Valeri Land Flip Story Still Has Legs

From the Stoney Creek News: 'Wild night in Stoney Creek'

The Stoney Creek News held a local candidates' debate Jan. 12 (the day the story broke) at Orchard Park Secondary School. CBC radio and television reporters attended the event hoping to ask questions of Mr. Valeri about the issue - but found him to be uncooperative.

"As soon as the debate ended I approached him (Mr. Valeri) at the podium but he basically avoided me," said CBC radio news national reporter Christopher Grosskurth. "His flacks hustled him out the door. They made a premeditated move to escape. He had no intention of answering our questions. In my 25 years in journalism, I've never seen anything like it. It was a wild night in Stoney Creek."

From the Hamilton Spectator: Valeri opens door to more questions

Questions are asked. The cabinet minister offers an explanation, and then suggests the documents were deliberately released as part of a smear campaign to hurt him at a critical point in the election and threatens to sue the website operator.

Stories are published, new questions arise. The cabinet minister declines to answer the new questions or clarify his earlier explanation.

More stories are published and now there's a call for an investigation by a rival party's MP