Immigration Minister Resigns:Liberal $candal

TORONTO -- A provincial cabinet minister resigned and Premier Dalton McGuinty publicly apologized yesterday, following a highly critical report by the auditor general into the so-called "Colle-gate slush fund" scandal.

Citizenship and Immigration Minister Mike Colle took a political swan dive yesterday after the auditor reported that he was involved in the handing out of $32.5 million in capital grants to multicultural groups with little scrutiny and, in some cases, based on no more than a conversation with him or his political staff.

"Mike and I agree the minister must be held accountable and that stepping aside is the right thing to do," McGuinty said.

Auditor General Jim McCarter found no evidence the organizations were given funds because they had political ties, although a few groups did have some links to the Liberal party.

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Jamaican Drug Bust In Halifax

180 kg of drugs seized in Halifax

HALIFAX (CP) - Almost 200 kilograms of hash oil and marijuana from Jamaica were seized at the port of Halifax after border officials searched a shipping container packed with yams, the Canadian Border Services Agency said Friday.

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Iran Talking Tough With Canada

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19 arrested in drug crackdown

London police say they made a "substantial" dent in crime in the Forest City after arresting 19 people and charging 12 from this area for firearms and drug-related offences.

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Mulroney Ordered To Pay Businessman $470,000

OTTAWA (CP) - Brian Mulroney has been ordered by a court to pay $470,000 to former business associate Karlheinz Schreiber.

The order comes in a default judgment by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. Schreiber sued the former prime minister to recoup $300,000 in cash the businessman says he handed to Mulroney over three meetings in hotel rooms in New York and Montreal in 1993 and 1994. Mulroney had already left politics at the time.

Brian Mulroney has been ordered by a court
to pay $470,000 to former
business associate Karlheinz Schreiber.
(CPimages)

Mulroney's lawyer Kenneth Prehogan appeared shocked by the ruling, saying it would be set aside because he has argued all along that the Ontario court had no jurisdiction to consider the lawsuit.

In his statement of claim, Schreiber said the cash was to enlist Mulroney's help in establishing an arms factory in Quebec and a pasta-machine business.

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