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Questions swirl amid federal response to the Jasper wildfire. The federal minister responsible for emergency preparedness hasn’t ruled out the possibility of creating a national emergency response agency, which at least…
The number of foreign affairs ministers under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has…
After breaking ground in 2023, the company building a plant to produce battery…
MP Salma Zahid had threatened to resign from committee roles but now staying on. Two…
Bruce and Chantal join me for a Summer Good Talk and what a summer it’s been…
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rose to power in 2015 — and rescued the Liberal…
One way or another, we are headed for a constitutional crisis: the only…
Although the Liberal government has placed an annual price tag of $60-billion on…
A group of experts is sounding the alarm that Ottawa needs to swiftly make more inroads…
“Lies, damned lies, and statistics” is a phrase often used to describe how…
As anyone with credit cards, a mortgage, student loans, or a car payment…
The epidemic of opioid addiction is a real problem. And there is a real…
Last week, mainstream media columnist-turned-Substacker Paul Wells decided to write…
Donald Trump is right about one thing: “Kamala Harris is Joe Biden 2.0.″ Don’t worry:…
The Ontario government’s recent decision to direct its four largest agencies to spend…
I continue to be weirded out by the unfamiliar, almost uncanny nature of what…
IN THE EARLY HOURS of July 14, just hours after an attempted assassination of former…
“Rather than engage in personal attacks, we should be debating and discussing issues…
One begins to long for the decisiveness and efficiency of the American political…
Anyone else exhausted from living in unprecedented times? On July 21, United States…
As a notorious fan of Venn diagrams, Kamala Harris has surely contemplated…
“The CEO of Elections Canada has indicated his opposition to it, and let me just…
It is rare that one event can upend an entire political landscape overnight. But it…
Whenever a Canadian politician travels abroad, it’s always useful to see how…
ONE EVENING IN January 2018, Scott Moe, a former Saskatchewan environment…
Let’s recognize that U.S. President Joe Biden performed the rarest of political…
Justin Trudeau kept it simple with his statement on Joe Biden’s decision to bow out of…
Politics has always had its share of self-interested fakers masquerading as…
LATE IN APRIL 2023, prime-time broadcaster Tucker Carlson was set to air, on Fox…
There are good reasons to believe that a Kamala Harris administration would be…
“Nothing in his life,” Shakespeare wrote in “Macbeth” of a nobleman who faced…
The momentousness of Joe Biden’s decision Sunday to withdraw from the 2024…
For Canadians struggling with the cost of living crisis, some hope came this week:…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s climate change policies could be thrown into chaos if…
In a country where Saskatchewan refuses to collect carbon taxes for home…
In an ideal world, drug policy would be decided by public health experts rather than…
Maybe he should go. No, I am not talking about Justin Trudeau or Joe Biden.…
Daniella Gilboa is a beautiful 20-year-old Israeli woman and the spitting image…
No, it is not going to be okay. With a second Donald Trump presidency seeming…
The attempted assassination of Donald Trump has led, inevitably and justifiably,…
There was only one thing Donald Trump could do Thursday night to truly shock the…
Is Canada’s public service quietly preparing for the change in government that…
For the past 150 years, the governments of Ontario and Canada have made a…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government is likely to stall the sale of the Trans…
As wildfires scorch ever-larger parts of Canada and force thousands to evacuate,…
There’s a wash of emotions that surely hit the firefighters having to retreat…
Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives will drink to that. The first strike…
Canadians are watching the U.S. election campaign with more than their usual mix of…
U.S. Republican senators are making “categorically false” claims about…
A wildfire that roared into the community of Jasper, Alta., late Wednesday has left…
Last week’s tiny cabinet change did nothing to appease those in Prime Minister…
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he will take all federal dollars out of…
Norad says Canadian and American fighter jets have intercepted a group of…
Opposition Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre blames a national rise in…
The Law Society of British Columbia says DNA results from a test provided by…
If business leaders haven’t already been talking to their American suppliers and…
The current official residence for Canada’s representative in New York City is…
Loblaw Cos. Ltd. and its parent company George Weston Ltd. say they have agreed to…
Health Canada put dozens of questions to Toronto about the practical implications…
One of two wildfires threatening the historic resort town raged into Jasper…
The Pentagon has released an updated Arctic strategy that warns of low-level…
Normally the federal NDP gains support when the Liberals struggle, but that…
The Bank of Canada is projecting that the federal government could fall short of…
The ethics commissioner says the former chair of a foundation responsible…
Canada’s Consul General in New York will have to explain the government’s decision…
On Sunday afternoon, Justin Trudeau praised Joe Biden as an American patriot. “He’s…
Ontario’s opposition parties are calling for the LCBO’s President to resign and…
The Bank of Canada has decreased its policy interest rate for the second…
Former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau famously compared Canada‑U.S. relations to…
While developments in U.S. presidential politics unfold with lighting speed,…
It was a day after his constituency office was found vandalized, with windows…
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada says it’s opened an…
The departure of Seamus O’Regan from the Liberals’ front bench will only further…
One of the country’s newest navy ships is tied up in a U.S. port after it sprung…
ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Even though President Joe Biden won’t be on the ballot i n…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Insisting that “the defense of democracy is more important than…
The Context host Annette Goerner sits down with Aaron Skelton, President and CEO of…
The Context host Annette Goerner sits down with Derrick Hynes, President of…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Clasping his hand warmly, a beaming Donald Trump welcomed…
LONDON (AP) — When Donald Trump suggested during the 2016 presidential campaign…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday said she urged Israeli…
NEW YORK (AP) — Former first lady Melania Trump has a memoir coming out this…
China’s third plenum, a once-every-five-years meeting of Chinese Communist…
On July 19, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly met with her Chinese…
It is time for a new strategic approach to defend and renew our societies and the…
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Canada’s official languages commissioner has launched an investigation into…
While Canadian media outlets joined with U.S. lawmakers in haranguing Prime…
In Canada’s doom-laden realm of freedom of information, where bad news is endemic,…
Yet another devastating wildfire has caused significant damage, this time at one…
First, Charlotte Duval-Lantoine speaks to Stefanie von Hlatky about the new NATO…
A byelection call looms in LaSalle – Émard – Verdun in a contest that could prove…
The Paris games kicks off with the Opening Ceremonies today, but the Canadian…
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