Mar 16 2022 — Don Braid — Postmedia — Brian Jean’s byelection victory in Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche kicks off the next act of the long-running UCP melodrama. With all polls counted late Tuesday evening, Jean had 63 per cent of the vote. New Democrat Ariana Mancini was second with 18 per cent. So, Brian Jean will go to Edmonton, again. But will he […]
Feb 11 2022 — Randy Boswell — Postmedia — It’s time for a show of solidarity by Canadian political leaders to send the message that the trucker-led, anti-vaccine-mandate occupation in Ottawa and elsewhere must end — and the call needs to be backed up by a unified force of RCMP, city and provincial police, and perhaps the country’s military.
Nov 30 2021 — Steven Guilbeault — Postmedia — Canada is one of the four largest oil and gas producers in the world. Canada is also home to boreal forest and muskeg that is one of the four largest natural storehouses of carbon on the planet, which is critical to the planet’s climate stability. Canada is a responsible middle power on the international stage […]
Nov 16 2021 — Postmedia — Labatt is investing $52.6 million in its London plant, adding a new beer line and environmentally friendly packaging.
Nov 11 2021 — Don Braid — Postmedia — The attacks on Premier Jason Kenney’s leadership within his own party are so intense that some might think he’ll just give it up. The constituency association from Edmonton-Northwest presents a motion that would sharply raise the bar for a quick leadership review. It proposes to amend the party constitution so that one-third of these local […]
Oct 29 2021 — Ryan Tumilty — Postmedia — The federal government said it donated a contract for ten million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine earlier this year after getting a clear sign from provinces that they weren’t interested in the vaccine.
Oct 26 2021 — Brian Platt — Postmedia — In a speech that may be aimed at both Liberals and Conservatives, former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney says Canada must show “fresh thinking and daring leadership,” in contrast to the uninspiring election that concluded last month.
Sep 28 2021 — Tom Blackwell — Postmedia — Said barber Osman Veisi, ‘He said the last three years, he never had a haircut over there, they just shaved his head all the time.’ Two days after being freed from imprisonment in China, Michael Kovrig has surfaced publicly in Toronto and offered some timely advice to fellow Canadians.
Sep 6 2021 — L. Ian MacDonald — Postmedia — With three weeks down and only 13 days until the election, it may be that the real campaign is only now beginning. The Liberals must hope so, while the Conservatives may be concerned about having peaked too soon. The Conservatives led the Liberals over the long weekend by 35 to 33 per cent in the […]
Sep 5 2021 — John Ivison — Postmedia — Erin O’Toole delivered his morning press conference with his back to the Burrard Inlet but in political terms, his back was to the wall. The Liberals have found their wedge — gun control — and have been hammering it home with gusto. Justin Trudeau said on Sunday that O’Toole wants to take the country backwards […]
Sep 4 2021 — Licia Corbella — Postmedia — The definition of bribery is giving someone money or something else of value to persuade that person to do something you want. In what can only be described as government-sanctioned bribery, Alberta’s UCP government is going to offer the vaccine hesitant a $100 cash card to get vaccinated.
Sep 2 2021 — John Ivison — Postmedia — There is nothing inevitable about elections – anything can happen, as we have seen over the past three weeks. But as sure as snow melts in spring, the Liberals are going to lose this election unless they can change its trajectory. A new poll by Innovative Research shows how the appetite for change has grown […]
Aug 19 2021 — Ryan Tumilty — Postmedia — A National Post analysis of the 2019 election shows that the Liberals’ search for a majority this year will likely come down to a handful of ridings in B.C., Ontario and Quebec. The analysis of all the results from 2019, and two byelections last year, show where the closest ridings in the country are, and […]
Aug 1 2021 — Jesse Snyder — Postmedia — Back in April, prominent U.S. senator Chuck Schumer tabled a sweeping 1,445-page bill that would lay the groundwork for America’s broad strategy to blunt China’s global rise.