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A scandal that has plagued Alberta’s energy regulator has become an international incident, with the Montana government wanting to know whether its citizens were spied on by an arms-length agency of the Alberta government.

Ken Toole of Montana’s Public Service Commission said Wednesday that while he doesn’t have full information on the issue, what he has heard about the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board is troubling.

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Liberal MP Stephen Owen stepped down Friday, leaving the Vancouver-Quadra seat vacant.

Owen, the Official Opposition critic for democratic reform, first announced his intention to resign on Feb. 5.

He was elected to Parliament in November 2000, and re-elected in June 2004 and January 2006. He served in the cabinets of both Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin.

He will assume his new post as vice-president, external and community relations at the University of British Columbia on Aug. 15.

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 Harper calls byelections in key political battlefield (Toronto Star)

OTTAWA – Prime Minister Stephen Harper has made a date to send Quebecers to the polls in two ridings, as his Conservatives look to stir up support in the key political battleground.

Harper announced Saturday that voters in Outremont and Saint-Hyacinthe-Bagot will choose new MPs in byelections on Sept. 17.

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Cindy E. Harnett, Times Colonist

No amount of bloodshed between warring Green party members in the Saanich-Gulf Islands riding will prevent a candidate from running if a federal election is called, spokesman Andrew Frank said yesterday.

“A candidate will be running in the riding regardless of the efforts of some people,” Frank said. “That’s the end of the line.” Frank is media liaison for the B.C. chapter of the Green Party of Canada.

An e-mail urging federal Green party members in Saanich-Gulf Islands to avoid splitting votes amongst the federal Conservatives, Liberals, NDP and Greens was sent out by six members and activists Thursday.

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by John Holman, 24 Hours

John Fryer was once the very model of a major New Democrat. A former national and provincial union leader, Fryer ran for the party during the 1988 federal election. But, in an interview with 24 hours’ Public Eye, Fryer confirmed, after more than 40 years as a New Democrat, he joined the Greens this past March.

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