Sponsorship not mentioned for years in department reviews: auditor general
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OTTAWA (CP) - The federal sponsorship program operated for years without ever being mentioned in the Public Works Department's annual performance reviews, Auditor General Sheila Fraser said Tuesday.
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Sport: Cricket: ECB chairman says it is unlikely England players will be involved in 2009 Indian Premier League
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NEW YORK -- The UN oil-for-food program chief, under scrutiny for alleged corruption and mismanagement, blocked a proposed audit of his office around the same time he is accused of soliciting lucrative oil deals from Iraq, investigators said. A UN auditing team, which was severely understaffed, said running the $64 billion oil-for-food program was ''a high-risk activity" and a priority ...
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Australian Olympics chief John Coates said Sunday the AOC's management will not police blogs written by its athletes at this year's Beijing Games.
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An independent oversight board created to identify intelligence abuses after the CIA scandals of the 1970s did not send any reports to the attorney general of legal violations during the first 5 1/2  years of the Bush administration's counterterrorism effort, the Justice Department has told...
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Football shirt sponsorship deals with gambling firms may be under threat from a probe by the Gambling Commission.
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HARTFORD, Conn. -- Despite charges of bid-rigging and conflicts of interest against the insurance industry, Connecticut insurance Commissioner Susan F. Cogswell said she has not found corruption in Connecticut.
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Mark Chen ( é³åå±± ) yesterday denied allegations that the ministry was conducting dollar diplomacy under the guise of foreign aid to Costa Rica.
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A defiant Gary Mar refuses to step down as Alberta health minister despite a scathing auditor general&#39;s report. &quot;I&#39;ll take responsibility by taking steps to try to mitigate the legitimate problems identified by the auditor general,&quot; Mar said yesterday.
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Business & money: Â· Former Independent chief denies fraud chargesÂ· Company's accounts were a 'mystery quagmire'
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A surgeon general's report in 2006 that called on Americans to help tackle global health problems has been kept from the public by a Bush political appointee without any background or expertise in medicine or public health, chiefly because the report did not promote the administration's policy...
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Bancinsurance Corp. BCIS.O, an  underwriter of specialty insurance, on Tuesday said its auditor  Ernst & Young LLP has withdrawn its audit reports for 2001  through 2003, and does not believe it can rely on management's  representations.
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Recommendations made by independent inquiry are yet to be impleted, says British Fashion Council
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The Attorney General has denied Friday that he concealed large payments made to a Saudi prince from an international anti-bribery watchdog probing a giant arms deal.
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Alfonso Gagliano says the federal sponsorship program was essential to ensuring the survival of Canada. In an open letter, the former Public Works Minister says Paul Martin&#39;s government has made a serious mistake abolishing it.
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FREDERICTON (CP) - Prime Minister Paul Martin is refusing to get involved in a dispute over the sponsorship inquiry he set up, saying he can't comment on a challenge against the judge he appointed to lead it.
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Calgary - Kelley Charlebois, whose contracts with the health department drew criticism from the auditor general, says the rates he charged the province weren&#39;t excessive.