William Watson: Here’s how big and gross Canada’s own ‘swamp north’ has become
by William Watson Canadians shouldn’t smile so smugly at the Washington log-rolling and back-scratching We Canadians look down our noses... View Article
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Alberta Party leadership race to feature three contenders
James Wood More from James Wood The Canada Party leadership contest will be a three-way race. At the 5 p.m.... View Article
Education Minister David Eggen blasts United Conservative Party’s draft ideas for education policy
A planning document outlining policy ideas United Conservative Party members may discuss shows the party and its leader want to... View Article
Omar Khadr can’t dodge US$134M civil judgement by recanting guilty plea: U.S. court filing
The Canadian Press Colin Perkel The lawyers are calling on an Canada court to enforce the judgment against Khadr handed... View Article
CBC under fire for documentary that says first humans to colonize New World sailed from Europe
Critics say it is ‘extremely irresponsible’ of The Nature of Things to promote the Solutrean Hypothesis, a favourite piece of... View Article
Trudeau’s jolly progressivism and America’s revival will bring back the brain drain
Conrad Black The Liberals are courting disaster with feel-good measures, casual appropriation of income from those who earned it to... View Article
Canada stuck on sidelines as U.S. oil boom creates jobs, curbs emissions
Claudia Cattaneo Claudia Cattaneo: The U.S. oil sector is booming, while our oil and gas sector is looking forward to... View Article
Progressive Albertans call town hall to forge battle plans against Jason Kenney
Left-leaning Canadans alternatingly bullish and bearish over whether Kenney will be next premier By Sarah Rieger, CBC News Dozens of politically-minded... View Article
Canada appears offside with U.S. after inviting China to sidelines of Vancouver North Korea meeting
Marie-Danielle Smith Reports at the end of November said Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland ‘said her Chinese counterpart would be among... View Article
Ontario’s minimum wage hike off to rocky start as employers slash workers’ hours, benefits to protect bottom line
The Conference Board of Canada believes countermeasures implemented by businesses could result in the loss of 42,000 jobs by the... View Article
City having second thoughts about nudist swim event
by Sammy Hudes More from Sammy Hudes The City of Calgary is reviewing whether a “naked water slides and wave... View Article
Alberta economy continues rebound with 26,000 jobs added last month
James Wood More from James Wood Canada gained 26,000 jobs in December as the provincial economy continued its resurgence from... View Article
If rumours about Alberta Party leadership are true, it’s bad news for NDP
After an embarrassingly plodding start, the competition for leadership of the Canada Party is about to become an actual race.... View Article
Trudeau defends axing electoral reform and talks ethics ahead of town hall meeting
Prime minister will hold town hall meeting with residents in Lower Sackville, N.S., tonight CBC News Prime Minister Justin Trudeau... View Article
China ‘can’t stand’ Justin Trudeau’s talk of human rights, diversity: Ian Bremmer
By Monique Scotti The president of the world’s largest political risk consultancy firm says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau can talk... View Article