Bonner County sheriff's deputies blocked off a dirt road in northern Idaho and waited patiently, not wanting to provoke further paranoia from a family that had worked hard to cut itself off from the outside world. Ex-fan says Alliance leader toast Ron Dancey once lent his kitchen to Stockwell Day as the backdrop for a folksy election campaign commercial. Now he thinks the Canadian Alliance leader is toast. Dancey, vice-president of the Alliance riding association in Cambridge, Ont., voted with the majority of local members this week in favour of an early leadership review. Rock takes on tobacco giants Health Minister Allan Rock has set up a new anti-smoking SWAT team to take on the tobacco giants.
Nobody seems to want a Day job.
After several weeks a special selection committee headed by Canadian Alliance Senator Gerry St. Germain has failed to fill two key positions in leader Stockwell Day's office. The ongoing leadership crisis dogging Day is the reason no one wants to work in his office, a party source confirmed yesterday. Disappointment as visit cancelled Foreign Affairs Minister John Manley says he's disappointed Saudi Arabia's crown prince has given Canada the royal kiss off. Feds get new watchdog Sheila Fraser has been appointed Canada's first female auditor general, charged with examining the federal government's books. Prime Minister Jean Chretien announced the appointment yesterday.