost.com/journalists/john-ivison-parliament-divided-and-angry-as-harper-returns-without-coveted-eu-trade-deal/feed 0 http://wellingtonstpost.com/journalists/christie-blatchford-want-to-trash-potentially-embarrassing-evidence-former-mcguinty-aide-has-a-rule-for-that http://wellingtonstpost.com/journalists/christie-blatchford-want-to-trash-potentially-embarrassing-evidence-former-mcguinty-aide-has-a-rule-for-that#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:50:04 +0000 Christie Blatchford http://wellingtonstpost.com/journalists/christie-blatchford-want-to-trash-potentially-embarrassing-evidence-former-mcguinty-aide-has-a-rule-for-that Continue reading →]]> There may be 50 ways to leave your lover, as per the singer/songwriter Paul Simon and his 1975 song of the same name, but there are apparently at least 99 ways to leave your government job — and all of them have you merrily deleting and shredding as you go. This was the message from one of Dalton McGuinty’s former chiefs of staff, Chris Morley, who came before the standing committee on justice policy at Queen’s Park Tuesday. It’s not, you understand, he wanted to be pressi...]]> http://wellingtonstpost.com/journalists/christie-blatchford-want-to-trash-potentially-embarrassing-evidence-former-mcguinty-aide-has-a-rule-for-that/feed 0 http://wellingtonstpost.com/journalists/jonathan-kay-heads-held-high-in-afghanistan http://wellingtonstpost.com/journalists/jonathan-kay-heads-held-high-in-afghanistan#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:29:52 +0000 Jonathan Kay http://wellingtonstpost.com/journalists/jonathan-kay-heads-held-high-in-afghanistan Continue reading →]]> Of all the books that have come out of the Afghanistan war since 9/11, one of the finest is The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor, Jake Tapper’s recently published account of the 2009 Battle of Kamdesh, at Combat Outpost Keating in the remote Afghan outback. As the Afghan government takes over full responsibility for their country’s security this week, it will be tempting for critics to cite COP Keating — a precarious speck of American military might once situated near the Paki...]]> http://wellingtonstpost.com/journalists/jonathan-kay-heads-held-high-in-afghanistan/feed 0 http://wellingtonstpost.com/united-nations/senior-un-officials-urge-restraint-dialogue-to-defuse-tensions-fuelling-protests-in-turkey http://wellingtonstpost.com/united-nations/senior-un-officials-urge-restraint-dialogue-to-defuse-tensions-fuelling-protests-in-turkey#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:29:50 +0000 1@rkil.com admin2 http://wellingtonstpost.com/united-nations/senior-un-officials-urge-restraint-dialogue-to-defuse-tensions-fuelling-protests-in-turkey Urging “maximum restraint” amid widespread anti-Government protests in Turkey, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Navi Pillay, the world body’s human rights chief, called today for constructive dialogue to defuse tensions in the country. ...]]> http://wellingtonstpost.com/united-nations/senior-un-officials-urge-restraint-dialogue-to-defuse-tensions-fuelling-protests-in-turkey/feed 0 http://wellingtonstpost.com/united-nations/visiting-lebanon-un-official-urges-greater-support-for-syrian-refugees-and-their-hosts http://wellingtonstpost.com/united-nations/visiting-lebanon-un-official-urges-greater-support-for-syrian-refugees-and-their-hosts#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:29:50 +0000 1@rkil.com admin2 http://wellingtonstpost.com/united-nations/visiting-lebanon-un-official-urges-greater-support-for-syrian-refugees-and-their-hosts Continue reading →]]> The United Nations refugee chief today urged greater support for those who have fled the conflict in Syria and for the countries hosting them, as he kicked off a visit to the region in Lebanon, where the pressure on local communities has become “overwhelming.” ...]]> http://wellingtonstpost.com/united-nations/visiting-lebanon-un-official-urges-greater-support-for-syrian-refugees-and-their-hosts/feed 0 http://wellingtonstpost.com/united-nations/refugee-outflows-resulting-from-nigeria-crisis-spreading-to-cameroon-un-agency http://wellingtonstpost.com/united-nations/refugee-outflows-resulting-from-nigeria-crisis-spreading-to-cameroon-un-agency#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:29:50 +0000 1@rkil.com admin2 http://wellingtonstpost.com/united-nations/refugee-outflows-resulting-from-nigeria-crisis-spreading-to-cameroon-un-agency The United Nations refugee agency today reported that the ongoing crisis in north-eastern Nigeria is continuing to send people fleeing to Niger and now to Cameroon amid the insecurity resulting from confrontations between the army and insurgents. ...]]> http://wellingtonstpost.com/united-nations/refugee-outflows-resulting-from-nigeria-crisis-spreading-to-cameroon-un-agency/feed 0 http://wellingtonstpost.com/united-nations/mali-un-officials-welcome-accord-between-government-and-tuareg-rebels http://wellingtonstpost.com/united-nations/mali-un-officials-welcome-accord-between-government-and-tuareg-rebels#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:29:50 +0000 1@rkil.com admin2 http://wellingtonstpost.com/united-nations/mali-un-officials-welcome-accord-between-government-and-tuareg-rebels The United Nations envoy for Mali welcomed the signing today of an agreement between the Malian Government and Tuareg rebels that paves the way for inclusive peace talks as well as presidential elections next month. ...]]> http://wellingtonstpost.com/united-nations/mali-un-officials-welcome-accord-between-government-and-tuareg-rebels/feed 0 http://wellingtonstpost.com/united-nations/us-progressing-towards-first-human-to-asteroid-space-mission-un-committee-told http://wellingtonstpost.com/united-nations/us-progressing-towards-first-human-to-asteroid-space-mission-un-committee-told#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:29:50 +0000 1@rkil.com admin2 http://wellingtonstpost.com/united-nations/us-progressing-towards-first-human-to-asteroid-space-mission-un-committee-told Continue reading →]]> The United States is making progress on achieving its goal of sending the first human mission to an asteroid, the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said today, after briefing the United Nations body that fosters international cooperation in space research and exploration on the initiative. ...]]> http://wellingtonstpost.com/united-nations/us-progressing-towards-first-human-to-asteroid-space-mission-un-committee-told/feed 0 http://wellingtonstpost.com/united-nations/un-calls-on-brazilian-authorities-to-exercise-restraint-as-protests-flare http://wellingtonstpost.com/united-nations/un-calls-on-brazilian-authorities-to-exercise-restraint-as-protests-flare#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:29:50 +0000 1@rkil.com admin2 http://wellingtonstpost.com/united-nations/un-calls-on-brazilian-authorities-to-exercise-restraint-as-protests-flare Brazilian authorities must exercise restraint in dealing with spreading social protests in the country, the United Nations human rights office said today in the wake of reported clashes between demonstrators and police in Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte. ...]]> http://wellingtonstpost.com/united-nations/un-calls-on-brazilian-authorities-to-exercise-restraint-as-protests-flare/feed 0