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Jeffrey Simpson And the Conservative spin machine spins on a Intelligence officer and ex-diplomat Richard Colvin testifies at a commons special committee hearing on transfer of Afghan detainees on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Nov.

Gerald Caplan Layton betrays the faithful New Democratic Party Leader Jack Layton speaks during an emergency debate in the House of Commons on Monday, November 2, 2009.

Jeffrey Simpson Published on Friday, Nov. 13, 2009 7:06PM EST C anadians, perched above the United States, often have trouble looking beyond that behemoth.

In a recent Sun Media cartoon, a caricature of Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff is shown standing face-to-face with a doctor about to give him the H1N1 vaccine.

Where Eastern Kansas ends and Western Kansas begins is an entire column in itself, but for practical purposes, if you fold the map in half, the north-south highway closest to the fold is Kansas Highway 14.

Cracking down on the increasingly troubling problem of underage drinking is the goal of a forum now making its way across Kansas.

OTTAWA a ' Prime Minister Stephen Harper insists he won't hike taxes or cut spending to deal with the country's ballooning debt.

The weather was "perfect" and the safety sessions were "awesome" for the 185 fifth-graders attending the 2009 Progressive Agriculture Safety Day.

Jeffrey Simpson Last updated on Tuesday, Oct. 06, 2009 06:12AM EDT P rime Minister Stephen Harper has the opposition parties exactly where he wants them.

Two men are hurt after an oil well explosion in Harper County. Dispatchers say the call came in around 9:30 a.m. Thursday morning.

Jeffrey Simpson Last updated on Wednesday, Sep. 23, 2009 03:30AM EDT S trip away the rhetoric from Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff's recent speeches and two conclusions emerge.

Oh, for heaven's sake. Here's our Mr. Harper fretting about the threat to Canada of having an election: The Prime Minister repeated his message that a hasty trip to the polls threatens Canada's economic recovery.

Rex Murphy Last updated on Friday, Aug. 28, 2009 08:16PM EDT I n the sweet declining days of August, Stephen Harper has tossed another sackful of happy conservatives to the Canadian Senate.

Jeffrey Simpson Last updated on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009 05:30PM EDT F inally, belatedly, the Harper government understands the importance of China.

Lawrence Martin M aybe we should call this government the Better Late Than Never Gang.

Harper County authorities are looking for a missing person who hasn't been seen for nearly a month.

Harper County authorities are looking for a missing person who hasn't been seen for nearly a month.

Harper County authorities are looking for a missing person who hasn't been seen for nearly a month.

That's how long it took the Harper government to wreak complete and utter havoc on Canada's medical system.

The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for 11 counties in southern Kansas, including Wichita and portions of the metropolitan area.