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Erin O'Toole's $3.69 million bid for Conservative party power

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole spent $3.69 million on his campaign to win the leadership of his party last year.

Canada launches satellite program to track illegal fishing abroad

The Dark Vessel Detection program uses satellite technology to locate and track ships partaking in illegal fishing whose location transmitting devices have been switched off.

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A fleet of ships off the Ecuador boundary that have gone dark to evade authorities are spotted by the Dark Vessel Detection system. Photo supplied by Fisheries and Oceans Canada

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Zoning out: Doug Ford's special land-use orders

Exclusive: Ford donors benefit as project approvals override environment

The Ford government has used ministerial zoning orders, or MZOs, to override environmental concerns in 14 cases, an analysis by Canada’s National Observer shows. In many cases, developers who benefitted donated thousands to the PCs and Ontario Proud.

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