Patrick Brazeau trial postponed to September; police interview video to be...
The assault and sex assault trial of suspended Senator Patrick Brazeau has been postponed again, this time until mid-September. Brazeau went on trial in March on charges that he beat up a woman he was...
View ArticlePer diems denied: House of Commons board scrutinizing MP residency claims
Members of Parliament could soon be required to prove they maintain homes in their ridings if they want to claim expenses for time spent travelling to Ottawa. In the wake of the Senate expense scandal,...
View ArticleBrazeau to plead in assault case, paving way for possible return to Senate
Independent Senator Patrick Brazeau is expected to enter a guilty plea on reduced criminal charges of simple assault and cocaine possession next week, in a deal that would see him given an...
View ArticleBrazeau eyes return to Senate after charges dropped in plea deal
Patrick Brazeau has his eye on a return to the Senate after four criminal charges against him were dropped Tuesday. Brazeau changed his plea to guilty on two charges: assaulting his former girlfriend...
View ArticleSenator Patrick Brazeau recovering from surgery after injury at his home
Sen. Patrick Brazeau remained in serious but stable condition in the Hull Hospital late Tuesday, recovering from surgery after suffering an injury at his rural Outaouais home Monday evening. “I can...
View ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Senator Brazeau's darkest hour: 'I let a lot of people down'
Senator Patrick Brazeau has broken his silence about his darkest hour — the night he slit his throat with a cleaver and started bleeding to death on the kitchen floor. It was Jan. 18 and Brazeau had...
View ArticleCrown to abandon charges against Senator Patrick Brazeau on Wednesday
Two and a half years after Sen. Patrick Brazeau was charged with fraud and breach of trust related to living expenses billed to the Senate, prosecutors have abandoned their case against him, the Ottawa...
View ArticleEditorial: Expenses scandal ends, as Senate questions remain
The Senate expenses scandal, which catapulted Senate reform onto the national political agenda, is over. Sen. Patrick Brazeau saw two charges withdrawn Wednesday. That follows Mike Duffy’s acquittal...
View ArticleCity of Ottawa hit with smackdown over wrestler's firing
A local wrestler once recruited by the WWE can work again for the City of Ottawa after an arbitration panel reversed his firing from an Orléans recreation centre. “It feels great because it has been...
View ArticleDecision on Sentor's fate looms amid new allegations
The Senate’s ethics committee, pondering a range of sanctions from reprimanding Sen. Don Meredith to his outright expulsion is to meet on Tuesday to go over its draft report on the punishment he’ll...
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